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The case files composed for the reason of depriving of liberty or detention of persons shall
contain no medical documentation for that person, the documentation composed after medical
check-ups due to detention. Exceptionally, information on health-related conditions of a
detainee shall be accessible to police officers only if that is of relevance for such specific case. In
other words, police officers should have access to the data on health conditions of persons
deprived of their liberty only to the extent necessary to perform their job. Police officers should
get a written report from a doctor containing all information relevant for their further actions:
opinion of a doctor whether a person is in a health condition that allows him/her to be
detained in the police, notes on any injury or health problem, whether s/he needs any care in
the course of detention (for instance, therapy, special food and similar), the way to provide it,
and so forth).
Police officers shall be present in the course of medical check-up only upon an explicit request
of a doctor. Police officer is obliged to warn a doctor about all security aspects relevant for
issuance of doctor’s decision on the presence of a police officer during medical check-up. In
case a doctor requests a police officer be present in the course of a medical check-up, s/he shall
compose the official note thereto and a police officer shall be present in the course of a medical
check-up in a way that s/he cannot hear a conversation between a doctor and a detainee, but
shall solely be able to visually monitor a check-up of a detainee.
In the PA Leskovac a detention time shall be calculated from the moment of deprivation of
liberty, and not from the moment of the issuance of a decision on detention.
PA Leskovac shall secure fresh air inflow to detention rooms, as well as adequate illumination.
Likewise, it shall improve hygiene conditions in its detention rooms.
PA Leskovac shall improve fire system in a way that it shall place evacuation plan and
instructions in case of fire in all visible places in the building all with the aim of protection of
physical integrity of detainees. PA Leskovac shall secure first aid kits.
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In the PA Kragujevac and police stations in its composition a written notification on the rights,
as stipulated under item 4 of the Instructions, shall be issued to detainees in line with the Law
on the Road Traffic Safety and the Law on Misdemeanours. PA Kragujevac and police stations
in its composition shall serve persons detained in line with the LCP two written notifications
on the rights. One written notification shall contain all rights stipulated under the LCP,
whereas the other shall contain all rights stipulated under item 4 of the Instructions. PA
Kragujevac and police stations in its composition shall compose notifications about the rights
in two copies, one shall be served to a detainee and the other shall be filed in the case file on
detention. One copy of the written notification on the rights, to be filed under the case file on
detention, must be signed by a detainee or shall contain a statement that a person has refused
to sign it.
PA Kragujevac and police stations in its composition shall not file under the case file on
detention any medical documentation with sensitive data on a detainee.
The Ministry of the Interior shall amend the valid Instructions on Treatment of Persons
Brought-in or Detained and harmonize them with the Council of Europe standards, which shall
then stipulate that police officer shall not be present in the course of a medical check-up of
detainees, unless a doctor making a check-up requires so. Police officers of the PA Kragujevac
and police stations in its composition shall not be present in the course of a medical check-up of
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