Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is or was the commissioning authority must not disclose to someone else information contained in an RCA report or chain of events document, or give someone else a copy of an RCA report or chain of events document, received by the person under section 36H, other than—
(a) as required or permitted under sections 36O to 36S; or
(b) as permitted under subsection (2).
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(2) The commissioning authority may give a safety and quality report prepared by the commissioning authority to an entity with responsibilities for the management of safety initiatives and programs for the Queensland Ambulance Service.
(3) Also, a person who is or was the commissioning authority must not disclose to someone else—
(a) the identity of a member of an RCA team; or
(b) information from which a member of the RCA team could be identified.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(4) Subsections (1) and (3) do not apply to the disclosure of information by the commissioning authority that is necessary or incidental to the exercise by the authority of its powers under this part.
(5) Also, a person who is or was a relevant person for the commissioning authority must not disclose to someone else information acquired by the person as a relevant person for the authority.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to the disclosure of information by a relevant person for the commissioning authority for the purpose of helping the authority exercise its powers under this part.
(7) If information that may be disclosed under this section is information to which section 49(1) applies, the information is for the purposes of section 49(2)(a) information that is expressly authorised or permitted to be given under this Act.
(8) This section does not authorise the attachment of a copy of an RCA report or chain of events document to a safety and quality report.
(9) In this section—
safety and quality report means a report about the safety and quality of the ambulance service to which an RCA report relates that is based on information contained in the RCA report.