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ACCESS TO MEDICINAL CANNABIS ACT 2016 (NO. 20 OF 2016) - SECT 49

Specialist medical practitioner may apply for practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—research purposes

    (1)     Subject to subsection (3), a specialist medical practitioner may apply to the Health Secretary for a practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—research purposes in respect of a person or class of persons who are to participate in research or a trial.

    (2)     An application for a practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—research purposes must—

        (a)     be in the form approved by the Health Secretary; and

        (b)     specify the prescribed details for each participant in the research or trial in respect of which the practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—research purposes is sought; and

        (c)     specify the medical condition or symptoms in relation to which the practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—research purposes is sought; and

        (d)     specify the medicinal cannabis product or class of product the applicant seeks to use during the research or trial; and

        (e)     include a statement that the applicant is satisfied as to the matters set out in subsection (3); and

        (f)     specify the prescribed details regarding the research or trial; and

        (g)     identify each registered medical practitioner (other than the applicant) whom the applicant requests be authorised to issue a patient medicinal cannabis access authorisation to a participant.

    (3)     A specialist medical practitioner must not apply for a practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—research purposes unless the practitioner is satisfied that—

        (a)     it is appropriate in all the circumstances that a participant should be treated with a medicinal cannabis product for research purposes; and

        (b)     the prescribed additional criteria (if any) are met.



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