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 19 December 2022 (as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 20 December 2022, Notice No. 2022-go5641); 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 December 2023.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June 2023.

Dr JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health, Te Pou Mahi Pūnaha | System Performance, Manatū Hauora.