New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PSYCHOLOGISTS ACT 2001 - SECT 26

26 Grounds for complaints

(1) A complaint may be made under this Act concerning:

(a) the professional conduct of a registered psychologist, or

(b) the provision of a psychology service by a registered psychologist.

Note: Subsection (1) ensures consistency between this Act and the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 with respect to the kinds of complaints that can be made about registered psychologists.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a complaint may be made that a registered psychologist:

(a) has, either in or outside New South Wales, been convicted of or made the subject of a criminal finding for an offence, and the circumstances of the offence are such as to render the psychologist unfit in the public interest to be registered as a psychologist, or

(b) is guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct, or

(c) is not competent to practise psychology, or

(d) suffers from an impairment, or

(e) is not of good character.

(3) A complaint need not be made in terms that are strictly in accordance with the terminology of this section.

(4) In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a psychologist is of good character regard may be had to conduct of the psychologist before becoming registered as a psychologist.