Legislation

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), Part 8 (health, performance and conduct) and the NSW Councils

NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Office. Act, New South Wales.

Version: Current version for 10 April 2026 to date
Last read: 7 October 2026

The NSW version of the National Law replaces most of Part 8 with a New South Wales process. A complaint about a registered health practitioner can be made to the practitioner's profession Council (the Nursing and Midwifery Council of New South Wales for a nurse) or to the Health Care Complaints Commission, the two consult on what happens next, and a mandatory notification is treated as a complaint. This is the NSW counterpart of the Queensland pathway through the Health Ombudsman and Ahpra.

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