Section 26I

Subject to this section, the Board may appoint from any persons one or more Inquiry Committees to inquire under section 26E into any complaint against, or information about, any registered person.

An investigator directed by an Inquiry Committee under section 26E(4)(a) to investigate into the facts and circumstances of any complaint against, or information about, a registered person must not be appointed a member of an Inquiry Committee inquiring into the same complaint or information.

To avoid doubt, a public officer in the Ministry of Health is not disqualified from being appointed a member of an Inquiry Committee by reason only that the person is such a public officer.

An Inquiry Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time set by the Board.

The production of any written instrument purporting to be signed by the Board and making an appointment under this section is evidence that the appointment has been duly made.