560Applications for CHO controlled medicines approvals

560 Applications for CHO controlled medicines approvals (1) A designated prescriber may apply to the chief health officer for approval to prescribe a controlled medicine. (2) An application under subsection (1) must— (a) be for approval to prescribe a controlled medicine for a single individual; and

use (b) be made in a way determined by the chief health officer. Examples telephone, email and fax (3) An application under subsection (1) may be made— (a) on the applicant’s own behalf; or (b) on the applicant’s own behalf and on behalf of 1 or more other named designated prescribers; or (c) on behalf of a group of designated prescribers that includes the applicant and who practise at the same premises. the doctors practising at a suburban medical practice so that if a person’s usual doctor is unavailable another doctor at the practice can, under the approval, prescribe the controlled medicine (4) A determination under subsection (2) (b) is a notifiable instrument.