Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023

Statement in relation to procedure for open disclosure of notifiable incident and application of section 10 to information and apology

11. (1) A health services provider shall prepare a statement in writing of—

(a) its procedure for making an open disclosure of a notifiable incident pursuant to, and in accordance with this Part, and

(b) the manner in which section 10 applies to the restrictions on the use, pursuant to this Act, of information provided, and any apology made, at the notifiable incident disclosure meeting, the additional notifiable information meeting, or the information provided in a clarification under section 23 and any statements in writing provided in respect of those meetings or that clarification.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of section 78 , the Minister may make guidelines in respect of the form of the statement referred to in subsection (1).