Pursuant to section 24 (7) (a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, I, David George Chaplow, acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, specify that:
Dr Jacques Renard Marchand, Doctors on Cashel,
7 Cashel Street, Christchurch
is a medical practitioner who may prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the purposes of that section, with the following conditions:
(a) Dr Jacques Renard Marchand's prescribing of controlled drugs for the treatment of opioid dependence is limited to methadone;
(b) the prescription of methadone for the treatment
of dependence is limited to patients registered at
Dr Jacques Renard Marchand's practice who have been assessed as requiring methadone treatment for opioid dependence by a gazetted methadone service; and
(c) Dr Jacques Renard Marchand's authorisation of other medical practitioners to prescribe controlled drugs for the treatment of opioid dependence is limited to designated locums working in his
practice. Those medical practitioners authorised by Dr Jacques Renard Marchand may only prescribe controlled drugs for the treatment of opioid dependence to patients registered at Dr Jacques Renard Marchand's practice and may only do so with Dr Jacques Renard Marchand's written permission.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of March 2004.
DR DAVID CHAPLOW, Director of Mental Health.