Physical examination

(1) It shall be the duty of the Department or the Police Department to refer every child placed under protective custody for physical and psychological examination and (where applicable) medical treatment by a duly registered medical practitioner and/or psychologist. (2) The Department may, after carefully considering the type of child abuse suffered by a child victim, require the child victim to be placed within a medical institution which offers a treatment programme best suited to meet the treatment needs of the child victim. Medical certificate. 11:01. The medical certificate containing the results of the physical and psychological examination and (where applicable) medical treatment required by Regulation 11 shall, be thorough Families and Children 11 and detailed and (where necessary) the doctor or medical officer shall provide his or her own classification of the injury.