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Prevention and Treatment for Substance Abuse Act, 2008
Notice No. 436 of 2009
Act
Preamble
Chapter 1 : Definitions and Objects of Act
1. Definitions
2. Objects of Act
Chapter 2 : Combating of Substance Abuse
3. Interventions to combat substance abuse
Chapter 3 : Strategies and Principles for Demand and Harm Reduction
4. Guiding principles for provision of services
5. Intersectoral strategies for reducing demand and harm caused by substance abuse
6. Development of and compliance with minimum norms and standards
7. Support for services delivered by service providers
Chapter 4 : Prevention and Early Intervention Services
8. Programmes for prevention of substance abuse
9. Purpose of providing prevention programmes
10. Establishment and purpose of programmes for early intervention
11. Provision of prevention and early intervention services by various stakeholders
Chapter 5 : Community-based Services
12. Guidelines for community-based services
13. Establishment and provision of community-based services
14. Registration of community-based services
15. Management structure of community-based services
16. Registration of mental health practitioners providing community-based services
Chapter 6 : In-Patient and Out-Patient Services
17. Establishment and disestablishment of public treatment center
18. Purposes for which persons are admitted to treatment centers
19. Registration and cancellation of registration of treatment center
20. Establishment of public halfway house
21. Registration of private halfway house
22. Compliance with conditions for registration of treatment centre and halfway house
23. Monitoring and assessment of treatment centre and halfway house
24. Staff of public treatment centre and public halfway house
25. Appeals
26. Death, serious injury or abuse of service user or any person affected
27. Establishment of out-patient services
28. Children abusing substances or affected by substance abuse
29. Management structure of treatment centre and halfway house
Chapter 7 : Aftercare and Reintegration Services
30. Establishment of aftercare and reintegration services
31. Support groups
Chapter 8 : Admission, Transfer and Referral to Treatment Centre
32. Admission of voluntary service user to treatment centre
33. Admission of involuntary service user to treatment centre
34. Admission and transfer of children
35. Committal of person to treatment centre after enquiry
36. Committal of person to treatment centre after conviction
37. Court may order enquiry in terms of this Act
38. Estimation of age of person
39. Postponement of order
40. Temporary custody of person pending enquiry or removal to treatment centre
41. Appeal against and review of certain orders
42. Admission or transfer to treatment centre
43. Transfer of involuntary service user from and to treatment centre
44. Transfer of involuntary service user from prison, child and youth care centre
45. Retransfer from public treatment centre to prison, child and youth care centre, alternative care or health establishment
46. Leave of absence from treatment centre
47. Involuntary service user of treatment centre may be released on licence or discharged
48. Revocation of licence
49. Admission to treatment centre of persons who are not South African citizens or permanen
50. Service user to have access to management and vice versa
Chapter 9 : Disciplinary Intervention and Appeal Procedure
51. Maintenance of discipline in treatment centre, halfway house
52. Method of dealing with absconder from treatment center
Chapter 10 : Central Drug Authority and Supporting Structures
53. Establishment and functions of Central Drug Authority
54. Executive committee
55. Secretariat of Central Drug Authority
56. Powers and duties of Central Drug Authority
57. Establishment of Provincial Substance Abuse Forums
58. Functions of Provincial Substance Abuse Forums
59. Executive committee of Provincial Substance Abuse Forums
60. Establishment of Local Drug Action Committees
61. Functions of Local Drug Action Committees
62. Compliance with implementation of National Drug Master Plan by various government department, entities and stakeholders
Chapter 11 : General Provisions
63. Offences and penalties
64. Delegation
65. Regulations
66. Repeal of laws and savings
67. Short title and commencement
Regulations
Regulations for Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Abuse, 2013
Notice No. 283 of 2013
Chapter 1 : General Provisions
1. Definitions
2. Objects of regulations
Chapter 2 : Service Providers
3. Entering into contracts with service providers
4. Conditions for receiving of financial assistance by service providers
5. Remedies for non-compliance with conditions for receiving financial assistance
6. Conditions for management of assets bought by service providers with Government funds
7. Conditions for disposal of assets bought by ...
Chapter 3 : Prevention and Early Intervention
8. Minimum norms and standards for ...
9. Minimum norms and standards for programmes ...
Chapter 4 : Community-Based Services
Part I : General Provisions
10. Minimum norms and standards for ...
11. Types of community-based services
12. Manner for provision of community-based services
13. Minimum norms and standards for registration of ...
Part II : Registration of community-based services
14. Conditions for registration of community-based services
15. Application for registration of community-based services
16. Approval or declining of application for registration of ...
17. Temporary registration of community-based services
18. Termination or withdrawal of registration of ...
Part III : Management structure of ...
