Detention Act Article 56

Where a defendant is injured or contracts a disease and the doctor seeing the defendant deems it necessary for the defendant to obtain treatment at a medical institution, the detention center may escort the defendant to a medical institution for treatment, and report the defendant’s diagnosis information to the court that issues the detention order or the prosecutor in a written format afterwards.Where a defendant who is denied visits and correspondence by the court that issues the detention order has a situation specified in the preceding paragraph, the detention center should, by its vested authority or at the request of the defendant, submit the defendant’s diagnosis information promptly to the court that issues the detention order for a decision. If the court grants an approval, the detention center will escort the defendant under guard to a medical institution for treatment. However in case of urgency, the detention center may first escort the defendant to a medical institution for treatment and inform the court that issues the detention order immediately. If the court does not think treatment at a medical institution should be allowed, it shall issue a ruling of revocation in five (5) days.If a defendant has any situation specified in either of the preceding two paragraphs, and the detention center knows that the defendant has a defense attorney, the detention center shall notify the defense attorney.The transportation expenses for delivering a defendant to a medical institution for treatment shall be borne solely by the defendant. This shall not apply, however, if the defendant does not have the financial means to pay for such expenses.A defendant being escorted to and treated at a medical institution shall be regarded as under detention.