HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 117A
Duty of chief executive to report certain conduct
HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 117A
Duty of chief executive to report certain conduct
117A Duty of chief executive to report certain conduct
(1) The chief
executive of a public health organisation is to report the conduct of a member
of staff of the organisation to a Council established (under section 41B of
the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) ) for a health
profession if--
(a) the member of staff is a health practitioner in that
health profession, and
(b) the chief executive suspects on reasonable grounds
that the conduct may constitute professional misconduct or unsatisfactory
professional conduct under that Law.
(2) For the purposes of this section,
the Ambulance Service of NSW is taken to be a public health organisation.
(3)
If a chief executive is required to report the same conduct under this section
and under section 142 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)
, compliance with either section, or with alternative reporting requirements
approved by the Health Secretary, satisfies the requirements of both sections.
(4) A report made because of a requirement under this section is taken to be a
complaint both for the purposes of Part 8 of the Health Practitioner
Regulation National Law (NSW) and for the purposes of the
Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (including sections 96 and 98 of that Act).
