Health Care Complaints Commission v Dewar (No.2) [2015] NSWCATOD 23

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Dewar (No.2) [2015] NSWCATOD 23 Hearing dates: 11, 12, 13, November 2014 Decision date: 01 April 2015 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: M Brennan, Principal Member L Tong, Professional Member W Warren, Professional Member F Taylor, Lay Member Decision: 1. Pursuant to s 149C(4)(a) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) No 86a ("the National Law") if the respondent practitioner had been registered as a psychologist on the National Register of Health Practitioners maintained by the Australian Health Practitioner Agency ("the Register") the Tribunal would have suspended his registration for three months.

2. Pursuant to s 149C(4)(c) of the National Law, the Psychology Board of Australia (the Board") shall record that the Tribunal would have suspended the respondent practitioner's registration in the Register kept by the Board for three months.

3.The Tribunal reprimands the respondent practitioner.

4.Pursuant to s 149A(3) the respondent practitioner is prevented from being registered unless he meets the requirements prescribed in the National Law and satisfies the Board that the following orders are complied with:

(a) The practitioner must arrange for a Board approved supervisor to supervise the practitioner in his day to day practice for two years, including but not limited to the practitioner's consultations with clients in their private residences; his record keeping; and the practitioner's management of his client load and scope of practice. The practitioner must provide a copy of this decision and that made in Health Care Complaints Commission v Dewar [2014] NSWCATOD 139 to the Board approved supervisor;