15Disclosure of information—incident reviewers

15 Disclosure of information—incident reviewers

15 Disclosure of information—incident reviewers

(1) For the purposes of section 21N(d) of the Act, a person who is or was an incident reviewer may divulge or communicate information acquired by the person in the person’s capacity as an incident reviewer if the information is divulged or communicated to—

(a) a committee, appointed under section 20 of the Act for the purposes of any research or investigation the committee is authorised to conduct under section 23(1) of the Act, including the following committees—

(i) Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia (SCIDUA),

(ii) Collaborating Hospitals Audit of Surgical Mortality Committee (CHASM),

(iii) The NSW Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Review Committee, or

(b) the chief executive officer of the relevant health services organisation by which the incident reviewer was appointed for the purposes of—

(i) informing the chief executive officer of a proposed recommendation of the incident reviewer, and

(ii) enabling the chief executive officer to consult with other members of staff of the health services organisation about the proposed recommendation.

(2) In this clause—

incident reviewer has the same meaning as in section 21L of the Act.

cl 15: Am 2020 (664), Sch 1[6]–[12].