97Treating doctors—health service appointments

97 Treating doctors—health service appointments (1) The director-general responsible for the administration of the Health Act 1993 must appoint a doctor (a treating doctor) for each detention (2) The treating doctor’s functions are— (a) to provide health services to young detainees; and (b) to protect the health of young detainees (including preventing the spread of disease at detention places).

(3) A treating doctor appointed for a detention place must be available to provide health services at the detention place at least once each week. (4) The treating doctor may give written directions to the director-general for subsection (2) (b). (5) The director-general must ensure that each direction under subsection (4) is complied with unless the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that compliance would undermine security or good order at the detention place.