Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00351:reg:16:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L00351
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 16 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 18086–20923

16  Variation, suspension or revocation of accreditation
 (1) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) apply where one or more of the following events (an adverse event) occurs:
 (a) the responsible accreditor considers that a diagnostic imaging practice that has accreditation under section 9 may no longer meet the entry level standards;
 (b) the responsible accreditor considers that a diagnostic imaging practice that has accreditation under section 10 may no longer meet the standards in Schedule 1;
 (c) the responsible accreditor considers that the proprietor of a diagnostic imaging practice that has accreditation under section 9, 10 or 11 may have breached or not fulfilled a condition of accreditation;
 (d) the responsible accreditor becomes aware that a diagnostic imaging practice that was given accreditation under section 9 was not an entry level practice.
 (2) Where subsection (1) applies, the responsible accreditor must give the proprietor notice in writing giving details of:
 (a) the adverse event or events to which the notice relates; and
 (b) any material taken into account by the responsible accreditor in forming the view referred to in subsection (1),
and allow the proprietor 28 days after receiving the notice to make written submissions, including in relation to rectification of the adverse event.
 (3) Within 28 days after the end of the 28 day period referred to in subsection (2) and after considering any written submissions made by the proprietor under subsection (2), the responsible accreditor, if satisfied that the standards are not met or that a condition of accreditation has been breached or not fulfilled or that the diagnostic imaging practice was not an entry level practice, must require the proprietor to rectify the breach of the standards or the failure to comply with the condition or make a new application under section 10 or 11, as the case may be, within a nominated period.
 (4) If, after requiring the proprietor under subsection (3) to rectify the breach of the standards or breach or non-fulfilment of the condition or make a new application within a nominated period, the responsible accreditor is satisfied that the adverse event has occurred and has not been rectified, then the responsible accreditor must make a decision to vary, suspend or revoke the accreditation of the diagnostic imaging practice.
 (5) In spite of anything in subsections (1), (2), (3) or (4), the responsible accreditor may make a decision to immediately vary, suspend or revoke an accreditation where the responsible accreditor considers that there is a potential danger to public health or safety if the accreditation is not varied, suspended or revoked.
 (6) Where the responsible accreditor makes a decision to:
 (a) vary or suspend the accreditation of a diagnostic imaging practice under subsection (4) or