Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) REGULATION 2017 - REG 67

67 Pharmacists

(1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply to a pharmacist practising pharmacy at a hospital.

(2) The pharmacist is authorised to obtain patient-supplied medicinal cannabis, and possess the medicinal cannabis at the pharmacist’s dispensary, if the pharmacist is obtaining and possessing the medicinal cannabis for the purpose of issuing the medicinal cannabis to an authorised hospital staff member at the hospital for the treatment of a relevant patient at the hospital.

(3) The pharmacist is authorised to obtain medicinal cannabis that is not patient-supplied medicinal cannabis, and possess the medicinal cannabis at the pharmacist’s dispensary, if the pharmacist is obtaining and possessing the medicinal cannabis for the purpose of dispensing the medicinal cannabis to the following persons for the purpose of treating a relevant patient at the hospital—

(a) the patient;

(b) a carer, or another person authorised to obtain and possess medicinal cannabis, for the patient.

(4) The pharmacist is authorised to—

(a) dispense medicinal cannabis mentioned in subsection (3) (
"hospital-dispensed medicinal cannabis" ) to the following persons for the purpose of treating the patient at the hospital—

(i) the patient;

(ii) a carer, or another person authorised to obtain and possess medicinal cannabis, for the patient; and

(b) issue patient-supplied medicinal cannabis or hospital-dispensed medicinal cannabis to an authorised hospital staff member at the hospital—

(i) in accordance with the oral or written instruction of a doctor employed or contracted to practise medicine at the hospital; and

(ii) for the purpose of treating a relevant patient at the hospital.

(5) If there is no pharmacist practising pharmacy at a hospital, a doctor employed or contracted to practise medicine at the hospital may exercise the authority of a pharmacist under subsections (3) and (4)(a) at—

(a) a hospital pharmacy at the hospital; or

(b) if the hospital does not have a hospital pharmacy—the place where medicinal cannabis is stored at the hospital.