Medical Practitioners Act 2007
No further action or referral of complaint to another body or authority or to professional competence scheme. |
61.— (1) Where the Preliminary Proceedings Committee is, in respect of a complaint, of the opinion that— | |
(a) there is not sufficient cause to warrant further action being taken in relation to the complaint, | ||
(b) the complaint should be referred to another body or authority or to a professional competence scheme, or | ||
(c) the complaint is one that could be resolved by mediation or other informal means pursuant to guidelines prepared under section 62 (1), | ||
it shall inform the Council of that opinion. | ||
(2) The Council may, after considering an opinion referred to in subsection (1) in respect of a complaint— | ||
(a) decide that no further action is to be taken in relation to the complaint, | ||
(b) direct the Preliminary Proceedings Committee to refer the complainant to another body or authority, | ||
(c) refer the complaint to a professional competence scheme, | ||
(d) refer the complaint for resolution by mediation or other informal means, or | ||
(e) if it considers it necessary to do so, direct that further action be taken under section 63 . | ||
(3) Where the Council, in respect of a complaint, makes a decision referred to in subsection (2)(a) or a referral referred to in subsection (2)(b) or (d), the Council shall give notice in writing of the decision or referral, as the case may be, to— | ||
(a) the registered medical practitioner the subject of the complaint, and | ||
(b) the complainant in any case where the Council is not the complainant. |