Health Complaints Act 2016
89Correction of general health service warning statement
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89 Correction of general health service warning statement
(1) If the Commissioner finds a general health service warning statement to be incorrect, the Commissioner must publish a correction statement setting out the reason for the correction.
(2) A statement under subsection (1) must be published in a newspaper circulating throughout the State and on the Internet site of the Commissioner.
Part 8—Prohibition or regulation of the provision of general health services
Division 1—Interim prohibition orders
90 Power to make an interim prohibition order
(1) If the Commissioner is, in an investigation under Part 4, investigating whether or not a code of conduct applying to a general health service has been contravened, the Commissioner may make an order—
(a) prohibiting the general health service provider from providing all or part of the general health service being investigated for up to 12 weeks; or
(b) imposing the conditions that the Commissioner is satisfied are appropriate on the provision by the general health service provider of all or part of the general health service being investigated for up to 12 weeks.
S. 90(1A) inserted by No. 38/2018 s. 288(1).
(1A) The Commissioner may make an order prohibiting a person who is subject to a prohibition order or interim prohibition order made under the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 from providing all or any specified general health services for up to 12 weeks if a copy of the prohibition order or interim prohibition order made under the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 was given to the Commission under section 130(2)(b) or 132(2)(b) of that Act.
S. 90(2) amended by No. 38/2018 s. 288(2).
(2) As soon as possible after the order is made, the Commissioner must serve a written copy of the order on the person to whom it applies.
S. 90(3) amended by No. 38/2018 s. 288(2).
(3) An order under this section takes effect on the service of the order on the person to whom it applies.
S. 91 amended by No. 38/2018 s. 288(3)(6) (ILA s. 39B(1)).