Singapore legislation
Section 40
Section 40
Appointment of Complaints Committees
(1)
The Chairperson of the Complaints Panel may appoint one or more committees each comprising 3 members of the Complaints Panel mentioned in section 38(1)(b) and (c) —
2 of whom must be registered allied health professionals who are registered in the same allied health profession as the registered allied health professional being complained against; and
one of whom must be a layperson,to be known for the purposes of this Act as Complaints Committees, to inquire into any complaint or information mentioned in section 39(1).
(2)
The Chairperson of the Complaints Panel must appoint one of the 2 registered allied health professionals mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to be the chairperson of the Complaints Committee.
(3)
A Complaints Committee may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for such fixed period of time as the Chairperson of the Complaints Panel may think fit.
(4)
The Chairperson of the Complaints Panel may at any time revoke the appointment of a Complaints Committee or may remove any member of a Complaints Committee or fill any vacancy in a Complaints Committee.
(5)
No act done by or under the authority of a Complaints Committee is invalid in consequence of any defect that is subsequently discovered in the appointment or qualification of the members or any of them.
(6)
All the members of a Complaints Committee must be present to constitute a quorum for a meeting of the Complaints Committee.
(7)
Despite subsection (6), any resolution or decision in writing signed by all the members of a Complaints Committee is as valid and effectual as if it had been made or reached at a meeting of the Complaints Committee where all its members were present.
(8)
A Complaints Committee may meet for the purposes of its inquiry, adjourn and otherwise regulate the conduct of its inquiry as its members may think fit.
(9)
The chairperson of a Complaints Committee may at any time summon a meeting of the Complaints Committee.
(10)
All members of a Complaints Committee present at a meeting thereof must vote on any question arising at the meeting and that question is to be determined by a majority of votes and, in the case of an equality of votes, the chairperson has a casting vote.
(11)
A member of a Complaints Committee, despite having ceased to be a member of the Complaints Panel on the expiry of his or her term of office, is deemed to be a member of the Complaints Panel until such time as the Complaints Committee has completed its work.