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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014
277Consequences for staff members testing positive for a prohibited drug more than once in 3 years
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#### 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—
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> > > (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
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> > > (b) the staff member has tested positive for a prohibited drug in the 3 years immediately preceding the test referred to in paragraph (a).
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> > (2) The Commissioner may deal with the matter under section 68 or 69 of the [Government Sector Employment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040).
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> > (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.
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> > (4) The Commissioner is to have regard to any report made by the medical practitioner in relation to the staff member.