Official Visitor Act 2012

An operating entity for a visitable place must give an official visitor for the place any reasonable assistance the official visitor asks for to exercise the official visitor’s functions at the place.

Examples

1 giving access to documents and records relating to a complaint

2 answering reasonable questions about the facts of a complaint

3 giving reasonable access to facilities

Note The Legislation Act, s 170 deals with the application of the privilege against self-incrimination.

An operating entity may only give an official visitor access to an entitled person’s health record if the official visitor has complied with section 15 (2) (a) or (b).