Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 22

22 Requirement to seek opinion of specialist medical practitioner

(1) The chief executive may require the applicant for a medicinal cannabis approval to seek, in writing, an opinion from a specialist medical practitioner in a specialty the chief executive reasonably considers is related to the medical condition or associated symptoms of the patient stated in the application.

(2) The opinion mentioned in subsection (1) must relate to the appropriateness and effectiveness of treating the patient’s medical condition or associated symptoms with medicinal cannabis.

(3) The applicant must—

(a) obtain the written opinion; and

(b) if the chief executive requests a copy of the written opinion—give a copy of the opinion to the chief executive.

(4) The chief executive may exercise the powers under subsection (1) and (3)(b)—

(a) as many times as the chief executive reasonably considers necessary for the purpose of deciding the application; and

(b) despite the applicant being a specialist medical practitioner in a specialty related to the medical condition or associated symptoms of the patient; and

(c) despite the applicant having already obtained, or provided to the chief executive, a written opinion of a specialist medical practitioner relating to the treatment of the patient with medicinal cannabis.