Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Records Act 2001 - SECT 52

Referral to registration board

52. Referral to registration board



(1) If a complaint, or part of a complaint, relates to a registered health
service provider, the Health Services Commissioner may refer the complaint, or
that part of the complaint, to the appropriate registration board if-

   (a)  the registration board has power to resolve or deal with the matter;
        and

   (b)  the Health Services Commissioner considers that it is appropriate to
        refer the complaint or that part of the complaint to the registration
        board; and

   (c)  the registration board is willing to accept the complaint or that part
        of the complaint.

(2) Within 14 days after referring a complaint, or part of a complaint, about
a registered health service provider to a registration board, the Health
Services Commissioner must notify the complainant and the registered health
service provider in writing of the referral.

(3) If a complaint, or part of a complaint, has been referred to a
registration board, the registration 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.

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