HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 165M Tribunal to provide details of decisions [NSW[#93]

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 165M

165M Tribunal to provide details of decisions [NSW[#93]

(1) As soon as practicable after making a decision on an inquiry or an appeal under this Law (bearing in mind the public welfare and seriousness of the matter), the Tribunal must give a written statement of the decision to--

(a) the parties; and

(b) the Council for the health profession in which the practitioner or student is registered (regardless of whether it is a party).

(2) The statement of a decision must--

(a) set out any findings on material questions of fact; and

(b) refer to any evidence or other material on which the findings were based; and

(c) give the reasons for the decision.

(3) The Tribunal may also provide the statement of a decision to the persons the Tribunal thinks fit.

(4) Unless the Tribunal has ordered otherwise, the Tribunal is to make publicly available a statement of a decision given by it under this section if the decision is in respect of a complaint that has been proved or admitted in whole or in part.

(5) This section applies to a decision on an inquiry that is conducted into a complaint referred to the Tribunal under this Law where the subject-matter of the complaint is admitted in writing to the Tribunal.