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Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011
sec.129Powers of clinical reviewers
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### sec.129 Powers of clinical reviewers
A clinical reviewer may enter a public sector health service facility at any time the facility is open for business or otherwise open for entry.
A clinical reviewer may, in the exercise of the reviewer’s functions, ask an employee of the department or a Service to give to the reviewer a document, including a document containing confidential information, that—
is relevant to the reviewer’s functions; and
is in the possession or control of the employee.
The employee must comply with the request.
If requested by the employee, the clinical reviewer must produce the reviewer’s instrument of appointment to the employee.
The clinical reviewer may make copies of, and take extracts from, the document.
In this section—
confidential information means any information that—
is about a person who is receiving or has received a public sector health service; and
could identify the person.
s 129 amd 2012 No. 9 s 37
(sec.129-ssec.1) A clinical reviewer may enter a public sector health service facility at any time the facility is open for business or otherwise open for entry.
(sec.129-ssec.2) A clinical reviewer may, in the exercise of the reviewer’s functions, ask an employee of the department or a Service to give to the reviewer a document, including a document containing confidential information, that— is relevant to the reviewer’s functions; and is in the possession or control of the employee.
(sec.129-ssec.3) The employee must comply with the request.
(sec.129-ssec.4) If requested by the employee, the clinical reviewer must produce the reviewer’s instrument of appointment to the employee.
(sec.129-ssec.5) The clinical reviewer may make copies of, and take extracts from, the document.
(sec.129-ssec.6) In this section— confidential information means any information that— is about a person who is receiving or has received a public sector health service; and could identify the person.
- (a) is relevant to the reviewer’s functions; and
- (b) is in the possession or control of the employee.
- (a) is about a person who is receiving or has received a public sector health service; and
- (b) could identify the person.