Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) If practicable, health care for a prisoner is to be provided through the Public Health System.
(2) The CEO Health must ensure that health care provided through the Public Health System for a prisoner is comparable to the health care that is provided through the System to persons in the general community.
(3) A prisoner may, with the agreement of the Commissioner, obtain health care from outside the Public Health System at the prisoner's own cost.
(4) In this section:
"Public Health System", see section 11(1) of the Health Services Act .