New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES ACT 2007 - SECT 49G

49G Personal liability of incident reviewers

(1) Anything done by an incident reviewer or any person acting under the direction of an incident reviewer, in good faith for the purposes of the exercise of the incident reviewer's functions, does not subject the incident reviewer or person personally to any action, liability, claim or demand.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), an incident reviewer has qualified privilege in proceedings for defamation in respect of--

(a) any statement made orally or in writing in the exercise of the functions of an incident reviewer, or

(b) the contents of any advice or report or other information published by an incident reviewer.

(3) An incident reviewer is, and is entitled to be, indemnified in respect of any costs incurred in defending proceedings in respect of a liability against which the reviewer is protected by this section by the licensee in respect of the incident for which the incident reviewer was appointed.