512Director-general must place child or young person with

512 Director-general must place child or young person with out-of-home carer (1) If the director-general has daily care responsibility for a child or young person, the director-general must place the child or young person with an out-of-home carer. (2) However, the director-general may place— (a) a child or young person in a health facility if— (i) a doctor states in writing that, in the doctor’s opinion, it is necessary for the wellbeing of the child or young person for daily care to be provided to the child or young person in the health facility; and

Placement with out-of-home carer Division 15.4.1 (ii) the director-general is satisfied that— (A) appropriate support is available to meet the needs of the child or young person while the child or young person is in the health facility; and (B) those aspects of the care plan for the child or young person that can be followed while the child or young person is in the health facility will be followed; or (b) a young person who is 16 years old or older in an independent living arrangement if the director-general is satisfied that— (i) the arrangement is appropriate for the young person; and (ii) the proposed accommodation and the support available to the young person best meets the young person’s needs; and (iii) the arrangement is consistent with the young person’s care plan; or (c) a child or young person with the parent or guardian of the child or young person if the director-general is satisfied it is (3) Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to any court order (under this Act or another law in force in the Territory) to the contrary. (4) If the director-general is placing an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child or young person with an out-of-home carer, the placement must be in accordance with section 513. Note An authorised person may, at any reasonable time, enter premises where child or young person with an out-of-home carer under this section and the purpose of the entry is to ensure that the child or young person is being properly cared for (see s 815).