%0 Journal Article
%T Criminal Convictions of Disciplined Health Practitioners in New Zealand.
%A Surgenor L
%A Diesfeld K
%A Rychert M
%A Kelly O
%A Kersey K
%A Surgenor L
%A Diesfeld K
%A Rychert M
%A Kelly O
%A Kersey K
%J J Law Med
%V 29
%N 1
%D Mar 2022
%M 35362282
暂无%X This study investigates the rates and types of criminal convictions encountered by New Zealand's Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (HPDT) over a 15-year period. Criminal convictions appeared in 24% (n = 101) of cases, with male practitioners (p < 0.01) and pharmacists (p < 0.05) being significantly over-represented. The most frequent types of convictions included crimes against rights of property (33.6%), sexual/morality/decency crimes (21.9%) and misuse of drugs (8.4%). Criminal behaviour settings were evenly split between personal and professional life for medical practitioners (56.5% professional life) and nurses (56.5% professional life) but disproportionately in professional life (85%) for pharmacists. Criminal conviction cases were significantly more likely to result in registration cancellation (p < 0.001) and practice suspensions (p < 0.05) when compared with non-criminal cases, although fewer fines were ordered (p < 0.001). Profession-specific risk factors, alongside how to rehabilitate members of the subgroup who may later seek to renew their practice are areas for further research, are discussed.