South Australian Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO 24 OF 2012) - SECT 59

59—Insertion of section 85CA

After section 85C insert:

85CA—Disclosure of health information

        (1)         The—

            (a)         Chief Executive of the administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under a Minister, responsible for the administration of the Health Care Act 2008 ; and

            (b)         Chief Executive of the administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under a Minister, responsible for the administration of the Mental Health Act 2009 ,

must disclose to the CE such personal information about a prisoner as is reasonably required for the treatment, care or rehabilitation of the prisoner.

        (2)         Protocols or guidelines may be established for the purposes of this section.

        (3)         In this section—

"personal information" means information or an opinion, whether true or not, relating to a prisoner whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.