{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1931",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994",
  "path": "article/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Arrangements for medical care by other medical practitioners or at outside facilities",
  "text": "(1) Where the medical officer considers it appropriate to call into consultation, or refer a prisoner to, another medical practitioner or a specialist, he shall–\n(a) inform the Governor; and\n(b) thereafter make such arrangements as are necessary.\n(2) Where the medical officer considers that it is appropriate that another medical practitioner or specialist should visit the prison to attend a prisoner, he shall–\n(a) inform the Governor; and\n(b) thereafter make such arrangements as are necessary.\n(3) Where the medical officer considers that the condition of a prisoner’s health requires treatment at a medical facility outwith the prison, the Governor shall make such arrangements for the transfer of the prisoner to such facility as he considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/article/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:28:57.887435+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}