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Receipt of a Complaint
Following receipt of a complaint the Registrar must, on behalf of the Board, liaise with the Health Complaints Commissioner to seek advice as to which body should consider the complaint. The complaint should then be placed before the Board without undue delay.

The key options available to the Board following receipt of a complaint are:

1. If the complaint is considered to be frivolous, vexatious or unsubstantiated then it may be dismissed (Section 45).
2. If the Board considers that a matter may be not sufficiently serious to warrant an investigation it may require the podiatrist to appear before it to give an explanation, or provide it with a written explanation (Section 46.)
3. Determine that the complaint be investigated (Section 44).

An investigation is undertaken by a disciplinary committee presents a report recommendation to the Committee for consideration. The future management of the complaint will be dependent on the determination of the Board following consideration of the report.
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