Health Care Complaints Act 1993
55Six-monthly reports to professional councils
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55 Six-monthly reports to professional councils
55 Six-monthly reports to professional councils
(1) As soon as practicable after 1 April and 1 October in each year, the Registrar must furnish a report to each professional council setting out the following information in relation to the complaints which have been dealt with under this Division during the previous 6 months—
(a) the number of complaints dealt with,
(b) the background of each complaint,
(c) the nature of the issues the subject of the conciliation process,
(d) any issues of a general nature arising out of each complaint relevant to the professional or educational standards of the profession concerned.
(2) A report must not contain any information which identifies a party to a complaint.
(3) A professional council must not use a report furnished to it under this section except for the purpose of providing general information to health practitioners concerning the professional or educational standards of their profession.
s 55: Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9]. Am 2010 No 34, Sch 2.22 [8] [31].