CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 181 Director-general's consent to medical treatment for young detainees

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 181

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a young detainee is a child or young person; and

        (b)     the young detainee needs medical treatment that requires the consent of a person who has daily care responsibility for the young detainee; and

        (c)     the director-general does not have daily care responsibility for the young detainee; and

        (d)     despite reasonable inquiries, the director-general is unable to locate a person who has daily care responsibility for the young detainee.

    (2)     The director-general may consent to medical treatment for the young detainee if delaying the treatment until a person who has daily care responsibility for the young detainee can be located would be detrimental to the young detainee's health.

    (3)     To remove any doubt, this section does not affect any right of a child or young person to consent to their own health care treatment.