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CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACT 2014 (NO 26 OF 2014) - SECT 86

Prisoner may be taken to health care facility

    (1)     The General Manager may arrange for a prisoner to be taken to a health care facility to enable appropriate health care to be provided for the prisoner.

    (2)     However, the General Manager must not arrange for the prisoner to be taken to a facility outside the Territory unless:

    (a)     an appropriate health practitioner has advised the General Manager that is it necessary to do so in order to provide appropriate health care for the prisoner; and

    (b)     there is no health care facility in the Territory at which:

        (i)     the health care can be provided; and

        (ii)     the prisoner can be accommodated.



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