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Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
sec.29Power to medically examine and treat
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### sec.29 Power to medically examine and treat
This section applies if a person ( relevant person ) may be, is, or may have been affected by a CBR substance involved in the CBR emergency.
It is lawful for a CBRE ambulance officer or a CBRE health officer to medically examine the relevant person and provide any reasonably necessary treatment for the person.
If a person acting under subsection (2) —
is not a government doctor, subsection (2) is subject to any direction given by the medical controller or a government doctor; or
is a government doctor, subsection (2) is subject to any direction given by the medical controller.
The power to medically examine a person includes power to take any reasonably necessary samples and perform any reasonably necessary tests for the purpose.
The power to treat a person includes power to isolate the person for the time reasonably necessary for preventing the spread of a CBR substance involved in the CBR emergency to others not already affected by the substance.
s 29 ins 2003 No. 46 s 13
(sec.29-ssec.1) This section applies if a person ( relevant person ) may be, is, or may have been affected by a CBR substance involved in the CBR emergency.
(sec.29-ssec.2) It is lawful for a CBRE ambulance officer or a CBRE health officer to medically examine the relevant person and provide any reasonably necessary treatment for the person.
(sec.29-ssec.3) If a person acting under subsection (2) — is not a government doctor, subsection (2) is subject to any direction given by the medical controller or a government doctor; or is a government doctor, subsection (2) is subject to any direction given by the medical controller.
(sec.29-ssec.4) The power to medically examine a person includes power to take any reasonably necessary samples and perform any reasonably necessary tests for the purpose.
(sec.29-ssec.5) The power to treat a person includes power to isolate the person for the time reasonably necessary for preventing the spread of a CBR substance involved in the CBR emergency to others not already affected by the substance.
- (a) is not a government doctor, subsection (2) is subject to any direction given by the medical controller or a government doctor; or
- (b) is a government doctor, subsection (2) is subject to any direction given by the medical controller.