Children and Young Persons Act · s 23

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23.
Duty of medical officer
(1) If a medical officer is of the opinion that a child or young person who he has examined or treated has been physically or emotionally injured as a result of being ill-treated, neglected, abandoned or exposed, he shall immediately notify a protector or a police officer.

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(2) Any medical officer who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the referral of a child or young person examined by a private medical officer to a Government medical officer on any of the grounds mentioned in subsection (1) shall be sufficient to satisfy the duty of notification imposed by subsection (1).
(4) A medical officer may take the child or young person referred to in subsection (1) into temporary custody until such time as the temporary custody of that child or young person is assumed by a protector or police officer.
(5) A conviction under subsection (2) shall be deemed to be infamous conduct for the purposes of section 20(1) of the Medical
Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112).
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s 23Duty of medical officer

(1)

If a medical officer is of the opinion that a child or young person who he has examined or treated has been physically or emotionally injured as a result of being ill-treated, neglected, abandoned or exposed, he shall immediately notify a protector or a police officer.

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(2)

Any medical officer who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (1), the referral of a child or young person examined by a private medical officer to a Government medical officer on any of the grounds mentioned in subsection (1) shall be sufficient to satisfy the duty of notification imposed by subsection (1).

(4)

A medical officer may take the child or young person referred to in subsection (1) into temporary custody until such time as the temporary custody of that child or young person is assumed by a protector or police officer.

(5)

A conviction under subsection (2) shall be deemed to be infamous conduct for the purposes of section 20(1) of the Medical

Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112).

Steps to be taken after medical examination or treatment.