New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 66B

66B Referral of matter to Commission

(1) The Board must, as soon as practicable after taking any action under section 66 and, in any event, within 7 days after taking that action, refer the matter to the Commission for investigation.

(1A) The Board may (despite any other Act or law) provide to the Commission any information obtained by the Board in connection with the exercise of functions under section 66 (including any information, copies of documents or evidence obtained under section 69B and a copy of any recording made under section 66AA) in respect of a matter that the Board refers to the Commission under this section.

(2) The matter is to be dealt with by the Commission as a complaint made to the Commission against the practitioner concerned.

(3) The Commission is to investigate the complaint or cause it to be investigated and, as soon as practicable after it has completed its investigation and if it considers it appropriate to do so, refer the complaint to the Tribunal or a Committee.

(4) Section 52 (Serious complaints must be referred to Tribunal) applies in respect of any such action by the Commission.

(5) This section does not apply if the Board takes action against a registered medical practitioner under section 66:

(a) because the Board is of the opinion that the practitioner suffers from an impairment, or

(b) that is action of a kind referred to in section 66 (4).