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V: Competence
65 Confidentiality of information
65. Confidentiality of information---(1) No person who examines any
clinical records of any medical practitioner pursuant to a requirement
of a competence programme or a recertification programme shall disclose
any information (being information about any identifiable individual)
obtained by that person as a result of that examination, except for 1 or
more of the following purposes:
(a) For the purposes of making a report to the Council in relation to
the medical practitioner concerned:
(b) For the purposes of any criminal investigation or any criminal
proceedings taken against that practitioner:
(c) For the purpose of making the information available to the person
to whom the information relates, in any case where---
(i) The Council directs that the information be made
available; or
(ii) The person requests access to the information.
(2) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 who discloses any information
in contravention of subsection (1) of this section.
(3) No information, statement, or admission that is disclosed or made
by any medical practitioner in the course of, or for the purposes of
satisfying the requirements of, any competence programme or
recertification programme and that relates to any conduct of that
medical practitioner (whether that conduct occurred before or during
that programme)---
(a) Shall be used or disclosed for any purpose other than the purposes
of that programme; or
(b) Shall be admissible against that person, or any other person, in
any proceedings in any court or before any person acting
judicially.
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