28Report of examination

28 Report of examination

S. 28(1) amended by No. 103/2003 s. 56(1).

(1) The examining medical practitioner must give a report of his or her examination to the person appointed to investigate the matter and, not more than 7 days later, to the veterinary practitioner being investigated.

(2) The person appointed to investigate the matter must discuss the report with the veterinary practitioner and, in the case of an adverse finding in the report, the possible ways of dealing with that finding.

(3) After discussing the report with the veterinary practitioner, the person appointed to investigate the matter must report to the Board.

S. 28(4) amended by No. 103/2003 s. 56(2).

(4) Despite subsection (1), if the report contains information of a medical or psychiatric nature concerning the veterinary practitioner, and it appears to the person appointed to conduct the investigation that the disclosure of that information to the veterinary practitioner might be prejudicial to the physical or mental health or well being of the veterinary practitioner, the investigator may decide not to give that information to the veterinary practitioner but to give it instead to another veterinary practitioner or another registered medical practitioner nominated by that veterinary practitioner.

(5) Before acting under subsection (4), the investigator must report to the Board and, if the investigator is not a veterinary practitioner and the Board is of the opinion that it is necessary for the investigation of the matter to be continued by a veterinary practitioner, the Board may appoint a veterinary practitioner to continue the investigation.