sec.282Notice to employers about other matters

sec.282 Notice to employers about other matters

This section applies if the health ombudsman becomes aware (whether by receiving a complaint or otherwise) of a matter concerning a health practitioner. The health ombudsman may give notice of the matter to any of the following people if the health ombudsman considers it would be appropriate to do so, having regard to all the circumstances and to the paramount guiding principle— a person the health ombudsman believes is an employer of the practitioner; other health practitioners with whom the health practitioner shares premises if— the health practitioner is self-employed; and the health practitioner shares the cost of the premises with the other practitioners. The health ombudsman may consider it appropriate to notify an employer if the health ombudsman receives a number of health service complaints about a health practitioner that suggest a pattern of conduct. s 282 amd 2017 No. 32 s 82 (sec.282-ssec.1) This section applies if the health ombudsman becomes aware (whether by receiving a complaint or otherwise) of a matter concerning a health practitioner. (sec.282-ssec.2) The health ombudsman may give notice of the matter to any of the following people if the health ombudsman considers it would be appropriate to do so, having regard to all the circumstances and to the paramount guiding principle— a person the health ombudsman believes is an employer of the practitioner; other health practitioners with whom the health practitioner shares premises if— the health practitioner is self-employed; and the health practitioner shares the cost of the premises with the other practitioners. The health ombudsman may consider it appropriate to notify an employer if the health ombudsman receives a number of health service complaints about a health practitioner that suggest a pattern of conduct.

• (a) a person the health ombudsman believes is an employer of the practitioner;
• (b) other health practitioners with whom the health practitioner shares premises if— (i) the health practitioner is self-employed; and (ii) the health practitioner shares the cost of the premises with the other practitioners. Example— The health ombudsman may consider it appropriate to notify an employer if the health ombudsman receives a number of health service complaints about a health practitioner that suggest a pattern of conduct.
• (i) the health practitioner is self-employed; and
• (ii) the health practitioner shares the cost of the premises with the other practitioners.
• (i) the health practitioner is self-employed; and
• (ii) the health practitioner shares the cost of the premises with the other practitioners.