New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 7

7 What can a complaint be made about?

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

(a) the professional conduct of a health practitioner (including any alleged breach by the health practitioner of Division 1 or 3 of Part 7 of the Public Health Act 2010 or of a code of conduct prescribed under section 100(1)(a) or (b) of that Act), or

(a1) an alleged breach by a relevant health organisation of Division 1 or 3 of Part 7 of the Public Health Act 2010 or of a code of conduct prescribed under section 100(1)(c) of that Act, or

(b) a health service which affects, or is likely to affect, the clinical management or care of an individual client.

(2) A complaint may be made against a health service provider.

(3) A complaint may be made against a health service provider even though, at the time the complaint is made, the health service provider is not qualified or entitled to provide the health service concerned.