Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Medical Practitioner Who May Prescribe, Administer, or Supply Controlled Drugs

for the Purpose of Treating People With
Drug Dependence
Pursuant to section 24 (5) (a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, I, Dr David George Chaplow, acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, specify that
Dr Vishwa Raj Kairvar
is a medical practitioner who may prescribe, administer, or supply controlled drugs for the purposes of that section, with the following condition:
? His prescribing of controlled drugs for the treatment of opioid dependence is limited to methadone.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of February 2002.
DR DAVID CHAPLOW, Director of Mental Health.