Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 44

Responsible board may deal with a health records complaint as a notification

44. Responsible board may deal with a health records complaint as a
notification



(1) A responsible board-

   (a)  may accept a complaint, or part of a complaint, relating to a
        registered health practitioner that the Health Services Commissioner
        proposes to refer to the responsible board under section 52 of the
        Health Records Act 2001; and

   (b)  must treat a complaint, or part of a complaint, referred to it under
        section 52 of the Health Records Act 2001 as if it were a notification
        made under this Act.

(2) If a complaint has been referred to a responsible board by the Health
Services Commissioner under section 52 of the Health Records Act 2001, the
responsible board must advise the Health Services Commissioner of the progress
of the matter, when required by the Health Services Commissioner to do so,
and, when the matter is completed, of the outcome of the matter.

(3) Advice under subsection (2) must include any information that the Health
Services Commissioner specifies by written notice to the responsible board.