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Health Care Complaints Act 1993
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#### 7 What can a complaint be made about?
7 What can a complaint be made about?
> > (1) A complaint may be made under this Act concerning—
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> > > (a) the professional conduct of a health practitioner (including any alleged breach by the health practitioner of Division 1 or 3 of Part 7 of the [Public Health Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-127) or of a code of conduct prescribed under section 100(1)(a) or (b) of that Act), or
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> > > (a1) an alleged breach by a relevant health organisation of Division 1 or 3 of Part 7 of the [Public Health Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-127) or of a code of conduct prescribed under section 100(1)(c) of that Act, or
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> > > (b) a health service which affects, or is likely to affect, the clinical management or care of an individual client.
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> > (2) A complaint may be made against a health service provider.
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> > (3) A complaint may be made against a health service provider even though, at the time the complaint is made, the health service provider is not qualified or entitled to provide the health service concerned.
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> **s 7:** Am 2006 No 124, Sch 2 \[2\]; 2010 No 127, Sch 4.8 \[1\] (am 2011 No 27, Sch 2.43); 2011 No 27, Sch 2.18; 2013 No 24, Sch 2 \[2\]; 2020 No 32, Sch 1\[2\] \[3\].