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Roland Barry Karl Dodd
Last updated: 2026-10-18T09:33:20.757Z
- Practitioner name
- Roland Barry Karl Dodd
- Name as recorded
- Roland Barry Karl Dodd
- Profession
- Registered nurse (anaesthetics nurse, Sunshine Coast Private Hospital)
- Decision date
- 2010-04-30
- Offence category
- Assault (unlawful wounding with a stolen drug); theft
- Offence
- In November 2005 he stole an ampoule of suxamethonium (a paralysing drug that stops breathing) from the hospital, lured a former partner who would not abort his child to an isolated park, distracted her and stabbed her in the neck with the syringe, then kept attacking until she pulled the plunger out. He later blamed the victim. Pleaded guilty to stealing as a servant; convicted by a jury of unlawful wounding (acquitted of wounding with intent to disable). 18 months' jail, parole after 6 months.
- Outcome
- The Nursing Tribunal cancelled his registration with NO minimum exclusion period, so he could reapply as soon as he met counselling and ethics conditions. On the Council's appeal the District Court added a 7-year minimum (Council sought 15) and raised costs to $13,500. The Queensland Nursing Tribunal (17 February 2009) imposed no preclusion period at all and let him keep working on limited registration in the meantime; McGill DCJ on appeal refused the Council's 15-year bar as too long.
- Outcome type
- Cancelled; 7-year preclusion (not permanent)
- Outcome length
- 7 years
- Category
- Not recorded
- Tribunal
- Queensland Nursing Tribunal; appeal to District Court of Queensland
- Case name
- Queensland Nursing Council v Dodd [2010] QDC 220
- Citation
- [2010] QDC 220
- Tribunal decision date
- 2010-04-30
- State
- QLD
- Tribunal city
- Not recorded
- National board
- Queensland Nursing Council
- Registration status
- Not recorded
- Official outcome (tribunal/board)
- Cancelled; 7-year preclusion (not permanent) 7 years
- Source confidence
- Not recorded
- Notes
- Pre-National Law (Nursing Act 1992 (Qld)). Permanently barred: No Source: CaseChat AU, 2010-04-30
Decision-makers
- McGill DCJ (District Court Appeal) · · Queensland Nursing Tribunal; appeal to District Court of Queensland
- Queensland Nursing Tribunal Members Not Named · · Queensland Nursing Tribunal; appeal to District Court of Queensland
Sources
https://casechat.au/cases/au/queensland-nursing-council-v-dodd