Reports of medical examination or treatment
36 Reports of medical examination or treatment
The chief executive may ask a health practitioner who examines or treats a child detained in a detention centre to give the chief executive a report of the examination or treatment.
The chief executive must ensure a record of medical examinations and treatment for each child detained in a detention centre is—
kept at the centre; and
kept confidential and separate from the centre’s administrative records.
The record of medical examinations and treatment of a child detained in a detention centre may be inspected only by—
the child named in the record; or
any of the following persons with the child’s written consent—
the child’s parent or guardian;
a legal practitioner representing the child;
the public guardian;
a community visitor (child);
a child advocacy officer; or
a legal practitioner representing the child on production of a subpoena or court order; or
the chief executive or another person authorised in writing by the chief executive.
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