Health Services Act 1997

The chief executive of a public health organisation is to report to the relevant professional council any conduct of a visiting practitioner that the chief executive suspects on reasonable grounds may constitute professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW).

In this section, relevant professional council means—

in relation to a visiting practitioner who is a medical practitioner, the Medical Council of New South Wales, or

in relation to a visiting practitioner who is a dentist, the Dental Council of New South Wales.

If a chief executive is required to report the same conduct under this section and under section 142 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), compliance with either section, or with alternative reporting requirements approved by the Health Secretary, satisfies the requirements of both sections.

A report made because of a requirement under this section is taken to be a complaint both for the purposes of Part 8 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) and for the purposes of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (including sections 96 and 98 of that Act).