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 Pathways Wairarapa Opiate Substitution Service as a service that may provide treatment with controlled drugs for people who are dependent on controlled drugs at the following place:

Waiata House
27 Lincoln Road
PO Box 148
Masterton 5840

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 Richard Graham McGrath

as a medical practitioner, may:

1. prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence to controlled drugs as the lead clinician for Pathways Wairarapa Opiate Substitution Service;
2. authorise in writing service/clinic medical practitioners as specified under subsection (2)(b) to:
   1. prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence;
   2. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Pathways Wairarapa Opiate Substitution Service as specified under subsection (2)(d); and
3. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Pathways Wairarapa Opiate Substitution Service 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 Pathways Wairarapa Opiate Substitution Service.
2. This approval will take effect on 1 October 2016.
3. This approval expires on 31 December 2017.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of September 2016.

Dr JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health.