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Introductory Text
Duty to provide certain forensic medical services
1.Provision of certain forensic medical services
The examination service
2.The examination service
3.Limitation on provision of forensic medical examinations
4.Information to be provided before examination
5.Health care needs
The retention service
6.The retention service
7.Return of certain items of evidence
8.Destruction of evidence
Transfer of evidence
9.Transfer of evidence to police
Provision of examination and retention services: health care principles
10.Trauma-informed care
Examination of under-age persons
11.Examination of under-age person under section 2(2)(b)
Victim support information and referrals
12.Victim support information and referrals
Section 1 functions: conferral of related functions and co-operation
13.Power to confer functions on other bodies
14.Co-operation
Reports
15.Report on operation of Act
General provisions
16.Minor and consequential modifications
17.Meaning of references to “evidence”
18.Interpretation
19.Ancillary provision
20.Commencement
21.Short title
SCHEDULE
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL MODIFICATIONS
PART 1 THE 1978 ACT AND INSTRUMENTS MADE UNDER IT
1.The 1978 Act
2.The Functions of Health Boards (Scotland) Order 1991
3.The National Health Service (Clinical Negligence and Other Risks Indemnity Scheme) (Scotland) Regulations 2000
PART 2 OTHER ENACTMENTS
4.Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011
5.Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014