Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) The director-general may direct a young detainee to provide a stated kind of test sample.
(2) The director-general, a non-treating doctor or a non-treating nurse may give a young detainee a direction about the way the young detainee must provide the test sample.
(3) However—
(a) a direction under this section must be consistent with any requirement of an operating procedure made for this section; and
(b) only a non-treating doctor or a non-treating nurse may take a blood sample.
(4) A non-treating doctor or non-treating nurse who takes a test sample from a young detainee must give the sample to a youth detention officer.
(5) The director-general must, as soon as practicable after the director-general receives the results of any test conducted on the test sample, give notice of the results to—
(a) the young detainee; and
(b) if the young detainee is under 18 years old—a person who has daily care responsibility or long-term care responsibility for the young detainee; and
(c) if the young detainee is 18 years old or older—a person nominated by the young detainee.