200UProtective services officer to transport and guard person in lawful custody at medical setting—medical emergency

200U Protective services officer to transport and guard person in lawful custody at medical setting—medical emergency (1) A protective services officer on duty may do either or both of the following if the protective services officer reasonably believes that a person in lawful custody urgently requires medical treatment— (a) transport the person to a medical setting; (b) guard the person in a medical setting. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a protective services officer may— (a) take all reasonable steps to prevent the escape or attempted escape of the person from the physical custody of the protective services officer; and (b) take all reasonable steps to ensure that the person's safety and welfare are maintained; and (c) take all reasonable steps to prevent and detect the commission by the person of any unlawful act or any attempt to commit an unlawful act; and (d) take all reasonable steps to ensure the good order and discipline of the person; and (e) take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of any property that is in the person's possession; and (f) take all reasonable steps to protect the general public from the person. (3) The exercise of a function by a protective services officer under this section does not prevent the exercise of any other function of the protective services officer under an Act or law. S. 200V inserted by No. 55/2025 s. 109.