21FOutcome of assessment of incidents

21F Outcome of assessment of incidents

21F Outcome of assessment of incidents

(1) A relevant health services organisation may only disclose an advice of an assessor or any information obtained from the advice as follows—

(a) to provide the advice to the Health Secretary,

(b) to notify any person or body authorised under section 23 of the incident,

(c) to advise a serious adverse event review team appointed to carry out a serious adverse event review of the incident to which the advice relates,

(d) to provide relevant information to a patient involved in the incident, a family member or carer of the patient or a person nominated by any such patient, family member or carer,

(e) to a law enforcement agency or regulatory body,

(f) in any other manner as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(2) A relevant health services organisation must take reasonable steps to not disclose information that identifies a person (other than the patient involved in the incident) when it provides information under subsection (1) (d).

s 21F: Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2].