DRUG COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES Drug and Alcohol use by Participants Policy 9 November 2017 Last Reviewed 1. PURPOSES OF POLICY 1.1 To ensure early detection of participant drug use and a swift response by the Drug Court to such use. To promote program compliance and reduce the health risk to which each participant is exposed. To reduce the risk to the community of participant criminal conduct. 1.2 To ensure accuracy and consistency in testing for participant drug use. 2. DEFINITIONS means the Drug Court Act 1998. Act means the Community Corrections Officer assigned to a participant. Case manager means the conditions that a person has accepted, having been dealt with Drug Court program under section 7A, 7B and 7C of the Act. means a person dealt with under sections 7A, 7B and 7C of the Act Participant means a nurse employed by the Court or by a treatment provider to Testing Nurse conduct and supervise testing for drug or alcohol use. means a principal treatment provider. Treatment provider participant’s 3. POLICY 3.1 Undertaking about any drug use At the commencement of his or her Drug Court program, each participant is to undertake to the Court that he or she: will not use or possess any prohibited drug, will not use or possess any synthetic intoxicating drug, will not drink alcohol at all in Phase One of the Drug Court Program, will not use alcohol or any other legal drug in a manner which may interfere with his or her ability to fully participate in a Drug Court program, will provide his or her urine, breath, sweat or saliva for analysis as and when directed to do so, will not use any prescribed medication unless it is prescribed for him or her by a doctor, will admit to using any prescribed or non-prescribed medication at the next drug test. will bring to the drug test location the packet/bottle and a copy of the prescription.
DRUG COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES Policy 9 Drug and Alcohol use by Participants Last Reviewed November 2017 1. PURPOSES OF POLICY 1.1 To ensure early detection of participant drug use and a swift response by the Drug Court to such use. To promote program compliance and reduce the health risk to which each participant is exposed. To reduce the risk to the community of participant criminal conduct. 1.2 To ensure accuracy and consistency in testing for participant drug use. 2. DEFINITIONS Act means the Drug Court Act 1998. Case manager means the Community Corrections Officer assigned to a participant. Drug Court program means the conditions that a person has accepted, having been dealt with under section 7A, 7B and 7C of the Act. Participant means a person dealt with under sections 7A, 7B and 7C of the Act Testing Nurse means a nurse employed by the Court or by a treatment provider to conduct and supervise testing for drug or alcohol use. Treatment provider means a participant’s principal treatment provider. 3. POLICY 3.1 Undertaking about any drug use At the commencement of his or her Drug Court program, each participant is to undertake to the Court that he or she: will not use or possess any prohibited drug, will not use or possess any synthetic intoxicating drug, will not drink alcohol at all in Phase One of the Drug Court Program, will not use alcohol or any other legal drug in a manner which may interfere with his or her ability to fully participate in a Drug Court program, will provide his or her urine, breath, sweat or saliva for analysis as and when directed to do so, will not use any prescribed medication unless it is prescribed for him or her by a doctor, will admit to using any prescribed or non-prescribed medication at the next drug test. will bring to the drug test location the packet/bottle and a copy of the prescription.
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