Health Care Complaints Commission v Priyadarshi [2021] NSWCATOD 99

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Priyadarshi [2021] NSWCATOD 99 Hearing dates: 15 March 2021 Date of orders: 21 July 2021 Decision date: 21 July 2021 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: Sheahan ADCJ, Principal Member Dr J Aitken, Senior Member Dr E Marel, Senior Member Ms D Telford, General Member Decision: The Tribunal makes the following orders pursuant to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW): (1) an order under s 149C(1)(c) cancelling the practitioner's registration; (2) an order under s 149C(7) that an application for review of the order under Division 8 may not be made until two years after the date of these orders; (3) an order under s 149C(5)(a) prohibiting the practitioner from providing any health service, as defined in s 4 of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (NSW), until he is registered as a health practitioner; (4) an order under cl 13 of Sch 5D that the practitioner pay the Commission's costs, to be agreed or assessed. Catchwords: HEALTH — professional registration and discipline — complaints — whether circumstances of offences render practitioner unfit in the public interest to practise practitioner's profession — costs Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (NSW) Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Lee v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWCA 80 Health Care Complaints Commission v Russ [2021] NSWCATOD 5 Health Care Complaints Commission v Hopper [2018] NSWCATOD 39 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Harsh Priyadarshi (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: E Bailey (Applicant) S Barnes (Respondent)