Tuan Doan
Introduction
Tuan Doan is an Australian dentist whose registration was cancelled and who has been prohibited from providing any health services for seven years after the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal found complaints against him proven, including that during 2022 he was convicted of grooming a child under the age of 14 for unlawful sexual activity while employed at a Sydney dental practice. The Health Care Complaints Commission prosecuted the complaint. The Tribunal’s September 2026 decision found the complaints proven, cancelled his registration with a non-review period of seven years, and imposed a seven-year prohibition order covering all health services.
Background Information
Doan worked at the Neeta City Medical Dental and Specialist Centre during 2022, the period covered by the Tribunal’s findings. Under Australia’s National Law, registered health practitioners are required to notify the National Board of criminal charges and convictions of certain kinds — a notification obligation the Tribunal found Doan failed to meet in respect of his own criminal proceedings. The complaint also alleged that he was otherwise not a suitable person to hold registration as a dentist.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Conviction and tribunal findings. The criminal conviction described below is a matter of court record and was treated by the Tribunal as proved; the Tribunal’s findings of unsatisfactory professional conduct, professional misconduct and unfitness are its own formal adjudications, published by the Health Care Complaints Commission.
It was alleged that during 2022, while employed at Neeta City Medical Dental and Specialist Centre, Doan was convicted of the offence of grooming a child under the age of 14 years for unlawful sexual activity, and that he failed to notify the National Board of his criminal charges and convictions. In its decision of 16 September 2026, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal found the complaints proven, found him guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct, and found he was otherwise not a suitable person to hold registration as a dentist.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The Tribunal cancelled Doan’s registration with a non-review period of seven years — meaning he cannot even apply for review of that cancellation until 2033 — and made a prohibition order under the Public Health Act preventing him from providing any health services for seven years. The Health Care Complaints Commission published its media release announcing the outcome on 21 September 2026. The Commission’s release did not report any statement from Doan in response to the Tribunal’s decision.
Current Status
Doan’s dentist registration stands cancelled and he is prohibited from providing any health services in NSW for seven years from the September 2026 decision. The combination of a cancellation with a lengthy non-review period and a parallel prohibition order places him among the most seriously sanctioned practitioners in the Commission’s 2026 published outcomes.
Impact on Their Career/Life
A grooming conviction converts — under the health regulator’s framework — into the near-total exclusion from clinical practice that the Tribunal imposed: cancellation of registration, a seven-year non-review period, and a seven-year ban on providing any health service at all, not merely dental care. Doan’s dentistry career in Australia is effectively ended for the duration of the orders, and the criminal conviction remains on his record independently of the regulatory outcome.
Sources
- NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, “Dr Tuan Doan – Dentist – Registration cancelled and a prohibition order for criminal convictions, unsatisfactory professional conduct, professional misconduct and otherwise not a suitable person,” 21 September 2026. source