18Complaints being dealt with on participation day

18 Complaints being dealt with on participation day

(1)  In this section –

former health practitioner Tribunal means any of the following:

(a) a disciplinary tribunal within the meaning of the Pharmacists Registration Act 2001 or the Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001 ;

(b) the Professional Review Tribunal established under the Nursing Act 1995 ;

(c) the Medical Complaints Tribunal established under the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 ;

investigating committee means a committee established under a former health practitioner registration Act for the purposes of investigating a complaint.

(2)  Notwithstanding section 289 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania), if before the participation day for this jurisdiction a local registration authority had started, but not immediately before that day completed, dealing with a complaint about a person registered in a health profession by the local registration authority –

(a) the complaint is to be dealt with by the National Board for the health profession; and

(b) the complaint is to continue to be dealt with under the former health practitioner registration Act under which it was made; and

(c) if, in so dealing with the matter –

(i) under the Nursing Act 1995 or the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 , the National Board for the health profession; or

(ii) under the Pharmacists Registration Act 2001 or the Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001 , an investigating committee established for the complaint –