171ECommittee to provide details of decision [NSW]

171E Committee to provide details of decision [NSW]

171E Committee to provide details of decision [NSW]

(1) The Committee must give a written statement of its decision on the inquiry to the following within one month after the decision is made—

(a) the complainant;

(b) the relevant health practitioner;

(c) the Council.

(2) The statement of decision must—

(a) set out any findings on material questions of fact; and

(b) refer to any evidence or other material on which the findings were based; and

(c) give reasons for the decision.

(3) The Committee may also give the statement of decision to any other person the Committee thinks fit.

(4) The Council—

(a) must make publicly available the statement of decision if the decision is in respect of a complaint that has been proved or admitted in whole or in part; and

(b) may disseminate any other statement of decision as the Council thinks fit.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the Committee has ordered that the statement is not to be made publicly available.