(3) A licensee may provide the prescribed medical treatment to the individual only if every clinical ethics committee that conducted an ethics review of the prescribed medical treatment is satisfied that the prescribed medical treatment is ethically appropriate.
(4) A person must not provide a prescribed medical treatment if—
- (a) the individual’s case has not been referred to a clinical ethics committee for an ethics review of the prescribed medical treatment under subsection (2); or
- (b) any clinical ethics committee to which the individual’s case is referred is not satisfied, following an ethics review under subsection (2), that the prescribed medical treatment is ethically appropriate.
(5) A person (not being a licensee) that contravenes subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence.
(6) A licensee—
- (a) that fails to comply with subsection (2) or (3); or
- (b) that allows a person to provide, or fails to take reasonable steps to prevent the person from providing, a prescribed medical treatment contrary to subsection (4),
shall be guilty of an offence.
(7) A person that is guilty of an offence under subsection (5) or (6) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Record-keeping on healthcare service
27.—(1) A licensee must keep and maintain records, for the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, where the records are relevant to the monitoring or evaluation of any aspect of any licensable healthcare service or the provision of any licensable healthcare service.
