the Act which covers competence and fitness concerns, referring it to another agency (e.g. the Family Court), or deciding to take no further action. If the complaint has been referred to a Professional Conduct Committee (PCC), the PCC will investigate the matter and report its findings to the P3&4 Committee, the practitioner and the complainant. Following their investigation, a PCC must make one or more recommendations or one determination or both (see below). Professional Conduct Committees The Board may appoint a Professional Conduct Committee ( PCC ) to investigate a complaint and/or to investigate the circumstances of certain offences committed by psychologists. PCCs are composed of two psychologists and one layperson. What does a PCC do? A PCC receives evidence and investigates a case or class of cases. This may include hearing oral evidence and considering written submissions and statements from a range of people involved with the complaint and, where necessary, a clinical expert. The PCC can also recommend to the Board that it should suspend a psychologist's practising certificate if at any time in the course of investigating the matter the PCC believes that the psychologist's practice poses a risk of serious harm to the public. What can a PCC decide? After completing the investigation, the PCC can make one or more recommendations or one determination, or both. [Refer section 80 of the HPCA Act]. The possible recommendations are: That the Board review the competence of the psychologist to practise; and/or That the Board review the fitness of