Hong Kong Regulations

NURSES (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 18

Reference of the complaint or information to the Committee

(1) Where a complaint or information is submitted to the chairman of the
Committee by the secretary, the chairman of the Committee shall, unless it
appears to him that the complaint or information is frivolous or groundless
and should not proceed further, direct that the complaint or information be
referred to the Committee for its consideration and shall fix a date upon
which it is proposed that the Committee shall meet to consider the complaint
or information.

(2) Where the chairman of the Committee directs that a complaint or
information be referred to the Committee, he shall direct the secretary to,
and the secretary when so directed shall-

   (a)  notify the defendant of the receipt of the complaint or information;

   (b)  inform him of the substance thereof;

   (c)  forward to him a copy of any statutory declaration furnished under
        paragraph (1) of regulation 17;

   (d)  inform him of the date upon which the Committee is due to meet for the
        purpose of considering the complaint or information; and

   (e)  invite him to submit to the Committee any explanation of his conduct
        or of any other matter alleged in the complaint or information which
        he may have to offer. (L.N. 34 of 1970)