Health Care Complaints Commission v Hasil [2012] NSWMT 1

Medical Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Hasil [2012] NSWMT 1 Hearing dates: 12 - 13 December 2011 Decision date: 15 February 2012 Before: Staff J; Dr Laurence Boshell; Dr Susan Messner; Dr Maureen Gleeson, PhD Decision: See [192] - [193] Catchwords: Medical Practitioner - Registrar Obstetrics and Gynaecology - failure to make proper records of treatment of patients - unsatisfactory professional conduct - complaint that practitioner was not of good character not established - PRINCIPLES - finding of impairment and that practitioner is currently not competent to practice medicine - procedural fairness -parties to be given opportunity to be heard in respect of any consequential or protective orders Legislation Cited: Medical Practice Act 1992 Mental Health Act 2007 Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 (Tasmania) Cases Cited: Bowen-James v Walton [1991] NSWCA 29 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Childs v Walton [1990] NSWCA 41 Ex parte Tziniolis; Re Medical Practitioners Act [1967] 1 NSWR 357 Health Care Complaints Commission v Karalasingham [2007] NSWCA 267 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630 Health Care Complaints Commission v Wingate [2007] NSWCA 326; (2007) NSWLR 323 King v Health Care Complaints Commission [2011] NSWCA 353 Lindsay v Health Care Complaints Commission [2010] NSWCA 194 McBride v Walton [1994] NSWCA 199 New South Wales Bar Association v Cummins [2001] NSWCA 284; (2001) 52 NSWLR 279 Prakash v Health Care Complaints Commission [2006] NSWCA 153 Qidwai v Brown [1984] 1 NSWLR 100 Re Dr Parajuli [2010] NSWMT 3 Sabag v Health Care Complaints Commission [2001] NSWCA 411 Saville v Health Care Complaints Commission [2006] NSWCA 298 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Complainant) Mr Roman Hasil in person (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms S McNaughton SC (Complainant) Solicitors: Health Care Complaints Commission (Complainant) File Number(s): 40029 of 2010 Publication restriction: Pursuant to Sc 5D cl 7 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law the Tribunal has ordered that there be no publication of the names of the patients or of any material capable of identifying the patients