New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 21

21 Leave of absence on compassionate, medical or other grounds

(1) An accredited medical practitioner may permit a dependent person to be absent from a treatment centre for the period, and on the conditions, the practitioner thinks fit.

(2) Permission may be given on any grounds the practitioner thinks fit, including, for example, compassionate grounds or that the dependent person requires medical treatment.

(3) The practitioner may not grant leave of absence unless the practitioner is satisfied that, as far as is practicable, adequate measures have been taken to prevent the person from causing harm to himself or herself or others.