Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Corrigendum-Classification of Medicines

In the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette,
7 February 2014, No. 15, page 335, the following entry should read:
under Schedule 1, Prescription Medicines:
"Zoster immunoglobulin, human"
and please insert
"Varicella vaccine; except when administered for the prevention of herpes zoster (shingles) to a person
50 years of age or over by a registered pharmacist who has successfully completed a vaccinator training course approved by the Ministry of Health and who is complying with the immunisation standards of the Ministry of Health"
in alphabetical order.
Dated this 17th day of February 2014.
DR DON MACKIE, Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Leadership, Protection and Regulation Business Unit, Ministry of Health.