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Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011
sec.102Stopping conduct of RCA of reportable event—RCA team
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### sec.102 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 health 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 written notice to the commissioning authority that appointed the RCA team members that the RCA team has stopped conducting the RCA.
For subsection (3) (b) , the notice must—
be in the approved form; and
state the reasons the RCA team stopped conducting the RCA.
s 102 amd 2014 No. 65 s 26
(sec.102-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 health service to safely and effectively provide the service was impaired by alcohol consumed, or a drug taken, by the person.
(sec.102-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.102-ssec.3) The RCA team must— stop conducting the RCA; and give written notice to the commissioning authority that appointed the RCA team members that the RCA team has stopped conducting the RCA.
(sec.102-ssec.4) For subsection (3) (b) , the notice must— be in the approved form; and state the reasons the RCA team stopped conducting the RCA.
- (a) the event involves a blameworthy act; or
- (b) the capacity of a person who was directly involved in providing the relevant health 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 written notice to the commissioning authority that appointed the RCA team members that the RCA team has stopped conducting the RCA.
- (a) be in the approved form; and
- (b) state the reasons the RCA team stopped conducting the RCA.