Cap. 657 Art. 6Functions and powers of the Review Board. 6 [CAP.

(1) The Board shall carry out the following functions:

(a) the determination of the date of diagnosis and, or the date of the end of treatment in accordance with the procedure established in article 7;

(b) the recommendation of the review and reduction of established periods for specific oncological diseases that shall be included by the Minister in the Schedule, in accordance with scientific and medical progress and article 3;

(c) any other such function as may be assigned to it by the Minister for the proper implementation of this Act.

(2) Proceedings before the Board shall be held and in camera shall be confidential.

(3) The Board shall, in the exercise of its functions, have the power to take decisions, make recommendations, issue rulings and refer to the relevant authorities for action, assistance or information.

(4) The Board shall have the power to access all medical records held by any public or private health care provider which are relevant to the requests made to it.

(5) The Board may, whenever it deems necessary, engage one

(1) or more persons, whom it considers to be in possession of suitable expertise to assist it in carrying out specific tasks requiring such expertise, and, for this purpose, the Board may impose such conditions as it considers necessary.

(6) The Board shall at the end of each year, or earlier if so requested, make a report of its activities to the Minister. The said report shall be laid on the Table of the House by the Minister in a form which respects the confidentiality of personal data:

Provided that the report may include anonymised information for statistical purposes. FOR PERSONS WHO RECOVERED FROM ONCOLOGI-657. CAL DISEASES (RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN)