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Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, 2008 (Act No. 70 of 2008)

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Regulations for Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse, 2013

Chapter 4 : Treatment

Part II : Treatment centres and halfway houses : Management and staff

44. Powers of staff of public treatment centres and public halfway houses

 

 

(1) The staff of a public treatment centre or public halfway house may—
(a) enter any room where service users reside or sleep and search for substances and any material that is prohibited within the premises of the treatment centre or halfway house;
(b) apply corrective measures where children and service users break the rules;
(c) use any resources of the treatment centre or halfway house, within the rules of a treatment centre or halfway house, for the benefit of the treatment centre or halfway house; and
(d) exercise any power necessary for the proper administration of a public treatment centre or public halfway house.

 

(2) The powers referred to in subregulation (1)(d) must be within the prescripts governing the public service.