Detainees with serious health problems
131 Detainees with serious health problems
As soon as practicable after forming an opinion—
that the mental or physical condition of a detainee constitutes a risk to the life of the detainee or to the life, health or welfare of any other person, or
that the life of a detainee will be at risk if the detainee continues to be detained in a detention centre, or
that, because of illness, a detainee will not survive sentence or is totally and permanently unfit for detention centre discipline, or
that a detainee should not, on medical grounds, be employed at work of a particular nature, or
that a detainee’s medical condition is such that the detainee is unfit to travel, or should only travel by particular means,
a Justice Health officer must report that he or she has formed the opinion, and the grounds for the opinion, to the centre manager.
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