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

Chapter 5 : Community-Based Services

14. Registration of community-based services

 

(1) No person may provide community-based services unless the services are registered in terms of this section.

 

(2) Any person who wishes to provide a community-based service must apply to the HOD for the registration of such service.

 

(3) The Minister must, in consultation with the ministers and organs of state referred to in section 12(1), prescribe conditions for the registration of community-based services, including application for registration, approval of registration, temporary registration, withdrawal and termination of registration.

 

(4) Registration granted in terms of this section is not transferable to another person.

 

(5) If the provider of a service for any reason intends to stop providing the service, the provider must, prior to stopping the service in question—
(a) notify the HOD of the intention and the implications of such stoppage for the affected persons;
(b) inform the persons affected of the intended stoppage of the service; and
(c) take reasonable steps to ensure that the persons benefiting from the service are not adversely affected or put at risk and, where appropriate, are referred to a person providing similar services.

 

(6) A person who renders a community-based service that has not been registered in terms of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to both a fine and such imprisonment.