This committee is delegated to consult with the Health Care Complaints Commission and to undertake functions of the Council related to the assessment of complaints.

We established this committee to hold inquiries and to exercise our powers to suspend or impose conditions on the registration of a nurse or midwife or student for:

• the protection of the health or safety of any person or persons or
• otherwise in the public interest.

The committee may review such a decision if the registered nurse, midwife or student applies for a review of a decision suspending his or her registration or imposing conditions on registration.

We established this committee to counsel a nurse, midwife or student who has been ordered or directed by:

• the Council,
• the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal,
• a Professional Standards Committee
• or an Impaired Registrants Panel 

to attend counselling.

Our Monitoring and Review Committee oversees and make decisions on our behalf about:

• the monitoring of practitioners’ compliance with orders and conditions on registration;
• conducts reviews of certain types of conditions including review of conditions on health pathway participants where review by an Impaired Registrants Panel is not deemed necessary and
• reviews when the Council is considered to be the appropriate review body under section 163 of the Law.

The purpose of the S152J Committee is to consider the recommendations of Impaired Registrants Panel as delegates of the Council.

The role of the Committee is to allow timely decision-making in the Council’s health pathway and ensure the full consideration of Impaired Registrants Panel reports.

This committee:

1. provides input and oversight over the creation and management of our projects, especially where expenditure is being made from the our Education and Research account.

2. provides expert advice about our education and quality related strategic objectives.

This committee provides strategic oversight of our activities and provides us with recommendations.