Patient Savety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023

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Obligation to make an open disclosure of Part 5 review

37. (1) Where a Part 5 review has been carried out in respect of a patient, the health services provider shall, subject to sections 50 and 51, hold a Part 5 review disclosure meeting in order to make the open disclosure of the review to the patient or relevant person (or both of them) as specified in section 39.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a health services provider is satisfied that a Part 5 review has been carried out but not all of the information relating to the review is available, the health services provider shall make the open disclosure of the Part 5 review under subsection (1) notwithstanding the absence of some of that information.