277Consequences for staff members testing positive for a prohibited drug more than once in 3 years

277 Consequences for staff members testing positive for a prohibited drug more than once in 3 years

277 Consequences for staff members testing positive for a prohibited drug more than once in 3 years

(1) This clause applies if—

(a) a member of correctional staff (other than a staff member on probation, a temporary employee or a casual employee) tests positive for a prohibited drug, and

(b) the staff member has tested positive for a prohibited drug in the 3 years immediately preceding the test referred to in paragraph (a).

(2) The Commissioner may deal with the matter under section 68 or 69 of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.

(3) The Commissioner may refer the staff member to a medical practitioner for the purpose of the medical practitioner determining the staff member’s fitness to remain a staff member.

(4) The Commissioner is to have regard to any report made by the medical practitioner in relation to the staff member.