Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The director-general responsible for the administration of the Public Health Act 1997 must appoint a doctor for each correctional centre.
(2) The doctor's functions are—
(a) to provide health services to detainees; and
(b) to protect the health of detainees (including preventing the spread of disease at correctional centres).
(3) A doctor appointed for a correctional centre must be available to provide health services at the centre at least once each week.
(4) The doctor may give written directions to the director-general for subsection (2) (b).
(5) The director-general must ensure that each direction under subsection (4) is complied with unless the director-general believes, on reasonable grounds, that compliance would undermine security or good order at the correctional centre.