46Appointment of team to review incidents

#### 46 Appointment of team to review incidents 46 Appointment of team to review incidents > > (1) Following the preliminary risk assessment of an incident involving the provision of a health service by a private health facility, the licensee must appoint one or more persons as a serious adverse event review team to carry out a serious adverse event review of the incident if— > > > > > (a) the incident is a reportable incident, or > > > > > (b) the incident is not a reportable incident but may be the result of a serious systemic problem and the licensee is of the opinion that a serious adverse event review of the incident should be carried out. > > > (2) The serious adverse event review team must be appointed within 30 days of the incident. > > > (3) Despite subsection (1), a licensee may, but is not required to, appoint a serious adverse event review team to carry out a serious adverse event review of an incident in circumstances prescribed by the regulations. > > > (4) The persons appointed as a serious adverse event review team in respect of an incident must (subject to the regulations) be persons that the licensee reasonably considers can properly carry out a serious adverse event review of the incident. > > > (5) The licensee is to cause a written record to be kept of the persons appointed as a serious adverse event review team. > > > (6) The Secretary may issue directions setting out the type of serious adverse event review, and the manner in which the serious adverse event review is to be carried out, in respect of an incident or a class of incidents. > > **s 46:** Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.2 \[10\] \[11\]. Subst 2018 No 73, Sch 6\[1\].