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 Southland Drug and Alcohol Specialist Service ("Southland DASS") as a service that may provide treatment with controlled drugs for people who are dependent on controlled drugs, at the following places:
Southland Hospital
Kew Road
Invercargill 9812; and
Gore Community Mental Health
6 Irwell Street
Gore 9710; and
Lakes District Hospital
20 Douglas Street
Queenstown 9300.
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 Gavin Stuart Cape
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 Southland DASS;
(b) authorise in writing service/clinic medical practitioners 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 Southland DASS as specified under subsection (2)(d); and
(c) authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Southland DASS 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 Southland DASS.
2. This approval expires on 31 December 2017.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of March 2014.
DR JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health.