Health Care Complaints Commission v Singh [2021] NSWCATOD 191

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Singh [2021] NSWCATOD 191 Hearing dates: 19 – 22 July 2021 Date of orders: 26 November 2021 Decision date: 26 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: A Britton, Deputy President V Gibson, Senior Member S Shulz-Robinson, Senior Member R Kusuma, General Member Decision: (1) Mr Singh is guilty of professional misconduct. (2) The proceedings are listed for directions in respect of the conduct of a Stage 2 hearing at a date to be determined by the Registrar Catchwords: HEALTH — professional registration and discipline — unsatisfactory professional conduct — whether conduct amounts to unsatisfactory professional conduct — whether unsatisfactory professional conduct is sufficiently serious to amount to professional misconduct Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Bronze Wing International Pty Ltd v SafeWork NSW [2017] NSWCA 41 Chen v Health Care Complaints Commission [2017] NSWCA 186 Gautam v Health Care Complaints Commission [2021] NSWCA 85 Health Care Complaints Commission v Karalasingham [2007] NSWCA 267 Health Care Complaints Commission v Kesserwani [2020] NSWCATOD 65 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630 at 638; [1997] NSWSC 297 Health Care Complaints Commission v Sardinia [2021] NSWCATOD 119 Ng v Health Care Complaints Commission [2017] NSWSC 53 Texts Cited: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016) Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, Code of Conduct for Nurses (2018) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Bhuvaneshwar Singh (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Donnelly (Applicant)