571Form of CHO controlled medicines approvals

571 Form of CHO controlled medicines approvals (1) A controlled medicines approval given by the chief health officer must include the following: (a) the name of the controlled medicine to which the approval relates;

use (b) either— (i) the form, strength and maximum daily dose of the medicine that may be prescribed under the approval; or (ii) for an approval authorised under a category approval under section 575—details of the approval given; (c) the period when the medicine may be prescribed under the approval or when the approval ends; (d) any condition to which the approval is subject. Note If the approval is an oral approval, the prescriber must send the chief health officer a written application (see s 31 (1) (d) (ii)). (2) Also, for subsection (1) (b), if the controlled medicines approval relates to the treatment of a drug-dependent person with buprenorphine or methadone for their drug-dependency, the approval may state the maximum daily dose that may be prescribed for the