Pursuant to section 24 (7) (a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, I, David George Chaplow, acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, specify that:
Dr Jean Lesley Herron, Eastcare Health, 283 Breezes Road, Aranui, Christchurch
is a medical practitioner who may prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the purposes of that section, with the following conditions:
(a) Dr Herron's prescribing of controlled drugs for
the treatment of opioid dependence is limited to methadone;
(b) the prescription of methadone for the treatment
of dependence is limited to patients registered at
Dr Herron's practice who have been assessed as requiring methadone treatment for opioid dependence by a gazetted methadone service; and
(c) Dr Herron's authorisation of other medical practitioners to prescribe controlled drugs for the treatment of opioid dependence is limited to designated locums working in her practice. Those medical practitioners authorised by Dr Herron
may only prescribe controlled drugs for the
treatment of opioid dependence to patients registered at Dr Herron's practice and may only do so
with Dr Herron's written permission.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of October 2004.
DR DAVID CHAPLOW, Director of Mental Health.