BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION | 48. (1) After admission of an inmate to a correctional centre, the medical officer shall examine the inmate and prepare a written report on the inmate's | ||
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state of health, | |
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suitability for work, training and recreational programs, and | |
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fitness for transfer or discharge. | |
| (2) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 393/85, s. 34.] | ||
| (3) Unless a medical officer certifies that an inmate is fit for transfer to another correctional centre, the inmate shall not be transferred. | ||
| (4) Subject to subsection (5), where a medical officer is of the opinion that at the time an inmate's sentence expires the inmate suffers from an acute or dangerous illness, the director shall permit the inmate to remain at the correctional centre until | ||
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a medical officer considers that the inmate has sufficiently recovered, or | |
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alternative arrangements are made for the inmate's care. | |
| (5) Where the inmate is capable of applying, in writing, to remain at the correctional centre in the circumstance described in subsection (4), the director will only grant permission to remain where the inmate has made written application to do so. | ||
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