1. Agency overview
Peer review
Where the Director determines the conduct of the person under review needs further investigation, a PSR committee is established. The committee comprises members drawn from a panel appointed by the Minister for Health and Ageing. The committee conducts a hearing where the person under review can provide both oral and written evidence in support of their case. The Act allows for them to be accompanied by a lawyer or another adviser but limits a lawyer’s role to providing advice to the person under review, addressing the committee on questions of law and making a final address on the merits of the matter. After considering all the evidence and taking into account any submissions received, the committee produces a draft report containing findings on the conduct of the person under review. After the person under review has been give time to make submissions on the draft report, a final report is forwarded to the Determining Authority.