Are public rehabilitation centers divided into separate areas in Vietnam?

Are public rehabilitation centers divided into separate areas in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 35 of the Law on Prevention and Control of Narcotic Substances 2021, regulations on public rehabilitation centers are as follows:

2. Every public rehabilitation center must have the following areas:

a) Temporary accommodations for persons undergoing narcotic substance dependence diagnosis and persons whose applications for imposition of the administrative penalty of compulsory rehabilitation in a rehabilitation center are being formulated;

b) Compulsory rehabilitation area;

c) Voluntary rehabilitation area;

d) Rehabilitation area for persons from 12 to under 18 years old;

dd) Rehabilitation area for persons having infectious diseases of group A or B according to regulations of the Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases;

e) Rehabilitation area for persons having disrupted order in or committed a violation against regulations of the rehabilitation center.

Thus, public rehabilitation centers will be divided into the above rehabilitation areas in Vietnam. Your 16-year-old child will be rehabilitated at a public rehabilitation center for people from 12 to under 18 years old, not having to undergo concentrated rehabilitation with other people.

What do operations of public rehabilitation centers in Vietnam comprise?

According to Clause 4 of Article 35 of the Law on Prevention and Control of Narcotic Substances 2021, there are provisions as follows:

4. Operations of public rehabilitation centers consist of:

a) Receive drug addicts undergoing compulsory and voluntary rehabilitation and organize their rehabilitation;

b) Diagnose narcotic substance dependence;

c) Receive, manage and provide education, counseling and treatment for withdrawal syndrome, mental disorders and other conditions for persons whose applications for compulsory rehabilitation in rehabilitation centers are being formulated.

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