Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Subject to subsection (3), a registered medical practitioner may apply to the Health Secretary for a practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—exceptional circumstances in respect of a patient who is not an eligible patient.
(2) An application for a practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—exceptional circumstances must—
(a) be in the form approved by the Health Secretary; and
(b) identify the patient in respect of whom the practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation is sought; and
(c) set out the exceptional circumstances that justify the patient being treated with an approved medicinal cannabis product; and
(d) specify the medical condition in relation to which the practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation is sought; and
(e) specify the approved medicinal cannabis product or class of product the applicant seeks to use to treat the patient; and
(f) include a statement that the applicant is satisfied as to the matters set out in subsection (3); 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 the patient.
(3) A registered medical practitioner must not apply for a practitioner medicinal cannabis authorisation—exceptional circumstances patient unless the practitioner is satisfied that—
(a) the patient is not an eligible patient but exceptional circumstances exist to justify the patient being treated with an approved medicinal cannabis product; and
(b) the prescribed additional criteria (if any) are met.