54Transfers to health facilities

54 Transfers to health facilities (1) The director-general may direct that a detainee be transferred to a health facility at a correctional centre, or outside a correctional centre, if the director-general believes, on reasonable grounds, that is necessary or desirable for the detainee to receive health services at the facility. Note Health facility is defined in the dictionary. (2) The director-general must have regard to the advice of a doctor appointed under section 21 (Doctors—health service appointments) when considering whether to make a direction under subsection (1). (3) The director-general may direct an escort officer to escort the detainee— (a) to or from the health facility; or (b) for a facility other than the secure mental health facility—while at the facility. (4) The detainee may be discharged from the health facility only if— (a) the health practitioner in charge of the detainee’s care approves the discharge; or (b) the director-general directs that the detainee be removed from the facility. Example of direction for removal of detainee from health facility where the detainee is a danger to the safety of people at the facility (5) The director-general may give a direction for ensuring that a detainee discharged from a health facility under this section is returned to a correctional centre stated in the direction. (6) For chapter 10 (Discipline), this section is taken to provide an entitlement for each detainee in relation to health care.