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PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 24
Criteria for grant of medicinal cannabis approval
(1) When considering an application for a medicinal cannabis approval the
chief executive may consider the following— (a) whether the applicant is a
suitable person to hold the approval;
(b) whether the patient is a suitable
person to undergo treatment with medicinal cannabis;
(c) the patient’s
medical condition and associated symptoms of the medical condition;
(d) the
form and dosage of medicinal cannabis for which the applicant intends to give
a lawful direction under the approval;
(e) whether treatment with
medicinal cannabis can be integrated into the patient’s existing medical
treatment;
(f) any opinion of a specialist medical practitioner given to the
chief executive under section or ;
(g) alternative treatments suitable for
the patient’s medical condition or associated symptoms;
(h) the patient’s
history of drug dependence, if any, including current use of cannabis;
(i)
whether the medicinal cannabis to which the approval will apply— (i) has, or
will be, manufactured or imported in accordance with the applicable law of the
Commonwealth; and
(ii) is, or will be, approved or authorised to be supplied,
for the purpose of treating the patient, in accordance with the applicable law
of the Commonwealth;
(j) any other information in the application for the
approval;
(k) any other matters the chief executive reasonably considers
relevant to deciding the application.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1),
the chief executive may grant a medicinal cannabis approval only if the chief
executive is satisfied of the following matters— (a) the applicant is a
suitable person to hold the approval;
(b) the patient is a suitable person to
undergo treatment with medicinal cannabis;
(c) the medicinal cannabis to
which the approval will apply— (i) has, or will be, manufactured or imported
in accordance with the applicable law of the Commonwealth; and
(ii) is, or
will be, able to be supplied, for the purpose of treating the patient, in
accordance with the applicable law of the Commonwealth.
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