Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998) Regulations for the Administration of the Department of Correctional Services of the Republic of South Africa Chapter I : Definitions 1. Definitions

 

In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context, an expression defined in the Act has the same meaning as in the Act and –

 

"Area Commissioner"

means a correctional official, appointed by the National Commissioner, in charge of all correctional officials who are on the establishment of a management area or office or who have been attached for duty;

 

"Cared-for child"

means the child that a female inmate is permitted, in terms of section 20 of the Act to have with her in correctional centre;

 

"Clinical trials"

means an investigation destined to discover or verify the clinical pharmacological or other pharmacodynamic effects of an investigational product on persons or to identify any adverse reactions in persons to an investigational product or to study absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of an investigational product with the object of ascertaining its safety or efficiency;

 

"Correctional health facility"

means a facility where primary health care services are provided and this includes a primary health care clinic or in-patient facility;

 

"Correctional Services canteen"

means a canteen established in terms of section 132(1) of the Act;

 

"Correction supervision official"

means a correctional official in control of one or more monitoring officials referred to in Regulation 27;

 

"Disability’’

means a long-term or recurring physical or mental impairment which substantially limits a person’s ability to perform an activity in the manner or within a range considered normal for a human being;

 

"Healthcare provider"

means a correctional medical practitioner, medical practitioner, registered nurse or professional as defined in section 1 of the Act and "health care worker" has a corresponding meaning;

 

"Emergency Support Team"

means a team of correctional officials who are specially trained for utilisation during emergency situations to ensure a safe and secure environment within the Department;

 

"Health status"

means the assessment of the health of a person in terms of the absence of disease or disability and also of personal health habits, family history, occupational and environmental conditions and influences or a combination thereof which affect long-term health;

 

"International instrument"

means international agreements, treaties, conventions, guidelines and protocols of the United Nations and other Regional institutions, to which the Republic of South Africa is signatory;

 

"Primary health services"

means universally accessible, first-level contact, clinic-based health services essential to enable the inmate population to acquire, maintain and promote health;

 

"Prison hospital"

[deleted by the Amendment of the Correctional Services Regulations, 2004 (Notice No. 143 of 2012)];