HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 12
Consultation between the Commission, a professional council and the Registrar
HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 12
Consultation between the Commission, a professional council and the Registrar
12 Consultation between the Commission, a professional council and the
Registrar
(1) Before determining, as a result of the assessment of a complaint, whether
to investigate a complaint, to refer the complaint for conciliation, to deal
with the complaint under Division 9 or to discontinue dealing with the
complaint, the Commission must consult with the appropriate professional
council (if any), subject to this section.
(1A) If it is proposed, as a
result of the assessment of a complaint, to refer the complaint for
conciliation, the Commission must also consult with the Registrar.
(2) The
regulations may prescribe circumstances, such as cases of urgency, where the
Commission may consult with a prescribed person on behalf of the appropriate
professional council instead of consulting with the professional council
itself and where the prescribed person may exercise the other functions of the
professional council under this Division.
(3) Consultation under this section
is to include consultation about any associated complaint, to the extent the
Commission and the appropriate professional council or the Registrar consider
the associated complaint to be relevant.
