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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Care and protection of children and young persons - Medical examination of child or young person

57: Report to chief executive following medical examination

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"Telling the boss what happened after a medical check"

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If you are a delegate of the chief executive and you use the power under section 53(3) to require a medical examination, you must send a written report to the chief executive. You have to send this report within 3 days of the medical examination. The report must be about why you used this power and what happened when you did.

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Part 2Care and protection of children and young persons
Medical examination of child or young person

57Report to chief executive following medical examination

  1. A delegate of the chief executive who exercises the power under section 53(3) to require a medical examination to be carried out shall, within 3 days after the day on which that examination is carried out, forward to the chief executive a written report on the exercise of that power and the circumstances in which it came to be exercised.

Notes
  • Section 57 heading: replaced, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).
  • Section 57: amended, on , by section 10 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 98).
  • Section 57: amended, on , by section 13 of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82).