237Alcohol and drug testing of young detainees

237 Alcohol and drug testing of young detainees (1) The director-general may direct a young detainee to provide a stated kind of test sample. (2) The director-general, a non-treating doctor or a non-treating nurse may give a young detainee a direction about the way the young detainee must provide the test sample. (3) However— (a) a direction under this section must be consistent with any requirement of an operating procedure made for this section; and

Alcohol and drug testing Part 6.7 Alcohol and drug testing—detainees Division 6.7.2 (b) only a non-treating doctor or a non-treating nurse may take a blood sample. (4) A non-treating doctor or non-treating nurse who takes a test sample from a young detainee must give the sample to a youth detention officer. (5) The director-general must, as soon as practicable after the director-general receives the results of any test conducted on the test sample, give notice of the results to— (b) if the young detainee is under 18 years old—a person who has daily care responsibility or long-term care responsibility for the (c) if the young detainee is 18 years old or older—a person nominated by the young detainee.