Person responsible for welfare of certain detained persons or protected suspects to be contacted
36 Person responsible for welfare of certain detained persons or protected suspects to be contacted
If a detained person or protected suspect is a child or a person with impaired intellectual or physical functioning, the custody manager for the person must, as soon as practicable, attempt—
to ascertain the identity of the person responsible for the welfare of the detained person or protected suspect, and
to contact the person so responsible and advise the person of the detained person’s or protected suspect’s whereabouts and the grounds for the detention.
If a detained person or protected suspect has impaired physical functioning, the custody manager must, as soon as practicable, attempt to determine any specific physical care needs of the person and, if reasonably practicable to do so, arrange for those needs to be provided for.
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