Chapter:	161E	Title:	MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	9	Heading:	Reference of case to Committee	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Except where section 10 applies, if a case received by the chairman or the deputy chairman of the Committee under section 6 has not been dismissed or referred to the Health Committee under that section, the chairman or the deputy chairman of the Committee shall, except where section 16(1) applies, direct that the case be referred to the Committee for its consideration and shall direct the Secretary to fix a date upon which it is proposed that the Committee is to meet to consider the case.
(2) Where the Secretary is directed under subsection (1) to fix a date, the Secretary shall-

(a) fix a date for the proposed meeting;
(b) notify the defendant of the receipt of the complaint, information or referral, and indicate any matters or allegations which may appear to raise a question whether the defendant has been guilty of misconduct in a professional respect;
(c) provide him a copy of any letter of complaint or information;
(d) forward to him a copy of any statutory declaration furnished under section 8;
(e) inform him of the date upon which the Committee is due to meet for the purpose of considering the case; and
(f) invite him to submit to the Committee in writing any explanation of his conduct or of any matter alleged in the complaint, information or referral which he may have to offer.