Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 106XB

             (1)  If, in the course of the performance of functions or the exercise of powers under this Part, a Committee or the Determining Authority forms the opinion that a person under review who is a practitioner has failed to comply with professional standards, the Committee or the Authority must give to the Director a written statement of its concerns, together with the material, or copies of the material, on which its opinion was based.

             (2)  If:

                     (a)  in the course of a Director's review in which the person under review is a practitioner, the Director forms the opinion that the practitioner has failed to comply with professional standards; or

                     (b)  the Director receives from a Committee or from the Determining Authority a statement and material under subsection (1);

the Director must:

                     (c)  if paragraph (a) applies--prepare a statement of his or her concerns, attach to the statement the material, or copies of the material, on which his or her opinion was based and send the statement and attached documents to the appropriate body referred to in subsection (3); or

                     (d)  if paragraph (b) applies--send the statement and attached documents received from the Committee or Authority to the appropriate body referred to in subsection (3).

             (3)  The appropriate body for the purposes of paragraphs (2)(c) and (d) is:

                     (a)  if the practitioner is a general practitioner--a body specified in regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 3F(6)(b) or this paragraph; or

                     (b)  otherwise--a body specified in regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.