Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) The chief executive may direct that a detainee be transferred to a health facility at a correctional centre, or outside a correctional centre, if the chief executive believes, on reasonable grounds, that is necessary or desirable for the detainee to receive health services at the facility.
Note Health facility is defined in the dictionary.
(2) The chief executive must have regard to the advice of a doctor appointed under section 21 (Doctors—health service appointments) when considering whether to make a direction under subsection (1).
(3) The chief executive may direct an escort officer to escort the detainee to or from the health facility, or while at the facility.
(4) The detainee may be discharged from the health facility only if—
(a) the health professional in charge of the detainee's care approves the discharge; or
(b) the chief executive directs that the detainee be removed from the facility.
Example of direction for removal of detainee from health facility
where the detainee is a danger to the safety of people at the facility
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
(5) The chief executive may give a direction for ensuring that a detainee discharged from a health facility under this section is returned to a correctional centre stated in the direction.
(6) For chapter 10 (Discipline), this section is taken to provide an entitlement for each detainee in relation to health care.