Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) REGULATION 2017 - REG 52

52 Standard conditions for dispensing approvals—Act, s 34(1)

(1) For section 34(1) of the Act, the following conditions are prescribed as standard conditions for dispensing approvals—

(a) the approval holder’s endorsement, under section 64 of the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996 , must not be suspended or cancelled;

(b) the approval holder must maintain a current registration (the
"registration" ), as a pharmacist, under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;

(c) the registration must not be subject to a condition or undertaking prohibiting the approval holder from performing an act that—

(i) is in the scope of the approval holder’s authority; or

(ii) involves a controlled drug;

(d) if a TGA approval relates to medicinal cannabis obtained, possessed, dispensed or manufactured by the approval holder—the approval holder must comply with any conditions imposed on the TGA approval;

(e) the approval holder must only dispense medicinal cannabis in accordance with a prescription;

(f) the approval holder must comply with the Guidelines for Dispensing of Medicines published by the Pharmacy Board of Australia.

Note—

The Guidelines for Dispensing of Medicines is available on the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s website.

(2) In this section—

"authority" , of the holder of a dispensing approval, means the authority of the approval holder under section 58 of the Act.

"manufacture" means manufacture within the meaning of the Act, schedule 1, definition
"manufacture" , paragraph (a)(vi) to (viii).