Oct. 24, 2014, 2:49 p.m.

A Wollongong meditation instructor has been permanently banned from providing any health services after "inappropriate physical contact with a young female client.

The Wollongong Wellness Centre where "meditation instructor" Robert Jarvis engaged in "inappropriate physical contact" with a client. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI

A Wollongong meditation instructorhas been permanently banned from providing any health services after "inappropriate physical contact with a young female client.

The Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) put the ban in force this week after completing a lengthy investigation into Robert Jarvis, who owns and manages Wollongong Wellness Centre with his wife.

It comes after Mr Jarvis confessed in Wollongong Court on June 4 to leading a guided meditation class with a young woman at the centre in April, despite a previous prohibition order banning him from providing any health service.

Mr Jarvis was fined $12,000 and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond as punishment for flouting the ban.

On Thursday, the HCCC released its findings that he had also breached the NSW Code of Conduct for unregistered health practitioners when he "failed to provide a health service in a safe and ethical manner.

The investigation found that Mr Jarvis had "engaged in gratuitous, opportunistic and inappropriate physical contact with a 22-year-old university student during a meditation session.

According to the HCCC report, the young woman had booked online to do a meditation class on April 4 and Mr Jarvis continued with the class although she was the only participant.

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