Chief Executive, Justice Health, to have access to correctional centres, offenders and medical records
236B Chief Executive, Justice Health, to have access to correctional centres, offenders and medical records
For the purpose of ensuring that the provisions of this Act and the regulations (in so far as they relate to the functions of Justice Health) are being complied with at a correctional centre, the Chief Executive, Justice Health, is to have free and unfettered access at all times to all parts of the correctional centre, to all medical records held at the correctional centre and to all offenders held in custody in the correctional centre.
The regulations may provide for the following—
the way medical records are to be kept at a correctional centre,
persons who may have access to the records.
The Chief Executive, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network may make guidelines in relation to the matters specified in subsection (2) and the regulations may provide for the effect of the guidelines, including any exceptions to the guidelines.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
, The regulations may provide
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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