Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 150C

150C Referral to other entities

(1) If, after conducting the preliminary assessment of a referred matter, the National Board decides the subject matter, or part of the subject matter, of the referred matter may be dealt with by another entity, the Board may refer the referred matter or part of the referred matter to the other entity.

(2) A decision by the National Board to refer a referred matter or part of a referred matter to another entity does not prevent the Board from continuing to deal with the referred matter or part of the referred matter.

(3) If the National Board decides to refer a referred matter or part of a referred matter to another entity, the Board must give the other entity—

(a) if the referred matter is a health service complaint under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 —details of the complaint, the complainant and the health service provider to whom the complaint relates; and

(b) any other information the Board has that is relevant to the referred matter.

(4) The National Board may ask the other entity to give the Board information about how the subject matter of the referred matter or the part of the referred matter was resolved.

(5) The other entity may provide the information requested by the National Board.