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Act No. 221/2006 Coll. on the Execution of Detention as amended by the Act No. 339/2022 (Zákon č. 221/2006 Z.z. o výkone väzby v znení zákona č. 339/2022 Z.z.)The detainee is admitted to a detention institution and, if the detainee's health does not permit it, in a hospital or other health care institution where he or she receives inpatient health care.
Regulation No. 437/2006 Coll. of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic on Detention order as amended by the Regulation No. 409/2023 If the detainee has contracted an incurable life-threatening disease or an incurable mental illness which cannot be treated in the conditions of the detention institution, the director of the institution, on the proposal of the doctor, notifies the competent prosecutor or the court of this fact; however, the prosecutor who supervises the observance of legality in the institution is always notified. The notification is accompanied by a medical report of the detainee.

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