The services of general practitioner and obstetrician Dr Arthur Obi were terminated by Stawell Regional Health in May last year, after rape and sexual assault allegations came to light.

Dr Obi was found not guilty of six counts of rape and sexual assault in Ballarat County Court in December.

Members of the Stawell community mounted a campaign calling for Dr Obi's reinstatement.

Stawell Regional Health nursing staff and Australian Nursing Federation members met last month to discuss the termination.

The nurses voted to support the board's decision to sack Dr Obi.

Stawell Regional Health was notified by the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency in April last year that Dr Obi had serious conditions imposed on his registration in January, but had not disclosed the the nature of the conditions to the health service.

The conditions required that all female patients seen by Dr Obi requiring breast, gynaecological or intimate examinations were to be seen under chaperone guidelines.

Stawell Regional Health chief executive Rohan Fitzgerald said Dr Obi had a responsibility both professionally and contractually to notify the hospital of his registration conditions.

He said the fact Dr Obi had been acquitted in criminal proceedings relating to his professional obligations before his sacking did not form the basis of the board's decision.

Mr Fitzgerald said the support of the nurses was pleasing.

"From my point of view it is quite unprecedented that a body of staff in conjunction with a union has come out in support of an organisation's decision like the nurses at Stawell Regional Health have," he said.

"To my knowledge this has not occurred in Victoria in the past.

"We would like to acknowledge the support of our nurses."