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Social Workers Registration Act 2003

Discipline - Complaints

61: Registrar to notify Health and Disability Commissioner of certain complaints

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"Telling the Health and Disability Commissioner about complaints"

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If you make a complaint to the Registrar about health services or disability services, the Registrar must tell the Health and Disability Commissioner in writing. This happens when you complain under section 59(1). The Registrar must do this promptly, which means they must do it quickly.

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Part 4Discipline
Complaints

61Registrar to notify Health and Disability Commissioner of certain complaints

  1. The Registrar must promptly notify the Health and Disability Commissioner in writing of a complaint about the provision of health services or disability services made to the Registrar under section 59(1).