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Part II · Voluntary Admission to a Treatment Centre

9. Voluntary admissions

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

A person voluntarily seeking treatment for drug dependence may apply for admission to a Treatment Centre.

In case of a minor, the parents or guardian may apply for admission on behalf of the minor. Admission of such a person to a Treatment Center shall be decided on a case-by-case basis subject to assessment by an Assessment Panel.

(2)

Upon admission, such person may continue as an inmate of a Treatment Centre, until the Assessment Panel and the medical officer in charge of the Treatment Centre are of opinion that he may be discharged as he has successfully completed the course of treatment undertaken. Conditions for discharge shall be determined by the rules of each

Treatment Centre.

Part III

Compulsory Admission to a Treatment Centre

Read on from Part III

Part IV

General

Read on from Part IV