Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Statutory roles and responsibilities - Other persons with other powers and functions in relation to prisoners

19B: Delegation of powers and functions of health centre managers

You could also call this:

"Health centre managers can give some of their jobs to other health professionals."

A health centre manager can pass on some of their jobs to someone else. You can be given some of the health centre manager's powers if you are a registered health professional. This can happen if you work at a corrections prison.

If the prison is not a contract prison, the health centre manager can pass on jobs to a registered health professional who works for the department. You must be a registered health professional to get these jobs. The health centre manager can choose which jobs to pass on.

If the prison is a contract prison, the health centre manager can pass on jobs to a registered health professional who works for the contractor, as explained in section 199C. The contractor is the company that manages the contract prison. Some rules from section 13(2) and (5) to (7) also apply to these jobs.

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19A: Health centre managers, or

"Who is in charge of prisoners' health care in prison"

20: Medical officers, or

"Prisons must have doctors to care for sick or hurt prisoners"

Part 2Corrections system
Statutory roles and responsibilities: Other persons with other powers and functions in relation to prisoners

19BDelegation of powers and functions of health centre managers

A health centre manager may, either generally or particularly, delegate any of the powers and functions of the health centre manager under this Act or regulations made under this Act to a person specified in subsection (2) or (3).
In the case of a health centre manager appointed to a corrections prison that is not a contract prison, the delegation may be made to a registered health professional who is an employee of the department.
In the case of a health centre manager appointed to a contract prison, the delegation may be made to a registered health professional who is an employee of the contractor (or subcontractor, within the meaning of section 199C) that manages the contract prison.
Section 13(2) and (5) to (7) applies to a delegation under this section, and any reference in those provisions to a prison manager is taken to be a reference to a health centre manager.

Notes

Section 19B: inserted, on 29 October 2019, by section 6 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 57).