Child Act 2001 · Updated to 1 Jul 2023 · Chapter · Temporary Custody and Medical Examination and Treatment
21. Medical examination and treatment
Feedback & supportA medical officer before whom a child is presented under subsection 20(1), (1a) or (4)—
medical officer
“medical officer” means a registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government and includes a registered medical practitioner in any teaching hospital of a public institution of higher learning, but does not include a registered medical practitioner in any part of the Government hospital or teaching hospital of a public institution of higher learning, which are privatized or corporatized;
shall conduct or cause to be conducted an examination of the child;
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may, in examining the child and if so authorized by a Protector or police officer, administer or cause to be administered such procedures and tests as may be necessary to diagnose the child’s condition; and
Protector
“Protector” means— (a) the Director General; (b) the Deputy Director General; (c) a Divisional Director of Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare; (d); (e) any Social Welfare Officer appointed under section 8;
may provide or cause to be provided such treatment as he considers necessary as a result of the diagnosis.