Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 · Updated to 1 Dec 2015 · Part XII · Mortality Assessment
69. Publication of information
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Subject to subsection (2), the Committee shall, in accordance with such directions as the Director General may, from time to time give, publish to persons concerned with anesthesia, anesthetic procedures, medical technology, medical procedures, surgery or surgical procedures, and to such other persons or classes of persons as the Director General may specify, any conclusion and recommendations it reaches in relation to the performance of its functions.
Committee
“Committee” means a National Mortality Assessment Committee. Establishment of National Mortality Assessment Committee
No publication made under subsection (1) shall contain the name of, or any information that could lead to the identification of, any person whose death has been considered by a Committee or any medical practitioner or dental practitioner or any other person who has in any way been involved in the care or treatment of the deceased person.
Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Chairman of a
Committee shall furnish to the medical practitioner or dental practitioner whose patient’s death was notified as an assessable death the conclusion and recommendations of the Committee.
assessable death
“assessable death” means a death that, in the opinion of any medical practitioner or dental practitioner, may be related to anesthesia or any anesthetic procedure, or medical technology or any medical procedure, or surgery or any surgical procedure;
Terms defined in this Act
assessable death
Defined · s 64“assessable death” means a death that, in the opinion of any medical practitioner or dental practitioner, may be related to anesthesia or any anesthetic procedure, or medical technology or any medical procedure, or surgery or any surgical procedure;
Committee
Defined · s 64“Committee” means a National Mortality Assessment Committee. Establishment of National Mortality Assessment Committee
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia;
Part XIII
Quality of Healthcare Facilities and Services
Part XIV
Board of Management and Advisory Committee
Part XV
Managed Care Organization
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Enforcement
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Power of Minister
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