Health Care Complaints Commission v Shinwari (No 2) [2015] NSWCATOD 107

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Shinwari (No 2) [2015] NSWCATOD 107 Hearing dates: 17 September 2015 Decision date: 08 October 2015 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: F Marks ADCJ Principal Member Dr M Cox Professional member Dr L Cotterell Professional member C Berglund Lay member Decision: Medical practitioner engaged in rapid opioid detoxification treatment – Held, inter alia, multiple failures to safely practise in a specialised area of medicine - Constituting in the aggregate professional misconduct - Reprimand imposed together with practice conditions and costs order Catchwords: Medical practitioner engaged in rapid opioid detoxification treatment – Held, inter alia, multiple failures to safely practise in a specialised area of medicine - Constituting in the aggregate professional misconduct - Reprimand imposed together with practice conditions and costs order Legislation Cited: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), ss3, 125, 127, Part 8, Division 8 Cases Cited: Health Care Complaints Commission v Shinwari [2015] NSWCATOD 59 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Dr Mohammed Rahman Shinwari (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: P Griffin (Applicant) J Morris SC with G Babe (Respondent)

Solicitors: Norton Rose Fulbright (Respondent) File Number(s): 1420073 and 1420112 Publication restriction: Pursuant to Schedule 5D Clause 7 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, publication of the name of or any information which would identify any patient treated by the respondent is prohibited.