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Allied Health Professions of Brunei Darussalam Act · s 43

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s 43Confidentiality of information

(1)

A person to whom this section applies shall not be compellable in any proceedings to give evidence in respect of, or to produce any document containing any information which has been obtained in the course of a performance or fitness assessment except in the case of the following -

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(a)

an inquiry by a Complaints Committee, Disciplinary Panel and Health Committee; or

(b)

a prosecution for a criminal offence.

(2)

A person to whom this section applies shall not disclose any information contained in any document as may have come to his knowledge in the course of a performance or fitness assessment unless the disclosure is made -

(a)

under or for the purpose of administering and enforcing this

Act or the Infectious Diseases Act (Chapter 204); or

(b)

for any other purpose with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.

(3)

This section applies to -

(a)

a member of a Performance Assessment Panel or Fitness

Assessment Panel;

(b)

the investigator referred to in section 38(4)(c) or 40(6)(b)(i);

(c)

a member of a Complaints Committee, Disciplinary Panel and

Health Committee; and

(d)

a member, an officer or an agent of the Council.

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