147AComplaints that may be referred to Committee [NSW]

147A Complaints that may be referred to Committee [NSW]

147A Complaints that may be referred to Committee [NSW]

(1) A Council may refer a complaint to a Committee only if—

(a) the complaint is about a relevant health practitioner; and

(b) the Commission has decided not to investigate the complaint or following an investigation has decided not to refer the complaint to the Tribunal.

(2) A complaint may not be referred to a Committee if it is a complaint that—

(a) the relevant health practitioner is not of good character; or

(b) the relevant health practitioner has been convicted of or made the subject of a criminal finding for an offence.

(3) This section does not limit the Committee in the exercise of its functions under this Subdivision in relation to any matter that arises in the course of the Committee’s investigation of a complaint.

s 147A: Am 2013 No 95, Sch 6.4 [13].