New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 12

12 Consultation between the Commission, a professional council and the Registrar

(1) Before determining, as a result of the assessment of a complaint, whether to investigate a complaint, to refer the complaint for conciliation, to deal with the complaint under Division 9 or to discontinue dealing with the complaint, the Commission must consult with the appropriate professional council (if any), subject to this section.

(1A) If it is proposed, as a result of the assessment of a complaint, to refer the complaint for conciliation, the Commission must also consult with the Registrar.

(2) The regulations may prescribe circumstances, such as cases of urgency, where the Commission may consult with a prescribed person on behalf of the appropriate professional council instead of consulting with the professional council itself and where the prescribed person may exercise the other functions of the professional council under this Division.

(3) Consultation under this section is to include consultation about any associated complaint, to the extent the Commission and the appropriate professional council or the Registrar consider the associated complaint to be relevant.