The Health Ombudsman took immediate registration action by imposing conditions on the registration of Darren Justin Lourensen, Registered Nurse (NMW0002014043), effective 21 June 2024.

Scope of Practice

The conditions imposed include the requirements:

• The practitioner must only practise as a registered health practitioner in employment and at practice locations approved by the Health Ombudsman and published on the Office of the Health Ombudsman website.
• The practitioner must not practise in any role requiring direct patient contact (including supervision of other practitioners/students engaged in direct patient contact). The practitioner may only use their professional knowledge to practise in management, administration, education, research, advisory, regulatory or policy development roles that do not require direct patient contact.
  For the purpose of this condition, a ‘patient’ is defined as any individual awaiting, requiring, or receiving the professional services of an unregistered or registered health practitioner.
• The practitioner must not, possess, supply, administer, handle, dispense, access or check, including as emergency treatment supplies or doctor’s bag stock, any monitored medicine listed in Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021 as amended from time to time and as published at https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/asmade/sl-2021-0140#sch.2 other than when it is prescribed to the practitioner by another registered health practitioner for a genuine personal therapeutic purpose.
• Unless otherwise directed by the Health Ombudsman, the practitioner must not practise in any employment or practice location/s where any monitored medicine is supplied, prescribed, stored, administered, handled, possessed, checked and/or dispensed.
  For the purpose of this restriction, a monitored medicine means any substance listed in Schedule 2, Part 4 of the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021 as amended from time to time and as published at https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/asmade/sl-2021-0140#sch.2

Approved employment and practice locations

The practitioner does not currently have Health Ombudsman approval to practise in any employment or practice location.

Period of action or order

In accordance with section 62(2) of the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 (the Act), the decision will continue to have effect until the earlier of the following happens –

• the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal sets aside the decision;
• the Health Ombudsman removes the conditions under section 65 of the Act.