Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 7)

PART 4 POLICE INVESTIGATORY AND OTHER POWERS

CHAPTER 4 TAKING OF PRINTS AND SAMPLES FROM CERTAIN CHILDREN

Order authorising taking of prints and samples

65 Taking of intimate samples

(1) This section applies where an order under section 63 authorises the taking of intimate samples from a child.

(2) An intimate sample may be taken from the child—

(a) where the sample is a dental impression, only by a registered dentist,

(b) in any other case, only by a—

(i) registered medical practitioner,

(ii) registered health care professional, or

(iii) another type of individual of a type prescribed (by reference to skills, qualifications, experience or otherwise) by the Scottish Ministers by regulations.

(3) In this section—

• “registered dentist” has the meaning given by section 53(1) of the Dentists Act 1984,

• “registered health care professional” means—

  (a)

  a registered nurse, or

  (b)

  a registered member of a health care profession designated for the purposes of this section by the Scottish Ministers by regulations.