19. Clarification of information provided at open disclosure meeting and additional information provided at additional information meeting
Amendments (requiring commencement) by Sch. 2 to the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 (No. 10), published 2 May 2023.
(1) A patient or relevant person (or both of them) to whom an open disclosure of a patient safety incident was made, may, at any time after the open disclosure meeting, or the additional information meeting as the case may be, make a request, to the designated person, for the clarification of -
(a) any information provided to the patient or relevant person (or both of them) at the open disclosure meeting, or
(b) any additional information provided to the patient or relevant person (or both of them) at the additional information meeting.
(2) Where a request is made under subsection (1) -
(a) in the case of a request for clarification of the information provided at the open disclosure meeting, the designated person shall -
(i) as soon as practicable, inform the person who, pursuant to section 13, made the open disclosure of the patient safety incident, or where the conditions in subsection (4) are satisfied, a health practitioner referred to in that subsection, of the request, and