Hong Kong Regulations

CHIROPRACTORS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) RULES - SECT 10

Preliminary procedure regarding complaint alleging disciplinary offence

(1) If the 2 members of the Preliminary Investigation Committee are both
satisfied that a complaint submitted to them under section 16(3) of the
Ordinance is frivolous or groundless, the Preliminary Investigation  Committee
shall determine not to further consider the complaint.

(2) If a registered chiropractor is alleged in a complaint to have committed
misconduct or neglect in a professional respect, the Preliminary 
Investigation Committee may require the complainant to furnish-

   (a)  a document setting out the grounds for the allegation; and

   (b)  except where the complaint is made by a public officer acting in his
        capacity as such, a declaration as to the substance of the complaint
        and the alleged facts of the case.

(3) A declaration referred to in subsection (2)(b) shall-

   (a)  state the address and description of the declarant; and

   (b)  if any alleged fact is not within the personal knowledge of the
        declarant, state the source of the declarant's information and the
        grounds for his belief in the truth of the fact.

(4) If the Preliminary Investigation Committee determines not to further
consider a complaint under subsection (1), the Secretary shall, as far as
practicable-

   (a)  notify the complainant in writing of the determination; and

   (b)  include in the notification an adequate statement of the reasons for
        the determination.

(5) Unless there is a determination under subsection (1), the Secretary shall-

   (a)  fix a date for a meeting of the Preliminary Investigation  Committee
        to further consider the complaint;

   (b)  as far as practicable, notify the complainant in writing of the
        submission of the complaint to the Preliminary Investigation Committee
        and of the date fixed under paragraph (a);

   (c)  notify the respondent in writing of the receipt and substance of the
        complaint and of the date fixed under paragraph (a);

   (d)  send to the respondent a copy of any declaration furnished under
        subsection (2); and

   (e)  invite the respondent to submit to the Preliminary 
        Investigation Committee a written representation regarding the
        complaint or any matter alleged in it.