South Australian Consolidated Regulations

POLICE REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 70A

70A—Liability for payment of medical expenses

        (1)         If a medical practitioner other than a police medical officer attends a prisoner under this Part, any amount payable for that attendance that is not covered by a medical benefit scheme is payable—

            (a)         where a specified medical practitioner requested by the prisoner attends the prisoner after other treatment is offered to the prisoner in accordance with these regulations but is refused—by the prisoner;

            (b)         in any other case—by the South Australian Police Department (if the prisoner does not agree to pay the amount).

        (2)         Where these regulations specify that a prisoner is to be liable for the payment of an amount in respect of the attendance of a medical practitioner, the officer in charge of the police station at which the prisoner is held must ensure that both the prisoner and the medical practitioner concerned are informed of that fact prior to any such attendance.