DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 55B Meaning of director and supervisor of licensed medically supervised injecting centre

DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 55B

    (1)     For the purposes of this Act, a registered medical practitioner is the director of the licensed medically supervised injecting centre if—

        (a)     the practitioner is appointed by the licensee to—

S. 55B(1)(a)(i) repealed by No. 7/2023 s. 23.

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              (ii)     ensure compliance with the internal management protocols; and

              (iii)     ensure compliance with the conditions imposed on the medically supervised injecting centre licence; and

S. 55B(1)(b) amended by No. 7/2023 s. 25(1)(a).

        (b)     no other registered medical practitioner is appointed by the licensee to perform that role.

S. 55B(1)(c) repealed by No. 7/2023 s. 25(1)(b).

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S. 55B(2) amended by No. 7/2023 s. 24(1).

    (2)     For the purposes of this Act, a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse is a supervisor of the licensed medically supervised injecting centre—

S. 55B(2)(a) amended by No. 7/2023 ss 24(2)(a), 25(2)(a).

        (a)     if the practitioner or nurse is appointed to—

              (i)     oversee the centre's clinical operations (but not the centre's operations generally); and

              (ii)     ensure the adequacy of the clinical procedures used at the centre; and

S. 55B(2)(ab) inserted by No. 7/2023 s. 25(2)(b).

        (ab)     that appointment is made by—

              (i)     if the practitioner is also a director of the facility, the licensee; or

              (ii)     otherwise, either the licensee or the director; and

S. 55B(2)(b) amended by No. 7/2023 s. 24(2)(a).

        (b)     whether or not the practitioner or nurse undertakes (and does not only oversee) any clinical activities at the centre; and

S. 55B(2)(c) amended by No. 7/2023 s. 24(2)(b).

        (c)     whether or not any other registered medical practitioner or registered nurse is appointed by the licensee or the director to perform that role.

S. 55B(3) amended by No. 7/2023 s. 24(3)(a).

    (3)     A reference to the director or a "supervisor" of the licensed medically supervised injecting centre includes a reference to a person—

S. 55B(3)(a) substituted by No. 7/2023 s. 24(3)(b).

        (a)     who is acting in that role—

              (i)     during any illness or other absence of a person appointed to that role; or

              (ii)     while there is a vacancy in that role; and

S. 55B(3)(b) substituted by No. 7/2023 s. 24(3)(b).

        (b)     who is—

              (i)     in the case of a person acting in the role of director, a registered medical practitioner; or

              (ii)     in the case of a person acting in the role of supervisor, a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse.

    (4)     The director, and each supervisor, of the licensed medically supervised injecting centre is taken to be a member of the staff of the licensed medically supervised injecting centre.

Division 2—Medically supervised injecting centre licence

S. 55C (Heading) amended by No. 7/2023 s. 6.

S. 55C inserted by No. 66/2017 s. 7.