Health Care Complaints Commission v Goode [2018] NSWCATOD 89

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Goode [2018] NSWCATOD 89 Hearing dates: 20 March 2018 Date of orders: 12 June 2018 Decision date: 12 June 2018 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: S McIllhatton, Senior Member J Cotter, Senior Member L Burns, Senior Member P MacNeill, General Member Decision: The Tribunal, having found the complaints of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct proved, orders that:

1. If the Practitioner were still registered, the Tribunal would have cancelled her registration.

2. The Practitioner is disqualified from being registered as a nurse for a period of 12 months.

3. The National Board is to record in the National Register the fact that the Tribunal would have cancelled the Practitioner's registration.

4. The Registrar is requested to notify the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency of Orders 1, 2 and 3 above as soon as practicable.

5. The Practitioner is to pay the Commission's costs of and incidental to the proceedings Catchwords: Registered Nurse. Sleeping whilst on night duty. Failure to store schedule 8 drugs appropriately. Failure to supervise junior staff. Failure to accurately record patient observations. Maintenance of standards within the profession. Where practitioner does not attend the hearing. Legislation Cited: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008 Cases Cited: R. v Byrne [1995] 193 CLR 501 Health Care Complaints Commission v Phung (No. 1) [2012] 1 NSWDT Office of Local Government v Toma [2015] NSWCATOD 21 H Health Care Complaints Commission v Liu [2016] NSWCATOD 133 Health Care Complaints Commission v Perroux [2011] NSWDC 99 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield [1997] 41 NSWLR 630 Health Care Complaints Commission v Saedlounia [2013] NSWMT 13 Health Care Complaints Commission v Do [2014] NSWCA 307 Qidwai v Brown [1984] 1 NSWLR 100 Pillai v Messiter (No 2) [1989] 16 NSWLR 197 Lee v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWCA 80 Health Care Complaints Commission v Philipiah [2013] NSWCA 342 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Zuriati Bin Goode (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Ms Evans (Applicant)