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Public Health Act 2005
sec.198Designated medical officer must notify person in charge of facility where child held
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### sec.198 Designated medical officer must notify person in charge of facility where child held
This section applies if a designated medical officer has ordered that a child be held at a health service facility.
The designated medical officer must give the person in charge of the facility notice of the order as soon as practicable after the child is held.
Subsection (2) does not apply if the designated medical officer and the person in charge are the same person.
The notice must include the following—
details of the harm or risk of harm of which the designated medical officer is aware or suspected by the designated medical officer;
the time that is 48 hours from the time the order is made when the order ends;
the name, address and telephone number of the designated medical officer; and
if a professional has given a report under the Child Protection Act 1999 , chapter 2 , part 1AA , division 2 —the name, address and telephone number of the professional, to the extent the designated medical officer has those details; and
to the extent it can reasonably be obtained—
the child’s name, date of birth and residential address or another address at which the child may live; and
the name and residential address of the parents of the child or another address at which the parents may be contacted.
s 198 amd 2014 No. 28 s 104
(sec.198-ssec.1) This section applies if a designated medical officer has ordered that a child be held at a health service facility.
(sec.198-ssec.2) The designated medical officer must give the person in charge of the facility notice of the order as soon as practicable after the child is held.
(sec.198-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the designated medical officer and the person in charge are the same person.
(sec.198-ssec.4) The notice must include the following— details of the harm or risk of harm of which the designated medical officer is aware or suspected by the designated medical officer; the time that is 48 hours from the time the order is made when the order ends; the name, address and telephone number of the designated medical officer; and if a professional has given a report under the Child Protection Act 1999 , chapter 2 , part 1AA , division 2 —the name, address and telephone number of the professional, to the extent the designated medical officer has those details; and to the extent it can reasonably be obtained— the child’s name, date of birth and residential address or another address at which the child may live; and the name and residential address of the parents of the child or another address at which the parents may be contacted.
- (a) details of the harm or risk of harm of which the designated medical officer is aware or suspected by the designated medical officer;
- (b) the time that is 48 hours from the time the order is made when the order ends;
- (c) the name, address and telephone number of the designated medical officer; and
- (ca) if a professional has given a report under the Child Protection Act 1999 , chapter 2 , part 1AA , division 2 —the name, address and telephone number of the professional, to the extent the designated medical officer has those details; and
- (d) to the extent it can reasonably be obtained— (i) the child’s name, date of birth and residential address or another address at which the child may live; and (ii) the name and residential address of the parents of the child or another address at which the parents may be contacted.
- (i) the child’s name, date of birth and residential address or another address at which the child may live; and
- (ii) the name and residential address of the parents of the child or another address at which the parents may be contacted.
- (i) the child’s name, date of birth and residential address or another address at which the child may live; and
- (ii) the name and residential address of the parents of the child or another address at which the parents may be contacted.