Vacancies On The Expert Advisory Committee On Drugs

2 weeks ago

New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

The EACD was established under the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2000 to provide expert advice to the Minister of Health regarding drug classification issues.
Section 5AA(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 specifies that the functions of the EACD are:
(a) to carry out medical and scientific evaluations of controlled drugs, and any other narcotic or psychotropic substances, preparations, mixtures, or articles; and
(b) to make recommendations to the Minister about
- whether and how controlled drugs or other substances, preparations, mixtures, or articles should be classified; and
- the amount, level, or quantity at and over which any substance, preparation, mixture, or article that is a controlled drug (or is proposed to be classified as a controlled drug), and that is to be specified or described in clause 1 of Schedule 5, is to be presumed to be for supply; and
- the level at and over which controlled drugs to which clause 2 of Schedule 5 applies are presumed to be for supply; and

(c) to increase public awareness of the Committee's work, by (for instance) the timely release of papers, reports, and recommendations.

Members are appointed by the Minister of Health for a term of 3 years but can be reappointed. Generally, members will serve one or two terms.
It is envisaged that the EACD will meet at least twice a year, although more meetings may be held if required. These may be held online or face-to-face. The time required by members is variable but will not likely exceed a few days a year.
- Pharmacology
- Toxicology
- Community medicine

**Knowledge / expertise of the following would be advantageous**: controlled drugs and other narcotic or psychotropic substances, and the classification of such substances based on the risk of harm they pose to individuals or to society by their misuse (under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975).
**Chairperson role**: it is the responsibility of the Chairperson to ensure that discussions are on topic, within discussion time, and that all votes are accounted for. The Chairperson does not have the right of a casting vote to break deadlocked decisions.

**Please provide**:

- a covering letter, detailing your knowledge / expertise in the field(s) mentioned above, that is relevant to the Committee and why the position is of interest to you
- a current curriculum vitae
- a completed declaration form (attached).

The outcome of the recruitment process will be confirmed after it has been considered by Cabinet's Appointments and Honours Committee.

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