New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 55

55 Six-monthly reports to registration authorities

(1) As soon as practicable after 1 April and 1 October in each year, the Registrar must furnish a report to each registration authority setting out the following information in relation to the complaints which have been dealt with under this Division during the previous 6 months:

(a) the number of complaints dealt with,

(b) the background of each complaint,

(c) the nature of the issues the subject of the conciliation process,

(d) any issues of a general nature arising out of each complaint relevant to the professional or educational standards of the profession concerned.

(2) A report must not contain any information which identifies a party to a complaint.

(3) A registration authority must not use a report furnished to it under this section except for the purpose of providing general information to health practitioners who are registered by it concerning the professional or educational standards of their profession.