Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 97

    (1)     The director-general responsible for the administration of the Health Act 1993

must appoint a doctor (a treating doctor ) for each detention place.

    (2)     The treating doctor's functions are—

        (a)     to provide health services to young detainees; and

        (b)     to protect the health of young detainees (including preventing the spread of disease at detention places).

    (3)     A treating doctor appointed for a detention place must be available to provide health services at the detention place at least once each week.

    (4)     The treating doctor may give written directions to the director-general for subsection (2) (b).

    (5)     The director-general must ensure that each direction under subsection (4) is complied with unless the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that compliance would undermine security or good order at the detention place.