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

1. Revoke the approval of the Capital and Coast District Health Board Addiction Services and medical practitioner issued pursuant to section 24A(7)(a), (b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 made on 14 December 2017 (as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 21 December 2017, Notice No. 2017-go6780); and
2. Specify the Capital and Coast District Health Board Addiction Services as a service that may provide treatment with controlled drugs for people who are dependent on controlled drugs, pursuant to section 24A(7)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, at the following places:

   Wellington Community Mental Health and Addictions Service
   Level 1, 113 Adelaide Road
   Wellington; and

   Lower Hutt Community Mental Health and Addictions Service
   Ground Floor, Public Trust House
   40–42 Queens Drive
   Lower Hutt 5010; and

   Porirua Community Mental Health and Addictions Service
   Level 8, BNZ Towers
   14 Hartham Place North
   Porirua 5022; and

   Upper Hutt Community Mental Health and Addictions Service
   Level 1, CBD Towers
   84–90 Main Road
   Upper Hutt 5018; and

   Kapiti Community Mental Health Treatment
   Kapiti Health Centre
   Warrimoo Street
   Paraparaumu 5032.

3. Pursuant to section 24A(7)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, specify that Dr Sam McBride, as a medical practitioner, may:
   1. prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence as the lead clinician for Capital and Coast District Health Board Addiction Services;
   2. authorise in writing service/clinic medical practitioners as specified under subsection 24A(2)(b) to:
      1. prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence;
      2. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Capital and Coast District Health Board Addiction Services as specified under section 24A(2)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; and
   3. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Capital and Coast District Health Board Addiction Services as specified under section 24A(2)(b) 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 Capital and Coast District Health Board Addiction Services.
2. This approval expires on 31 December 2023.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 2020.

Dr JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health, Mental Health and Addictions.