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member of a quality assurance committee, unless the Director directs otherwise.
(5) A finding or recommendation by a quality assurance committee as to the need for change or improvement in relation to any licensable healthcare service provided, or any practice or procedure carried out, by the section 25 licensee that appointed the quality assurance committee is not admissible in any proceedings as evidence that the licensable healthcare service, practice or procedure (as the case may be) is or was inappropriate or inadequate.
(6) In this section—
- “medical information” means information about an individual that relates to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prevention or alleviation of an ailment, a condition, disability, disease or disorder or an injury affecting any part of the human body or mind;
- “representative”—
- (a) in relation to a deceased person, means his or her executor, administrator or next-of-kin;
- (b) in relation to an infant, means one of his or her parents or his or her guardian; and
- (c) in relation to a person (P) who lacks capacity within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act (Cap. 177A), means—
- (i) a donee of a lasting power of attorney which is granted by P under the Mental Capacity Act, and under which P confers on the donee authority to consent on P’s behalf to the disclosure; or
- (ii) a deputy who is appointed or deemed to be appointed for P by the court under the Mental Capacity Act, and who is conferred power to consent on P’s behalf to the disclosure.
