EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 83
EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 83
83 . Staff members and family day care educators not to be affected by alcohol or drugs
(1) The approved
provider of an education and care service must ensure that a nominated
supervisor or a staff member of, or volunteer at, the service is not affected
by alcohol or drugs (including prescription medication) so as to impair the
person’s capacity to supervise or provide education and care to children
being educated and cared for by the service.
Penalty: $2000.
(2) A nominated
supervisor of an education and care service must not, while educating and
caring for children for the service —
(a)
consume alcohol; or
(b) be
affected by alcohol or drugs (including prescription medication) so as to
impair the supervisor’s capacity to supervise or provide education and
care to the children.
Penalty: $2000.
(3) A family day care
educator must not, while providing education and care for children as part of
a family day care service —
(a)
consume alcohol; or
(b) be
affected by alcohol or drugs (including prescription medication) so as to
impair the educator’s capacity to provide education and care to the
children.
Penalty: $2000.
Note for this regulation:
A compliance direction
may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1).
[Regulation 83 amended: Gazette
28 Sep 2018 p. 3619‑20.]