Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Approval of Waikato District Health Board Community Alcohol and Drug Service and Medical Practitioner to Provide Substitution Treatment Under Section 24 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

Acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, I, John Crawshaw:

  1. revoke the approval of the Waikato District Health Board Community Alcohol and Drug Service and medical practitioner issued pursuant to section 24(7)(a), (b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 on 9 December 2015 (New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 2015, Issue No. 141, Notice No. 2014-go7330); and
  2. specify the Waikato District Health Board Community Alcohol and Drug Service as a service that may provide treatment with controlled drugs for people who are dependent on controlled drugs, pursuant to section 24(7)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, at the following place:
    1. Community Alcohol & Drug Service
      193 London Street
      Hamilton 3204

    2. Manaaki Centre
      Thames Hospital
      Mary Street
      Thames 3500

    3. Mental Health Rural South Sector
      Maraetai Road
      Tokoroa; and

  3. pursuant to section 24(7)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, specify Dr Tejpal Singh, as a medical practitioner, who may:
    1. prescribe, administer and supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence, as the lead clinician for Waikato District Health Board Community Alcohol and Drug Service;
    2. authorise in writing service/clinic medical practitioners as specified under section 24(2)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 to:
      1. prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence:
      2. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Waikato District Health Board Community Alcohol and Drug Service as specified under section 24(2)(d) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; and
    3. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Waikato District Health Board Community Alcohol and Drug Service as specified under section 24(2)(d) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.

Conditions

  1. Controlled drugs may only be prescribed, administered or supplied to people who are or have been clients of Waikato District Health Board Community Alcohol and Drug Service.
  2. This approval expires on 31 December 2020.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of December 2017.

Dr JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health, Director of Addiction Services, Ministry of Health.