Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Approval of Pegasus Health GP Care Methadone Programme and Clinician to Provide Substitution Treatment Under Section 24 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Pursuant to section 24(7)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, I, John Crawshaw, acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, specify the Pegasus Health GP Care Methadone Programme as a service that may provide treatment with controlled drugs for people who are dependent on controlled drugs, at the following place:
Pegasus Health
160 Bealey Avenue
Christchurch 8013.
And, pursuant to section 24(7)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, I specify
Dr Jeremy James Baker
as a medical practitioner, may:
(a) prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence to controlled drugs
as the lead clinician for Pegasus Health GP Care Methadone Programme;
(b) authorise in writing medical practitioners of the Pegasus Health GP Care Committee as specified under subsection (2)(b) to:
(i) prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence;
(ii) to authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Pegasus Health GP Care Methadone Programme as specified under subsection (2)(d); and
(c) authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Pegasus Health GP Care Methadone Programme as specified under subsection (2)(d).
Conditions
1. Controlled drugs may only be prescribed, administered or supplied to people who are or have been clients of Pegasus Health GP Care Methadone Programme or Christchurch Methadone Programme.
2. This approval expires on 31 December 2017.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of March 2014.
DR JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health.