New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ACT 1982 - SECT 20O

20O Responsibilities of RCA team in relation to reportable incident

(1) A RCA team is to notify in writing the relevant health services organisation by which it was appointed if the RCA team is of the opinion that the reportable incident that it is considering raises matters that may involve professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct by a person who is a visiting practitioner or staff member or may indicate that such a person is suffering from an impairment.

(2) A RCA team may notify in writing the relevant health services organisation by which it was appointed if the RCA team is of the opinion that the reportable incident that it is considering raises matters that may involve unsatisfactory professional performance by a person who is a visiting practitioner or staff member, but not to the extent that would constitute professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct.

(3) On completion of its consideration of a reportable incident, a RCA team must prepare a report in writing that contains the following:

(a) a description of the reportable incident,

(b) a causation statement, being a statement that indicates the reasons why the RCA team considers the reportable incident concerned occurred,

(c) any recommendations by the RCA team as to the need for changes or improvements in relation to a procedure or practice arising out of the incident.

(4) In this section:
"staff member", in relation to a relevant health services organisation, means:

(a) a member of the NSW Health Service who is employed under Part 1 of Chapter 9 of the Health Services Act 1997 to enable the organisation to exercise its functions, or

(b) in the case of an affiliated health organisation that is not a declared affiliated health organisation under that Act-an employee of that organisation.