sec.349Emergency officer (medical) may order detention

### sec.349 Emergency officer (medical) may order detention This section applies if an emergency officer (medical) reasonably suspects that— a person in a public health emergency area has or may have a serious disease or illness; and the serious disease or illness, or the serious disease or illness and the person’s likely behaviour, constitutes an immediate risk to public health; and it is necessary to detain the person to effectively respond to the declared public health emergency. The emergency officer (medical) may order the detention of the person at a place decided by the officer within or outside the public health emergency area. The order must be in writing and state the following— a description of the serious disease or illness the person has or may have; the place where the person is to be detained; that the person must— if the person is at the place where the person is to be detained—remain at the place; or if the person is not at the place where the person is to be detained—go to the place with the emergency officer (medical) or with a person nominated by the officer; the time when the detention order ends. (sec.349-ssec.1) This section applies if an emergency officer (medical) reasonably suspects that— a person in a public health emergency area has or may have a serious disease or illness; and the serious disease or illness, or the serious disease or illness and the person’s likely behaviour, constitutes an immediate risk to public health; and it is necessary to detain the person to effectively respond to the declared public health emergency. (sec.349-ssec.2) The emergency officer (medical) may order the detention of the person at a place decided by the officer within or outside the public health emergency area. (sec.349-ssec.3) The order must be in writing and state the following— a description of the serious disease or illness the person has or may have; the place where the person is to be detained; that the person must— if the person is at the place where the person is to be detained—remain at the place; or if the person is not at the place where the person is to be detained—go to the place with the emergency officer (medical) or with a person nominated by the officer; the time when the detention order ends. - (a) a person in a public health emergency area has or may have a serious disease or illness; and - (b) the serious disease or illness, or the serious disease or illness and the person’s likely behaviour, constitutes an immediate risk to public health; and - (c) it is necessary to detain the person to effectively respond to the declared public health emergency. - (a) a description of the serious disease or illness the person has or may have; - (b) the place where the person is to be detained; - (c) that the person must— (i) if the person is at the place where the person is to be detained—remain at the place; or (ii) if the person is not at the place where the person is to be detained—go to the place with the emergency officer (medical) or with a person nominated by the officer; - (i) if the person is at the place where the person is to be detained—remain at the place; or - (ii) if the person is not at the place where the person is to be detained—go to the place with the emergency officer (medical) or with a person nominated by the officer; - (d) the time when the detention order ends. - (i) if the person is at the place where the person is to be detained—remain at the place; or - (ii) if the person is not at the place where the person is to be detained—go to the place with the emergency officer (medical) or with a person nominated by the officer;