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

1. Revoke the approval of the Christchurch Opioid Recovery Service and medical practitioner issued pursuant to section 24A(7)(a), (b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 made on 16 December 2021 (as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 17 December 2021, Notice No. 2021-go5455); and
2. Specify Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury’s Christchurch Opioid Recovery Service (Christchurch Opioid Recovery Service) 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:

   Christchurch Opioid Recovery Service
   Hillmorton Hospital
   Sylvan Street
   Christchurch 8024; and

   Christchurch Women’s Hospital
   2 Riccarton Avenue
   Christchurch 8011; and

   Christchurch Men’s Prison
   555 West Coast Road
   Templeton 8140; and

   Christchurch Women’s Prison
   Newtons Road
   Christchurch 8140; and

   Rolleston Prison
   Runners Road
   Burnham
   Christchurch 7643; and

   He Kete Oranga o te Mana Wahine
   Fiddlers Road
   Motukarara 7672; and

   Ashburton Clinic
   Hostel Building, Ashburton Hospital
   Elizabeth Street
   Ashburton 7700.

3. Pursuant to section 24A(7)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, specify that Dr Carmen Lowe, as a medical practitioner, may:
   1. prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence as the lead clinician for Christchurch Opioid Recovery Service;
   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 Christchurch Opioid Recovery Service as specified under section 24A(2)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; and
   3. authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Christchurch Opioid Recovery Service 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 Christchurch Opioid Recovery Service.
2. This approval expires on 30 June 2023.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2022.

Dr JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health, Manatū Hauora.