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PEI’s Health Services Act exempts QIA reports and evidence from any legal proceeding.

January 2015 Cox & Palmer, Prince Edward Island

Carter (Estate), 2014 PESC 24.

Carter’s Estate brought an action against the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (“QEH”) claiming negligence in Carter’s treatment. The QEH contracted with an external physician to conduct an independent review of the circumstances leading to Carter’s death as part of a Quality Improvement Activity (“QIA”). Carter’s Estate sought production of the report. The motion was dismissed.

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