Chapter:	359A	Title:	MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	20	Heading:	Reference of complaint to the Committee	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) On receiving a complaint submitted under regulation 19, the Chairman of the Committee shall, if satisfied that the complaint is frivolous or groundless and should not proceed further, dismiss it, and in any other case-

(a) direct the Secretary that the complaint be referred to the Committee to consider whether it should be referred to the Board for inquiry; and
(b) fix a date for the meeting of the Committee to consider the complaint.

(a) refer the complaint to the Committee;
(b) notify the respondent of the receipt of the complaint;
(c) inform him of the substance thereof;
(d) forward to him a copy of any statutory declaration furnished under regulation 19(1);
(e) inform him of the date fixed for the meeting of the Committee to consider the complaint; and
(f) invite him to submit to the Committee any explanation he wishes to offer for his conduct or any other matter alleged in the complaint.