26   Grounds for complaints

(1)  A complaint may be made under this Act concerning:

(a)  the professional conduct of a registered podiatrist, or

(b)  the provision of a podiatry service by a registered podiatrist.

Note. Subsection (1) ensures consistency between this Act and the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 with respect to the kinds of complaints that can be made about registered podiatrists.

(2)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a complaint may be made that a registered podiatrist:

(a)  has, either in or outside New South Wales, been convicted of or made the subject of a criminal finding for an offence, and the circumstances of the offence are such as to render the podiatrist unfit in the public interest to be registered as a podiatrist, or

(b)  is guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct, or

(c)  is not competent to practise podiatry, or

(d)  suffers from an impairment, or

(e)  is not of good character.

(3)  A complaint need not be made in terms that are strictly in accordance with the terminology of this section.

(4)  In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a podiatrist is of good character regard may be had to conduct of the podiatrist before becoming registered as a podiatrist.