Corrective Services Regulation 2017
sec.12How test sample must be taken— Act , s 42
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sec.12 How test sample must be taken— Act , s 42
A corrective services officer taking a test sample from an offender must wear disposable gloves during all stages of taking the test sample until— the test sample is disposed of; or the container holding the test sample is sealed. The offender must be able to observe the test sample at all times until it is disposed of or sealed in a container. Immediately after an offender gives a test sample by using a specimen jar, the offender must secure the lid on the jar and hand the jar to a corrective services officer. Under section 42 (2) of the Act , only a health practitioner may take a test sample of blood. s 12 amd 2023 Act No. 14 s 52 sch 1 ; 2024 SL No. 187 s 11 (sec.12-ssec.1) A corrective services officer taking a test sample from an offender must wear disposable gloves during all stages of taking the test sample until— the test sample is disposed of; or the container holding the test sample is sealed. (sec.12-ssec.2) The offender must be able to observe the test sample at all times until it is disposed of or sealed in a container. (sec.12-ssec.3) Immediately after an offender gives a test sample by using a specimen jar, the offender must secure the lid on the jar and hand the jar to a corrective services officer. Under section 42 (2) of the Act , only a health practitioner may take a test sample of blood.
- (a) the test sample is disposed of; or
- (b) the container holding the test sample is sealed.