New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE LIABILITY ACT 2001 - SECT 21

21 Mandatory requirements relating to data collection, reporting and risk management

An insurer who provides approved professional indemnity insurance must:

(a) comply with such data collection and reporting requirements as are specified in an insurance regulation order applying in respect of the insurer, and

(b) have in place a comprehensive risk management program that:

(i) identifies potential problems in relation to individual medical practitioners and particular categories of medical services, and

(ii) provides strategies to effectively deal with those problems.

Note: One of the purposes of the requirement referred to in paragraph (a) is to enable the medical profession and the community to be better informed as to the costs of compensation for, and developing trends in, personal injury claims arising from the provision of health care.