Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) As soon as possible after a prisoner's reception into a prison the prisoner must submit to medical tests.
(2) At any time after a prisoner's reception into a prison the principal medical officer may direct the prisoner to submit to medical tests.
(3) In this section "medical tests" means any—
(a) medical examinations; and
(b) tests (including the taking of samples of breath, blood and other bodily secretions) to assess a person's physical and mental health—
determined by the principal medical officer.
(4) In determining medical tests which prisoners must undergo the principal medical officer must have regard to the safety and welfare of the other prisoners in the prison.
S. 29A (Heading) inserted by No. 38/2003 s. 4(1).
S. 29A inserted by No. 16/1991 s. 4.