Constitution of Committees

Detailed information on the PSR scheme is published in the document Your Guide to the PSR Process

Professional Services Review Committees consist of members appointed by the Director, including a Chairperson who is a Deputy Director of PSR and two other Panel members. The Director can appoint not more than two additional panel members to provide a wider range of clinical expertise.

Where the person under review (PUR) is the practitioner who rendered or initiated all of the referred services, the Chairperson and each of the Panel members must be practitioners who belong to the same profession in which the PUR was practising. If the PUR was a consultant physician or a specialist, the Panel members must also be consultant physicians or specialists in that area of practice.

The PUR may challenge the appointment of a Committee member or members on the grounds of actual or perceived bias. If the Director decides that the challenge is justified, the appointment of the relevant Committee member will be revoked and a replacement appointed.