73Request for information by health facility outside ACT

73 Request for information by health facility outside ACT (1) This section applies if a health facility outside the ACT (the requesting facility) asks the CEO of a health facility for clinical practice information about a practitioner that has been the subject of a scope of clinical practice review at the health facility.

(2) The CEO must— (a) if the request for information is in writing—forward the request within 7 days of receiving it to the scope of clinical practice committee that reviewed the practitioner’s scope of clinical practice; or (b) if the request is not in writing—tell the requesting facility as soon as practicable that the request must be made in writing. (3) A scope of clinical practice review committee that receives a request from a CEO under subsection (2) (a) may give the requesting facility— (a) the following information if the information formed part of the committee’s review of the practitioner, and is relevant to the information asked for by the requesting facility: (i) particulars of the complaint against the practitioner; (ii) particulars about any patients treated by the practitioner; (iii) health facility medical records; (iv) reports from other providers of health services; and (b) a summary of the committee’s review report into the practitioner’s scope of clinical practice. (4) However, any information given to a requesting facility under subsection (3) must be given in a form that does not allow a person mentioned in the information, other than the practitioner reviewed by the committee, to be identified. clinical practice information, about a practitioner, means information relating to the clinical competency and standards of professional conduct of the practitioner.