sec.167Chief executive may authorise examination of children at school, education and care service or QEC approved service

### sec.167 Chief executive may authorise examination of children at school, education and care service or QEC approved service This section applies if the chief executive— reasonably suspects that some or all of the children attending a school, education and care service or QEC approved service should be examined by a doctor because a child attending the school or service has, or may have, a contagious condition; and has consulted the person in charge of the school or service about the examinations. The chief executive may arrange for a doctor to examine some or all of the children attending the school or service to decide whether the children have, or may have, the condition. Before the examinations take place the chief executive must give the person in charge of the school or service notice of the following— the date and time of the examinations; the contagious condition for which examinations are to be conducted; the children, or class of children, to be examined; the name and contact details of the doctor who is to conduct the examinations. However, a child must not be examined without the consent of a parent of the child. s 167 amd 2011 No. 38 s 92 ; 2011 No. 41 s 58 ; 2013 No. 44 s 269 sch 1 pt 2 (sec.167-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive— reasonably suspects that some or all of the children attending a school, education and care service or QEC approved service should be examined by a doctor because a child attending the school or service has, or may have, a contagious condition; and has consulted the person in charge of the school or service about the examinations. (sec.167-ssec.2) The chief executive may arrange for a doctor to examine some or all of the children attending the school or service to decide whether the children have, or may have, the condition. (sec.167-ssec.3) Before the examinations take place the chief executive must give the person in charge of the school or service notice of the following— the date and time of the examinations; the contagious condition for which examinations are to be conducted; the children, or class of children, to be examined; the name and contact details of the doctor who is to conduct the examinations. (sec.167-ssec.4) However, a child must not be examined without the consent of a parent of the child. - (a) reasonably suspects that some or all of the children attending a school, education and care service or QEC approved service should be examined by a doctor because a child attending the school or service has, or may have, a contagious condition; and - (b) has consulted the person in charge of the school or service about the examinations. - (a) the date and time of the examinations; - (b) the contagious condition for which examinations are to be conducted; - (c) the children, or class of children, to be examined; - (d) the name and contact details of the doctor who is to conduct the examinations.