43 Health Service Commissioners.U.K.
(1)Section 15 of the M1Health Service Commissioners Act 1993 (confidentiality of information) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), at the beginning of paragraph (e) there is inserted “ where the information is to the effect that any person is likely to constitute a threat to the health or safety of patients ”.
(3)Subsection (1A) is omitted.
(4)In subsection (1B)—
(a)for “such a case” there is substituted “ a case within subsection (1)(e) ”,
(b)the words following “patients” are omitted.
(5)In subsection (1C), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted—
“(a)where he knows the identity of the person mentioned in subsection (1)(e), inform that person that he has disclosed the information and of the identity of any person to whom he has disclosed it, and
(b)inform the person from whom the information was obtained that he has disclosed it”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 43 wholly in force at 1.3.2000; s. 43 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 67(1); s. 43 in force for E.W. at 1.10.1999 by S.I. 1999/2540, art. 2(1)(b); s. 43 in force for S. at 1.3.2000 by S.S.I. 2000/38, art. 2
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