HCCC v Dr Steven Goodman [2007] NSWMT 9

New South Wales Medical Tribunal

CITATION : HCCC v Dr Steven Goodman [2007] NSWMT 9 TRIBUNAL: Medical Tribunal PARTIES : Health Care Complaints Commisssion Dr Steven Goodman FILE NUMBER(S) : 40037 of 2005 CORAM: Ainslie-Wallace, DCJ - Yeo, Dr G - Hely, Dr J - McNeil, P CATCHWORDS: Misconduct of the gravest kind - Abandonment of skill judgment and care Medical Practice Act 1992 LEGISLATION CITED: Medical Practice Regulation 1998 Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) NSWLR 630; CASES CITED: Law Society of New South Wales v Foreman (1994) 34 NSWLR 408; Craig v Medical Board of South Australia [2001] SASC 169; New South Wales Bar Association v Meakes [2006] NSWCA 340 DATES OF HEARING: 5.2.2007, 6.2.2007, 7.2.2007, 8.2.2007 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 4 April 2007 LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: A Katzmann SC M Bozic SC ORDERS: 1. On the respondents undertaking that he will cease the practice of medicine at 8.00pm this day, the respondent's name be removed from the Register of Medical Practitioners on 3rd May 2007.; 2. The respondent be not permitted to apply to be re-registered for a period of three years from today.; 3. The respondent pay the costs of the complainant

JUDGMENT: THE MEDICAL TRIBUNAL Wednesday 4th April 2007 OF NEW SOUTH WALES AT SYDNEY No. 40037 of 2005 BETWEEN Health Care Complaints Commission Complainant Dr Steven Goodman Respondent

Deputy Chair: Judge A M Ainslie-Wallace Members: Dr G Yeo Dr J Hely Associate Professor Paul MacNeill