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PRISONS REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 29C

29C .         Inspection and disclosure of prisoner’s medical records

        (1)         This regulation applies if the chief executive officer inspects a prisoner’s medical records under section 46A(2)(a) of the Act.

        (2)         The chief executive officer must not disclose any information in the prisoner’s medical records to any person other than the affected prison officer.

        (3)         For the purposes of subregulation (2), the only information that may be disclosed to the affected prison officer is information relating to the presence of an infectious disease.

        (4)         The affected prison officer must not disclose the information disclosed to them under subregulation (2), except in a manner that does not disclose the identity of the prisoner or enable the identity of the prisoner to be ascertained.

        Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $6 000.

        [Regulation 29C inserted: SL 2020/251 r. 4.]



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