Medical Appeals Panel
8 Medical Appeals Panel
8.1 The Vice-Chancellor must appoint a Medical Appeals Panel to hear and determine an appeal within 14 days of the receipt of the appeal.
8.2 The Medical Appeals Panel must, wherever practicable, include:
a person who has special knowledge of the type of health or disability related issues suffered by the appellant; and
a person with knowledge of the academic discipline being studied or proposed to be studied by the appellant; and
not more than 5 other persons as the Vice-Chancellor thinks fit.
8.3 The Vice-Chancellor must appoint a person, not being a student, to be the Chair of the Medical Appeals Panel.
8.4 The Vice-Chancellor must appoint a person (not being a member of the Medical Appeals Panel) to be the secretary to the Medical Appeals Panel.
8.5 The Vice-Chancellor may appoint a person (not being a member of the Medical Appeals Panel) to assist the Medical Appeals Panel with matters of procedure, the presentation of evidence, the calling and questioning of witnesses and the making of submissions to the Medical Appeals Panel.
8.6 A Medical Appeals Panel is not to include:
a person who has treated the appellant for any health condition; or
a person who has given advice to the appellant in relation to any health condition.
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