Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MEDICINAL CANNABIS) ACT 2016 - SECT 25

25 Criteria for grant or renewal of dispensing approval

(1) When considering an application for the grant or renewal of a dispensing approval the chief executive may consider the following—

(a) whether the applicant is a suitable person to hold the approval;

(b) the applicant’s familiarity with the use of medicinal cannabis for therapeutic purposes;

(c) the location and facilities of the pharmacy from which the applicant intends to dispense medicinal cannabis;

(d) any other information in the application for the approval;

(e) any other matters the chief executive reasonably considers relevant to deciding the application.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive may grant or renew a dispensing approval only if the chief executive is satisfied the applicant is a suitable person to hold the approval.