128Disability service workers may assist with self-administration

128 Disability service workers may assist with self-administration

[Regulation 128 Amended by S.R. 2023, No. 80, Applied:29 Nov 2023] [Regulation 128 Amended by No. 6 of 2025, s. 29, Applied:01 Jul 2025] A person who is employed by a disability services provider may assist a person with disability receiving services from that disability services provider to self-administer a narcotic substance if –

(a) [Regulation 128 Amended by No. 6 of 2025, s. 29, Applied:01 Jul 2025] the substance has been lawfully supplied to the person with disability; and

(b) [Regulation 128 Amended by No. 6 of 2025, s. 29, Applied:01 Jul 2025] the person with disability has the mental capacity to manage the administration of his or her own medication; and

(c) [Regulation 128 Amended by No. 6 of 2025, s. 29, Applied:01 Jul 2025] the person with disability does not have the physical capacity to self-administer the substance.