(1) A person may lodge
a complaint in relation to an impairment matter with the complaints assessment
committee in relation to a person who is a medical radiation technologist.
(2) A person may lodge
a complaint in relation to a disciplinary matter with the complaints
assessment committee in relation to —
(a) a
person who is a medical radiation technologist; or
(b) a
person who was a medical radiation technologist when the disciplinary matter
allegedly occurred but who is no longer a medical radiation technologist.
(3) If the Director
refers a complaint to the Board under the Health Services (Conciliation and
Review) Act 1995 section 31 or 43(3), the Board is to refer the
complaint to the complaints assessment committee.
(4) The complaints
assessment committee may determine that an impairment matter or a disciplinary
matter is to be dealt with as if it were the subject of a complaint lodged
with the committee, despite no complaint having been made to it.
(5) The complaints
assessment committee is not to make a determination under subsection (4)
unless it is of the opinion that —
(a) in
respect of a person who is a medical radiation technologist when the
determination is made, there is cause to investigate whether an impairment
matter or a disciplinary matter exists or has occurred; or
(b) in
respect of a person who was a medical radiation technologist when the
disciplinary matter allegedly occurred, there is cause to investigate whether
a disciplinary matter occurred.