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Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
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#### 37K Testing where juvenile justice officer attends hospital
37K Testing where juvenile justice officer attends hospital
> > (1) If a juvenile justice officer attends or is admitted to a hospital for examination or treatment because of an incident referred to in section 37J (3), an authorised person may require the juvenile justice officer to provide, or enable to be taken, a sample of blood or a non-invasive sample from the juvenile justice officer in accordance with the directions of a medical practitioner who attends the juvenile justice officer at the hospital.
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> > (2) Any such medical practitioner must take the sample if informed by an authorised person that the sample is required to be taken by the practitioner, but not a sample of blood if such a sample is taken under clause 11 of Schedule 3 to the [Road Transport Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-018) instead.
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> > (3) If there is no medical practitioner present to attend the juvenile justice officer at the hospital, the sample is to be taken by a registered nurse who is attending the juvenile justice officer and who is accredited by a hospital to perform the sampling procedures.
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> > (4) Clauses 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Schedule 3 to the [Road Transport Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-018) apply to any taking, or provision, of a sample of blood or a non-invasive sample under subsection (1) as if the sample were a sample of blood taken under clause 11 of Schedule 3 to that Act.
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> > (5) Any sample taken under subsection (1) is to be dealt with, and a report on the analysis of the sample is to be provided, in accordance with the regulations.
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> > (6) Nothing in this section or the regulations derogates from the operation of Schedule 3 to the [Road Transport Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-018) in its application to the taking of samples under clause 11 of that Schedule.
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> **s 37K:** Ins 2006 No 41, Sch 1 \[18\]. Am 2013 No 19, Sch 4.2 \[3\]–\[5\].