New powers for HCCC
March 18, 2013
THE Health Legislation
Amendment Bill 2013 will enable
the Health Care Complaints
Commission to investigate health
care providers who are “likely to
affect the clinical management or
care of an individual client in
addition to health services that do
affect such management or care”.
In addition, the Health Care
Complaints Commissioner may
make a complaint under the HCC
Act but only if it appears to the
Commissioner that the
matter that is the subject of the
complaint: raises a significant issue
of public health or safety, or raises
a significant question regarding a
health service that affects, or is
likely to affect, the clinical
management or care of an
individual client, or if substantiated,
would: provide grounds for
disciplinary action against a health
practitioner, or be found to involve
gross negligence on the part of a
health practitioner, or result in the
health practitioner being found
guilty of an offence under the
Public Health Act 2010.
The new Bill was introduced into
the NSW Parliament last week, and will
close legal loopholes used by groups
such as the Australian Vaccinations
Network to avoid sanctions.
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