# Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 1996, Section 6: Exercise of clinical judgment.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Section 5 of the 1993 Act (no investigation to be conducted of action taken in consequence of exercise of clinical judgment) shall be omitted.
(2) In section 3 of the 1993 Act (general remit of Commissioners) after subsection (6) (inserted by section 2 above) there shall be inserted—
“(7) Subsections (4) to (6) do not apply to the merits of a decision to the extent that it was taken in consequence of the exercise of clinical judgment.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/5/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-service-commissioners-amendment-act-1996/section-6
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