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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Competence and fitness - Conditions affecting ability to practise as a social worker

52: Power to seek medical advice

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"Getting medical advice to help you make a report"

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If you are thinking about reporting something to the Registrar under section 51, you can get any medical advice you think will help you make a decision. You can get advice from a doctor or a psychiatrist, or anyone else you think can help. When you make a report under section 51, you must include any medical advice you got, or describe it if you do not have a copy.

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Part 3Competence and fitness
Conditions affecting ability to practise as a social worker

52Power to seek medical advice

  1. A person who is considering reporting to the Registrar under section 51 may seek any medical advice, whether psychiatric or otherwise, the person thinks appropriate to help the person form an opinion.

  2. A report under section 51 must include a copy or (if a copy is not available) a description of any medical advice obtained.

Notes
  • Section 52(1): amended, on , by section 23 of the Social Workers Registration Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 17).
  • Section 52(1): amended, on , by section 75(1) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).
  • Section 52(2): replaced, on , by section 75(2) of the Social Workers Registration Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 3).