New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 39

39 Grounds for complaint

Any of the following complaints can be made about a registered medical practitioner:

(a) A complaint that the practitioner has, either in this State or elsewhere, been convicted of or made the subject of a criminal finding for an offence.

(b) A complaint that the practitioner has been guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct.

(c) A complaint that the practitioner is not competent to practise medicine (that is, the person does not have sufficient physical capacity, mental capacity or skill to practise medicine or does not have sufficient communication skills for the practice of medicine, including an adequate command of the English language).

(d) A complaint that the practitioner suffers from an impairment.

(e) A complaint that the practitioner is not of good character.