Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Approval of a Lead Clinician to Provide Opioid Substitution Treatment Under Section 24A of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

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

  1. Revoke the approval of the Auckland Opioid Treatment Service and medical practitioner issued pursuant to section 24A(7)(a), (b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 made on 31 May 2022 (as published in the New Zealand Gazette, 2 June 2022, Notice No. 2022-go2168); and
  2. Specify the Auckland Opioid Treatment 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:

Community Alcohol and Drug Service
Pitman House
50 Carrington Road
Point Chevalier
Auckland 1025; and

Red Cross Oneroa
132 Ocean View Road
Oneroa, Waiheke Island 1081; and

Piritahi Hou Ora Trust
53 Tahatai Road
Oneroa
Waiheke Island
Auckland 1081; and

Community Alcohol and Drug Service West Team
1 Trading Place
Henderson
Waitakere
Auckland 0612; and

Helensville WDHB Mental Health Community Services
65 Commercial Road
Helensville 0800; and

Community Alcohol and Drug Service North Team
44 Taharoto Road
Takapuna
North Shore City
Auckland 0622; and

Wellsford Medical Centre
Coast to Coast Health Care
220 Rodney Street
Wellsford 0900; and

Warkworth Mental Health Community Services
7 Alnwick Street
Warkworth 0910; and

Adult Mental Health Services
136 Whangaparaoa Road
Red Beach 0932; and

Community Alcohol and Drug Service South Team
7 Ronwood Avenue
Manukau City Centre
Auckland 2104; and

Franklin Memorial Hospital,
72 Kitchener Road
Waiuku 2123; and

Botany Super Clinic
260 Botany Road, Howick
Auckland 2013; and

CADS Medically Managed Withdrawal Services
HomeGround
140 Hobson Street
Auckland Central 1010

  1. Pursuant to section 24A(7)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, specify that Dr Ivan Srzich, as a medical practitioner, may:
    1. prescribe, administer, or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence as the lead clinician for Auckland Opioid Treatment 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 Auckland Opioid Treatment 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 Auckland Opioid Treatment 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 Auckland Opioid Treatment Service.
  2. This approval expires on 31 December 2025.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2023.

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