HEALTH COMPLAINTS ACT 2016 (NO. 22 OF 2016) - SECT 129 Power to require information to be given
HEALTH COMPLAINTS ACT 2016 (NO. 22 OF 2016) - SECT 129
Power to require information to be given(1) The Commissioner, by written notice, may require a health service provider to give to the Commissioner non-identifying information in respect of complaints received or dealt with by the health service provider.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must—
(a) specify the nature of the information to be given, which must be information that it is reasonable for the Commissioner to require; and
(b) set out a reasonable period of time within which the health service provider must give the information to the Commissioner.
(3) The Commissioner may extend the time within which a health service provider must comply with a requirement under this section.
(4) A health service provider must comply with a requirement under this section within the time specified by the Commissioner, unless the health service provider has a reasonable excuse not to do so.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person,
10 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate,
50 penalty units.