Youth Justice Regulation 2016
sec.11Medical examination of child before admission
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sec.11 Medical examination of child before admission
This section applies if the chief executive believes a child who is about to be admitted to a detention centre— is physically or mentally ill, injured or intoxicated; and needs immediate medical treatment. The chief executive must not admit the child to the detention centre unless— the child has been examined by a doctor and given any immediate medical treatment required; and the doctor has given the chief executive a medical certificate stating the child is medically fit to be admitted to the detention centre. (sec.11-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive believes a child who is about to be admitted to a detention centre— is physically or mentally ill, injured or intoxicated; and needs immediate medical treatment. (sec.11-ssec.2) The chief executive must not admit the child to the detention centre unless— the child has been examined by a doctor and given any immediate medical treatment required; and the doctor has given the chief executive a medical certificate stating the child is medically fit to be admitted to the detention centre.
- (a) is physically or mentally ill, injured or intoxicated; and
- (b) needs immediate medical treatment.
- (a) the child has been examined by a doctor and given any immediate medical treatment required; and
- (b) the doctor has given the chief executive a medical certificate stating the child is medically fit to be admitted to the detention centre.