Health Care Complaints Commission v Bainbridge [2018] NSWCATOD 169

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Bainbridge [2018] NSWCATOD 169 Hearing dates: 5, 6 September 2018 Date of orders: 12 October 2018 Decision date: 12 October 2018 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: J Millbank, Senior Member A Bizzotto, Senior Member L Gregory, Senior Member P Hooker, General Member Decision: (1) Pursuant to findings of professional misconduct and current lack of competence to practise, the practitioner's registration as a nurse is cancelled under s 149C(1)(a) and (b) of the National Law. (2) Respondent to pay the Applicant's costs of these proceedings pursuant to cl 13(1) of Sch 5D of the National Law as agreed or as assessed under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (NSW). (3) Pursuant to cl 7(1)(iv) Sch 5D, the file of this matter to be sealed by the Registry and only disclosed for the purpose of these or related legal proceedings. The Tribunal directs that no evidence of either party relied on in these proceedings is to be published to any entity or person. Catchwords: TRADES AND PROFESSIONS ─ nursing ─ impairment ─ opiate dependence ─ repeated breach of conditions Legislation Cited: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law NSW 2009 (NSW) ('The National Law') ss 5; 139; 139B(1)(c); 139E; Sch 5D cl 7, 13 Cases Cited: Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34 Caladine v HCCC [2007] NSWCA 362 Grant v HCCC [2003] NSWCA 73 HCCC v Astor-Finn [2016] NSWCATOD 73 HCCC v BXD (No 1) [2015] NSWCATOD 134 HCCC v BXD (No 2) [2015] NSWCATOD 135 HCCC v Do [2014] NSWCA 307 HCCC v Fraser [2014] NSWCATOD 29 HCCC v Karalasingham [2007] NSWCA 267 HCCC v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630 HCCC v McHue (NSMT, unreported, 14 December 2007) HCCC v Perroux [2011] NSWDC 99 HCCC v Philipiah [2013] NSWCA 342 Lindsay v HCCC [2010] NSWCA 194 Pillai v Messiter (No 2) (1989) 16 NSWLR 197 Prakash v Health Care Complaints Commission [2006] NSWCA 153 Re Tan Than Le (NSWMT, unreported, 20 September 2001) Sabag v HCCC [2001] NSWCA 411 Texts Cited: Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW, Urine and Drug Testing Policy (2011, 2017) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Rachael Bainbridge (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J Neal, Solicitor Advocate (Applicant) Respondent Self-Represented