Registration Processing Time
Registration applications are processed on a priority basis according to date of receipt of the application.
The current processing and review time is approximately 4 weeks, provided all supporting documentation, including your Certificate(s) of Registration Status, have been lodged with the Board.
After this time you will be forwarded a notification of the date on which the Board will consider your application or a notification that further information is required.
Upon your registration being approved, your details will become available on the Board’s website at the Public Access Register.
Office counter hours are 9.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday, with telephone contact being available
9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday.
Disciplinary proceedings and action have been put in place to protect the public, to uphold standards of practice within the medical profession, and to maintain public confidence in the medical profession.
Grounds for disciplinary action include:
Depending on the nature of the matter, disciplinary proceedings can be conducted by one of three disciplinary bodies:
Both the Professional Conduct Review Panel and the Health Practitioners Tribunal are bodies independent of the Board.
Disciplinary proceedings conducted by the Board or the Board's Disciplinary Committee, or a Professional Conduct Review Panel are not open to the public and any records of these matters may not identify the parties involved.
A Board hearing or Board Disciplinary Committee that finds grounds for disciplinary action may advise, caution or reprimand the medical practitioner and/or enter into an undertaking with the medical practitioner about their professional conduct or practice. It will also decide on the duration of any disciplinary action and whether it is to be recorded in the Board's Public Access Register.
A Professional Conduct Review Panel that finds grounds for disciplinary action may advise, caution or reprimand the medical practitioner and/or impose conditions on their registration (such as requiring them not to carry out a type of practice or procedure; to practice under supervision or to undertake an educational course); and/or approve an undertaking entered into between the practitioner and the Board. It will also decide on the public recording, duration and review period of the disciplinary action.
The Health Practitioners Tribunal, if it finds grounds for disciplinary action, can take any or all of the following actions:
The Board must give notice of the disciplinary action taken against a medical practitioner to all interstate regulatory authorities (including New Zealand), and may give notice of the decision about the medical practitioner to other relevant parties including foreign regulatory authorities; professional colleges of which the practitioner is eligible to be a member; professional associations of which the practitioner is eligible to be a member; an employer of the practitioner; Medicare Australia, and other medical practitioners.
Unless the Health Practitioners Tribunal orders otherwise, hearings by the Tribunal are open to the public and are a matter of public record.
Visiting the Health Practitioners Tribunal Website is one way to keep up to date with recent cases regarding medical practitioners in Queensland, or to find past judgments by the courts.
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