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Children Order, 2000 · As enacted · Part IV
Children Order, 2000 · As enacted · Part IV
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A medical officer before whom a child is presented under section 14{1)
or section 14(4)
{a)
shall conduct or cause to be conducted an examination of the child;
{b)
may, in examining the child and if so authorised 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
{c)
may provide or cause to be provided such treatment as he considers necessary as a result of the diagnosis.
If the medical officer who examines a child under subsection (1) is of the opinion that the hospitalisation of the child is necessary for the purposes of medical care or treatment of the child, a protector or police <;>fficer may authorise the hospitalisation of the child.
Authorisation of medical treatment.
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