Hong Kong Regulations

OPTOMETRISTS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATION - SECT 20

Reference of complaint to the Committee

(1) On receiving a complaint submitted under section 18, the
Chairman of the Committee shall fix a date for the meeting of the Committee to
consider the complaint for the purpose of determining whether it should be
referred to the Board for inquiry.

(2) Where a complaint is to be considered by the Committee for the purposes
described in subsection (1) the Secretary shall-

   (a)  notify the respondent of the receipt of the complaint;

   (b)  inform him of the substance thereof;

   (c)  forward to him a copy of any statutory declaration furnished under
        section 19(1);

   (d)  inform him of the date fixed for the meeting of the Committee to
        consider the complaint; and

   (e)  invite him to submit to the Committee any explanation he wishes to
        offer for his conduct or any other matter alleged in the complaint.
        (Enacted 1994)