HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 3
Object and principle of administration of Act
HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 3
Object and principle of administration of Act
3 Object and principle of administration of Act
(1) The primary object of this Act is to establish the Health Care Complaints
Commission as an independent body for the purposes of-- (a) receiving and
assessing complaints under this Act relating to health services and health
service providers in New South Wales, and
(b) investigating and assessing
whether any such complaint is serious and if so, whether it should be
prosecuted, and
(c) prosecuting serious complaints, and
(d) resolving or
overseeing the resolution of complaints.
(2) In the exercise of functions
under this Act the protection of the health and safety of the public must be
the paramount consideration.