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HOSPITAL AND HEALTH BOARDS ACT 2011 - SECT 117
Giving of information protected
117 Giving of information protected
(1) This section applies to a person who honestly and on reasonable grounds
gives information to an RCA team, or a relevant person for an RCA team, for
the RCA team’s conduct of an RCA of a reportable event.
(2) The person is
not subject to any liability for giving the information and no action, claim
or demand may be taken or made of or against the person for giving the
information.
(3) Also, merely because the person gives the information, the
person can not be held to have— (a) breached any code of professional
etiquette or ethics; or
(b) departed from accepted standards of professional
conduct.
(4) Without limiting subsections (2) and (3) — (a) in a proceeding
for defamation, the person has a defence of absolute privilege for publishing
the information; and
(b) if the person would otherwise be required to
maintain confidentiality about the information under an Act, oath, or rule of
law or practice, the person— (i) does not contravene the Act , oath, or rule
of law or practice by giving the information; and
(ii) is not liable to
disciplinary action for giving the information.
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