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

Chapter 5 : Community-Based Services

13. Establishment and provision of community-based services

 

(1) The MEC, after consultation with the departments referred to in section 12(4) and local municipalities, must facilitate the establishment of community-based services with special emphasis on under-serviced areas.

 

(2) The MEC, in collaboration with the relevant departments contemplated in subsection (1) and with local municipalities, may provide or fund community-based services from moneys appropriated by the provincial legislature for that purpose.

 

(3) Community-based services contemplated in subsection (1) must—
(a) be managed and maintained in accordance with this Act; and
(b) comply with the prescribed norms and standards contemplated in section 6(1) and such other requirements as may be prescribed.

 

(4) Community-based services must—
(a) include community-based treatment programmes subject to sections 33, 36 and 39;
(b) establish or utilise existing facilities and infrastructure, including primary health care centres to provide integrated community based treatment programmes;
(c) consist of a multidisciplinary team consisting of a social worker, professional nurse and any other mental health practitioner registered with the relevant statutory body;
(d) provide professional and lay support within the home environment;
(e) establish recreational, cultural and sports activities to divert young people from substance abuse; and
(f) provide for support groups for service users and those affected by substance abuse.