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StatuteChildren, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989

Section 12 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Duty of medical practitioner to minimise distress to child or young person

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12 Duty of medical practitioner to minimise distress to child or young person Every medical practitioner who carries out a medical examination of any child or young person under any provision of this Act shall carry out that examination in a way that causes the least possible distress to the child or young person.

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