19. Guidelines for functioning of ...
20. Guidelines for composition of management ...
21. Guidelines for election and appointment of ...
22. Guidelines for qualification of members of ...
23. Guidelines for term of office of members of ...
24. Guidelines for grounds for removal from office of ...
25. Guidelines for number of meetings of management ...
26. Guidelines for procedure at meetings of management ...
Chapter 4 : Treatment
Part I : Treatment centres and halfway houses: Registration
27. Application for registration of treatment centre
28. Requirements for registration of treament centre and ...
29. Consideration of application for registration of ...
30. Application for registration of private halfway house
31. Conditions for registration of private halfway house
32. Appeal against certain decisions of Director-General
Part II : Treatment centres and halfway houses: ...
33. Minimum norms and standards for management of ...
34. Minimum norms and standards for monitoring of ...
35. Composition of management structures of ...
36. Election and appointment of members of management ...
37. Qualification of members of management structure of ...
38. Term of office of members of management structure of ...
39. Grounds for removal from office of members of ...
40. Filling vacancies of members of management ...
41. Number of meetings of management structure of ...
42. Procedure at meetings of management structure of ...
42. Suitability for appointment as manager of public ...
43. Duties of staff of public treatment centres and ...
44. Powers of staff of public treatment centres and ...
Part III : Treatment centres and halfway houses : ...
45. Minimum norms and standards for protection of ...
46. Application for admission by voluntary service user ...
47. Application for admission by person acting on behalf ...
48. Application for admission of child by parent or ...
Chapter 11 : Transfer and retransfer of involuntary ...
49. Transfer and retransfer of involuntary persons from ...
50. Release of service user on licence
51. Condition for administration or admission of person ...
52. Conditions for access to management structure by ...
53. Conditions for access to service user by management ...
54. Composition of appeal committee
55. Duties of appeal committee
56. Period for bringing apprehended involuntary service ...
Chapter 5 : Integrated Aftercare and Reintegration Services
57. Minimum norms and standards for monitoring and ...
58. Integrated aftercare and reintegration services of ...
59. Establishment of support groups
Chapter 6 : General Provisions
60. Repeal of regulations
61. Short Title
Annexures
Annexure A : Requirements to comply with Norms and ...
Annexure B : Requirements to comply with Norms and ...
Annexure C : Guidelines regarding Adequate Shelter ...
Annexure D : Guidelines with regard to Implementation of ...
Annexure E : Basic Fire Safety Measures at Treatment ...
Annexure F : Forms
Form 1 : Application to enter into contract
Form 2 : Application for registration of community-based services
Form 3 : Nomination form for candidates to be ...
Form 4 : Application for registration of a treament ...
Form 5 : Application for registration of a private halfway ...
Form 6 : Appeal to the Minister of Social Development ...
Form 7A : Application for admission as service user ...
Form 7B : Application on behalf of another person
Form 7C : Application for admission to a treatment ...
Form 8 : Transfer and retransfer of involuntary ...
Annexure G : Registration Certificates
Certificate A : Registration certificate of community ...
Certificate B : Temporary Registration Certificate ...
Rules
Rules Governing the Quorum, Procedure at meetings and, generally the Conduct of Functions of the Central Drug Authority
Notice No. 3310 of 2023
1. Definitions
2. Objective of Rules
3. Application of Rules
4. General Principles
5. Meetings of Central Drug Authority
6. Order of business in meetings
7. Voting
8. Central Drug Authority
9. Central Drug Authority Executive Committee
10. Extended General Committee
11. Central Drug Authority Portfolio Committees
12. Roles and responsibilities of Portfolio Committees of Central Drug Authority
13. Meetings with Minister and Director-General
14. Meetings with Government Clusters
15. Powers of Chairperson of CDA
16. Discipline and misconduct
17. Role of individual Central Drug Authority Members
18. Performance of Central Drug Authority members
19. CDA performance review and monitoring
20. Financial and other interests of members
21. Reporting protocols
22. Remuneration of Central Drug Authority members
23. Disclosure of information
24. Termination of Membership of Members of Central Drug Authority
25. Secretariat
26. Funding of Central Drug Authority
27. Repeal
28. Short title and commencement
Sub-Schedule
Chapter 1 : Definitions and Objects of Act
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