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Requirement

Comply with tribunal prohibition orders and disclose them before providing services

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law s 196A, stated plainly and cited to the edition held, with the evidence an auditor or the regulator asks for, the common gaps, and a free worksheet to fill in.

Clause

National Law s 196A

Regulator

Ahpra and the National Boards

Edition held

The National Law as the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Qld), Act No 45 of 2009, Queensland in-force version current as at 10 April 2026 (the host jurisdiction's text, which the other states and territories apply by their own Acts; New South Wales applies its own version with its own complaints scheme)

Checked current

6 October 2026, our build record of the held copy: no later reprint listed on 30 September 2026

Who it applies to

Registered occupational therapists, physiotherapists and psychologists. Speech pathology is not registered under the National Law.

Every clause in the standards library

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s 196AComply with tribunal prohibition orders and disclose them before providing servicessource
Requirement, our statement of the clause

A person subject to a prohibition order made by a responsible tribunal (or a corresponding order in another jurisdiction) does not contravene it (maximum $60,000 or three years' imprisonment) and, before providing any health service, gives written notice of the order to the recipient (or parent or guardian), their employer, any contracting entity and any entity for which they volunteer (maximum $5,000). No person advertises a health service by the prohibited person without stating that the person is subject to a prohibition order (maximum $5,000 individual, $10,000 body corporate).

Evidence that typically shows this
  • Screening record against the register of prohibition orders before engagement and periodically
  • Notices of prohibition orders received from workers and the scope decision taken
Common gap to check
  • Screening limited to registered practitioners, missing prohibited unregistered persons
  • Order's scope misread, so the person provides a service it prohibits
Worksheet: what your practice holds, and where
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s 196A
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Completing this worksheet records what your practice holds and where. It does not make a practice compliant or ready for audit, and it is not legal advice.

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