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Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011
sec.131Obstructing clinical reviewer
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### sec.131 Obstructing clinical reviewer
A person must not obstruct a clinical reviewer exercising a power unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
If a person has obstructed a clinical reviewer and the reviewer decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the reviewer must warn the person that—
it is an offence to cause an obstruction unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
the reviewer considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.
In this section—
obstruct includes assault, hinder, resist, attempt to obstruct and threaten to obstruct.
(sec.131-ssec.1) A person must not obstruct a clinical reviewer exercising a power unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(sec.131-ssec.2) If a person has obstructed a clinical reviewer and the reviewer decides to proceed with the exercise of the power, the reviewer must warn the person that— it is an offence to cause an obstruction unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and the reviewer considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.
(sec.131-ssec.3) In this section— obstruct includes assault, hinder, resist, attempt to obstruct and threaten to obstruct.
- (a) it is an offence to cause an obstruction unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
- (b) the reviewer considers the person’s conduct an obstruction.