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Ambulance Service Act 1991
sec.36JStopping conduct of RCA of reportable event—RCA team
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### sec.36J Stopping conduct of RCA of reportable event—RCA team
This section applies if, while conducting an RCA of a reportable event, the RCA team conducting the RCA reasonably believes—
the event involves a blameworthy act; or
the capacity of a person who was directly involved in providing the relevant ambulance service to safely and effectively provide the service was impaired by alcohol consumed, or a drug taken, by the person.
This section also applies if a member of the RCA team conducting the RCA of a reportable event, who is a registered health practitioner—
reasonably believes the event involves behaviour of a registered health practitioner that constitutes public risk notifiable conduct; and
notifies the health ombudsman about the conduct.
The RCA team must—
stop conducting the RCA; and
give notice to the commissioning authority that the RCA team has stopped conducting the RCA.
For subsection (3) (b) , the notice must—
be in the form approved by the chief executive; and
state the reasons the RCA team stopped conducting the RCA.
In this section—
relevant ambulance service means the ambulance service during the provision of which the reportable event happened.
s 36J ins 2007 No. 28 s 50
amd 2014 No. 65 s 7
(sec.36J-ssec.1) This section applies if, while conducting an RCA of a reportable event, the RCA team conducting the RCA reasonably believes— the event involves a blameworthy act; or the capacity of a person who was directly involved in providing the relevant ambulance service to safely and effectively provide the service was impaired by alcohol consumed, or a drug taken, by the person.
(sec.36J-ssec.2) This section also applies if a member of the RCA team conducting the RCA of a reportable event, who is a registered health practitioner— reasonably believes the event involves behaviour of a registered health practitioner that constitutes public risk notifiable conduct; and notifies the health ombudsman about the conduct.
(sec.36J-ssec.3) The RCA team must— stop conducting the RCA; and give notice to the commissioning authority that the RCA team has stopped conducting the RCA.
(sec.36J-ssec.4) For subsection (3) (b) , the notice must— be in the form approved by the chief executive; and state the reasons the RCA team stopped conducting the RCA.
(sec.36J-ssec.5) In this section— relevant ambulance service means the ambulance service during the provision of which the reportable event happened.
- (a) the event involves a blameworthy act; or
- (b) the capacity of a person who was directly involved in providing the relevant ambulance service to safely and effectively provide the service was impaired by alcohol consumed, or a drug taken, by the person.
- (a) reasonably believes the event involves behaviour of a registered health practitioner that constitutes public risk notifiable conduct; and
- (b) notifies the health ombudsman about the conduct.
- (a) stop conducting the RCA; and
- (b) give notice to the commissioning authority that the RCA team has stopped conducting the RCA.
- (a) be in the form approved by the chief executive; and
- (b) state the reasons the RCA team stopped conducting the RCA.