HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 147D
Recommendations of Committee [NSW[#93]
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 147D
Recommendations of Committee [NSW[#93]
147D Recommendations of Committee [NSW[#93]
(1) A Committee's report to a
Council may include the recommendations about the complaint the Committee
considers appropriate, including any of the following--
(a) a recommendation
that the Council deal with the complaint by inquiry at a meeting of the
Council as a complaint of unsatisfactory professional conduct;
(b) a
recommendation that the Council direct the relevant health practitioner to
attend counselling;
(c) a recommendation that the Council dismiss the
complaint.
(2) The Council must give the relevant health practitioner and the
Commission a copy of the Committee's report as soon as practicable after the
report is made.
(3) The Council must--
(a) if the Committee recommends that
the Council deal with the complaint by inquiry at a meeting of the Council as
a complaint of unsatisfactory professional conduct, comply with the
recommendation; or
(b) otherwise, allow the Commission and the relevant
health practitioner, not less than 21 days after they have been given a copy
of the Committee's report and recommendations, to make submissions about the
report and recommendations.
(4) After considering the Committee's report and
recommendations and any submissions made by the Commission or relevant health
practitioner, the Council must proceed to deal with the complaint as provided
by section 145B.
Note : See section 145D which provides that both Council and
the Commission have a duty to refer a complaint to the Tribunal if, at any
time, either of them is of the opinion that the complaint, if substantiated,
would provide grounds for the suspension or cancellation of the relevant
health practitioner's registration.
