Appointment of assessors to assess incidents
42 Appointment of assessors to assess incidents
When an incident involving the provision of a health service by a private health facility is reported to the licensee of the facility, the licensee must appoint one or more assessors to carry out a preliminary risk assessment of the incident if—
the licensee is of the opinion that the incident is (or may be) a reportable incident, or
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 preliminary risk assessment of the incident should be carried out.
Assessors may be appointed in response to a particular incident or otherwise.
The persons appointed as assessors in respect of an incident must (subject to the regulations) be persons that the licensee reasonably considers can properly carry out a preliminary risk assessment of the incident.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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