Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005
Complaints about conduct or competence of registrants. |
52.—(1) A complaint may be made to the Council concerning a registrant on the grounds of— | |
(a) professional misconduct, | ||
(b) poor professional performance, | ||
(c) impairment of the registrant's ability to practise the designated profession concerned because of a physical or mental ailment, an emotional disturbance or an addiction to alcohol or drugs, | ||
(d) a failure to comply with a term or condition of registration imposed under this Part, | ||
(e) a failure to comply with an undertaking or to take any action specified in a consent given in response to a request under section 61 , | ||
(f) a contravention of this Act, the rules or bye-laws, or | ||
(g) a conviction in the State for an offence triable on indictment or a conviction outside the State for an offence consisting of acts or omissions that, if done or made in the State, would constitute an offence triable on indictment. | ||
(2) A complaint may be made under subsection (1) on the grounds of professional misconduct or poor professional performance even though the matter to which the complaint relates occurred outside the State. | ||
(3) The complaint must be in writing or in any other form acceptable to the Council and it may be made by or on behalf of any person or by a registration board. | ||
(4) The Council shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the complainant is kept informed of all decisions made under this Part by the Council or a committee in relation to a complaint and that complaints are processed in a timely manner. |