Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023
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Designated person | ||
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16. (1) For the purpose of making a designation under section 15 (1)(e), where the health services provider making the designation is a health services provider referred to in— | ||
(a) paragraph (a) of the definition of “health services provider”, that health services provider may designate— | ||
(i) an employee of that provider, including an employee who is a health practitioner, | ||
(ii) a health practitioner who provides a health service for that provider pursuant to a contract referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) of that definition, | ||
(iii) a person with whom that provider has entered into a contract referred to in paragraph (a)(v)(II) of that definition, | ||
(iv) an agency health practitioner who provides a health service for that provider pursuant to an agency contract referred to in paragraph (a)(iii) of that definition, or | ||
(v) an agency worker, | ||
as the designated person for the purposes of section 15 (1)(e), or | ||
(b) paragraph (b) of the definition of “health services provider”, that provider may designate— | ||
(i) himself or herself, | ||
(ii) the health practitioner providing the clinical care and treatment to the patient concerned, | ||
(iii) an employee of that provider, including an employee who is a health practitioner, | ||
(iv) a health practitioner who provides a health service for that provider pursuant to a contract referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) of that definition, | ||
(v) a person with whom that provider has entered into a contract referred to in paragraph (b)(iv)(II) of that definition, | ||
(vi) an agency health practitioner who provides a health service for that provider pursuant to an agency contract referred to in paragraph (b)(iii) of that definition, or | ||
(vii) an agency worker, | ||
as the designated person for the purposes of section 15 (1)(e), or | ||
(c) paragraph (c) of the definition of health services provider, that provider may designate— | ||
(i) the partner who is the health practitioner providing the health service to the patient concerned, | ||
(ii) any other partner who is a health practitioner in the partnership concerned, | ||
(iii) an employee of that provider, including an employee who is a health practitioner, | ||
(iv) a health practitioner who provides a health service for that provider pursuant to a contract referred to in paragraph (c)(ii) of that definition, | ||
(v) a person with whom that provider has entered into a contract referred to in paragraph (c)(iv)(II) of that definition, | ||
(vi) an agency health practitioner who provides a health service for that provider pursuant to an agency contract referred to in paragraph (c)(iii) of that definition, or | ||
(vii) an agency worker, | ||
as the designated person for the purposes of section 15 (1)(e). | ||
(2) A designation under this section shall be in writing and shall be kept in the records, referred to in section 25 , relating to the open disclosure of the notifiable incident made under this Act. |