Western Australian Current Acts

PRISONS ACT 1981 - SECT 95A

95A .         Medical care of prisoners

        (1)         The chief executive officer is to ensure that medical care and treatment is provided to the prisoners in each prison.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3), a prisoner may be attended upon and examined by a medical practitioner other than a medical officer only with the prior approval of the superintendent or a medical officer and with the prior approval also of the chief executive officer and for the purpose of providing to a medical officer an opinion on the medical condition of and the treatment recommended for the prisoner.

        (3)         The superintendent may, after consultation with the medical officer who is responsible for the medical care and treatment of the prisoner concerned, permit the prisoner to be attended upon and examined by a medical practitioner —

            (a)         for official purposes affecting that prisoner; or

            (b)         for the purposes of the proceedings or pending proceedings of a judicial body; or

            (c)         to facilitate the consideration or pursuance of any claim for compensation, damages, insurance, or other benefit by or in respect of the prisoner; or

            (d)         for any other purpose or proceeding which the superintendent and the chief executive officer are satisfied is bona fide and necessary or desirable.

        [Section 95A inserted: No. 65 of 2006 s. 32.]