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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

33. Minimum norms and standards for management of halfway houses and treatment centres

 

 

(1) A treatment centre or a halfway house must comply with national and local building regulations and must submit to the Director-General a certificate issued by the relevant authority to that effect.

 

(2) A treatment centre or a halfway house and the facilities thereof must comply with the relevant provisions of these regulations.

 

(3) All categories of services contemplated in section 5(2) of the Act provided by treatment centres and halfway houses must be in a safe and secure environment.

 

(4) The rights and safety of the service users and children in treatment centres or halfway houses must be protected.