172BMembership of Committee [NSW]

172B Membership of Committee [NSW]

172B Membership of Committee [NSW]

(1) A Committee consists of the following members appointed by the Council—

(a) 3 registered health practitioners who—

(i) are registered in the same health profession as the relevant health practitioner the subject of the proceedings before the Committee; and

(ii) have the qualifications, if any, prescribed by the NSW regulations for that profession; and

(b) one person, appointed from among a panel of persons for the time being nominated by the Minister, who—

(i) is not a registered health practitioner or student in the same health profession as the relevant health practitioner the subject of the proceedings before the Committee; and

(ii) has not at any time been registered as a health practitioner or student in that health profession under this Law or a corresponding prior Act.

(2) If the health profession has divisions, at least one and, if practicable, all, of the members appointed under subsection (1)(a) must be registered in the same division of the health profession as the health practitioner the subject of the complaint.

(3) A person who is a member of the Council may not be appointed to sit on a Committee.

(4) A member of a Committee, while sitting on the Committee, is entitled to be paid by the Council at a rate decided by the Minister.

(5) The rate must be decided by the Minister in consultation with the Council.

s 172B: Am 2012 No 39, Sch 1.1 [18]; 2016 No 4, Sch 1 [27].