Pursuant to section 24(7)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, I, John Crawshaw, acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, specify the Taranaki District Health Board Alcohol and Drug Service as a service that may provide treatment with controlled drugs for people who are dependent on controlled drugs, at the following place:
Taranaki Base Hospital
David Street
New Plymouth 4310.
And, pursuant to section 24(7)(a) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Health, I specify
Dr Esther Nyarai Bganya
as a medical practitioner, may:
(a) prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence to controlled drugs
as the lead clinician for Taranaki District Health Board Alcohol and Drug Service;
(b) authorise in writing service/clinic medical practitioners as specified under subsection (2)(b) to:
(i) prescribe, administer or supply controlled drugs for the treatment of dependence;
(ii) to authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Taranaki District Health Board Alcohol and Drug Service as specified under subsection (2)(d); and
(c) authorise in writing general practitioners receiving clients from Taranaki District Health Board Alcohol and Drug Service as specified under subsection (2)(d).
Conditions
1. Controlled drugs may only be prescribed, administered, or supplied to people who are or have been clients of Taranaki District Health Board Alcohol and Drug Service.
2. This approval expires on 31 December 2014.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of March 2014.
DR JOHN CRAWSHAW, Director of Mental Health.