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Clinical Forensic Medical Services: Responses to the ACT Drug Driving Legislation

Discover how Clinical Forensic Medical Services address drug driving legislation, remove impaired drivers from roads, interpret toxicology reports, and enhance impairment testing. Learn about interventions, new substances, and Fitness to Drive Clinic services.

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Clinical Forensic Medical Services: Responses to the ACT Drug Driving Legislation

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  1. Clinical Forensic Medical Services:Responses to the ACT Drug Driving Legislation Associate Professor Vanita Parekh Senior Specialist, Forensic and Sexual Health Medicine Director, Clinical Forensic Medical Services (CFMS)

  2. Overview • Who are CFMS and what do they do? • Response to drug driving legislation • Key principle • Removing impaired drivers from the road • ACTGAL data • ACT Jurisdiction • Best practice

  3. MVC • Attend fatalities • Coronial toxicology reports • Culpable • Toxicology interpretation • Serious injury • GBH

  4. Medical examination under section 16 • Impairment testing and sample collection • Cocaine • WH • SH • DA • Coronial

  5. Clinical Impairment/Sobriety Testing • Opportunity for intervention • Impairment testing • Alcohol • Sedatives • Stimulants • COMBINATIONS • New substances • What else could it be? • Head injury • Diabetes • Epilepsy • Intellectual disability

  6. All Cause Impairment • Fitness to Drive Medical Clinic • 70% cancellation rate • Police custody medical care • Drug and alcohol • Sexual and general assault • Drug and alcohol • Education • Police • Year 10 • Alcohol still number 1

  7. Dr Ian Whittall, Lachlan Kite and Simon Rockliff 2015 ACT Government Analytical Laboratory (ACTGAL), Health Protection Service (HPS)

  8. Dr Ian Whittall, Lachlan Kite and Simon Rockliff 2015 ACT Government Analytical Laboratory (ACTGAL), Health Protection Service (HPS

  9. Levels and Impairment • Tolerance • Safe levels • BAC 0.05% interpretation • New substances • Prescribed medications • ANU study • Diversion • Impairment testing models • DRE • US • Vic , video

  10. Questions?

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