Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Secretary may by notice published in the Government Gazette declare—
(a) a premises (including part of a building or place) at which treatment is to be provided; or
(b) a service through which treatment is to be provided—
to be a treatment centre.
(2) The governing body of a treatment centre must appoint a suitably qualified registered medical practitioner to be the senior clinician of the centre.
(3) The senior clinician may by written instrument delegate to a suitably qualified registered medical practitioner or nurse practitioner any power, duty or function of the senior clinician other than this power of delegation.
(4) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), a practitioner is suitably qualified if the practitioner has relevant expertise in severe substance dependence and its treatment.