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(c) the making of a direction under this Act against any person;
(d) the censure of any person;
(e) the removal of and replacement of any key appointment holder, Principal Officer or Clinical Governance Officer of a licensee;
(f) the acceptance by any person of an offer to compound any offence under this Act; and
(g) the conviction of any person for any offence under this Act.

(3) This section does not override any restriction on the disclosure of any information under this Act.

Codes of practice

38.—(1) The Director may—

(a) issue one or more codes of practice applicable to all licensees or the licensees providing specified licensable healthcare services;
(b) approve as a code of practice applicable to all licensees or the licensees providing specified licensable healthcare services any document prepared by a person other than the Director if the Director considers the document suitable for this purpose; or
(c) amend or revoke any code of practice issued under paragraph (a) or approved under paragraph (b),

with respect to all or any of the matters in subsection (2).

(2) The matters for the purposes of subsection (1) are—

(a) the conduct of licensees;
(b) the measures necessary for licensees to deal with any plague, epidemic, outbreak, fire, flood, earthquake or disaster (natural or otherwise) or any other public emergency;
(c) the clinical and ethical aspects of licensable healthcare services;