Disgraced former surgeon Jayant Patel's dishonesty and negligence was so damaging to the medical profession that he should never be allowed to practise in the country again, a tribunal has heard.

The Medical Board of Australia has applied to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Brisbane to ensure the former Bundaberg surgeon is never allowed to register as a medical practitioner in Australia.

Jayant Patel arrives at the Brisbane Magistrates Court on the fourth day of the committal hearing against the former Bundaberg Base Hospital surgeon in 2009. Credit:MIchelle Smith

Ian Freckelton QC, for the board, told the tribunal on Monday that Dr Patel didn't tell the health authorities in 2003 that he had been sanctioned in 2000 in Oregon in the US for unprofessional conduct.

He was ordered to refrain from surgery on the pancreas and liver and to obtain a second opinion for complicated surgeries.