134Medical records

134 Medical records

134 Medical records

(1) Proper medical records are to be kept in respect of each detainee, with entries as to each examination that is carried out on a detainee by a Justice Health officer.

(2) The medical records for detainees at a detention centre are to be kept at the centre in the custody of a Justice Health officer, and their contents are not to be divulged to any person outside Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (including the detainee) except in accordance with guidelines established by the Chief Executive, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network.

(3) Subclause (2) does not prevent information in a detainee’s medical records from being used to prepare general reports on the detainee’s health for submission to the centre manager of a detention centre, and such a report must be prepared and submitted whenever the centre manager so requests.

(4) As soon as practicable after a detainee is transferred from one detention centre to another, the detainee’s medical records are to be given into the custody of a Justice Health officer at the centre to which the detainee is transferred.

(5) Subclause (4) does not apply if the detainee is temporarily transferred to a police station or court cell complex.