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Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017

Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction - Administration and public assistance - Clinicians

95: Designation of approved specialists

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"Who can be a specialist to help people with bad substance addictions"

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The Director has to choose enough health professionals to be approved specialists. You need to know that the Director must be sure these health professionals have a lot of experience treating people with severe substance addictions and are qualified to do specialist assessments. The Director keeps a list of these approved specialists and you can look at this list.

The Director can stop someone from being an approved specialist if they do not do their job properly, neglect their duties, behave badly, or cannot do their job. If someone is not a health professional anymore, they cannot be an approved specialist. The Director makes sure the list of approved specialists is available for you to see.

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Part 2Assessment and treatment of persons suffering from severe substance addiction
Administration and public assistance: Clinicians

95Designation of approved specialists

  1. The Director must designate a sufficient number of health professionals as approved specialists.

  2. Before the Director designates a health professional, the Director must be satisfied that the health professional has significant experience in the treatment of severe substance addictions and is suitably qualified to conduct specialist assessments and reviews under this Act.

  3. The Director must maintain a list of approved specialists, and must ensure that the list is available for public inspection.

  4. The designation of a person as an approved specialist may be suspended or revoked on any of the following grounds proved to the satisfaction of the Director:

  5. failure to perform adequately the duties imposed on the person in his or her capacity as an approved specialist or a responsible clinician:
    1. neglect of the duty imposed on the person in his or her capacity as an approved specialist or a responsible clinician:
      1. misconduct:
        1. inability to perform the duties imposed on the person in his or her capacity as an approved specialist or a responsible clinician.

          1. A designation ceases to have effect if the person designated ceases to be a health professional.