150Administration of drugs

150 Administration of drugs

150 Administration of drugs

(1) An inmate must not—

(a) administer any drug to himself or herself or any other person, or

(b) consent to being administered any drug by any other person.

(2) An inmate does not contravene this clause if the drug has been administered by or in accordance with the instructions of a registered medical practitioner, registered dentist or registered nurse given for medical, dental or nursing reasons.

Note.

Failure by an inmate to comply with this clause is a correctional centre offence.