Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018 (Qld)

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2018.

Part 2    Amendment of Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996

2   Regulation amended

This part amends the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996.

3   Amendment of s 78A (Approved drug–nabiximols)

(1)Section 78A(1)(b)—
omit.

(2)Section 78A(1)(c)(i), ‘prescribed’—
omit, insert—

compliant

(3)Section 78A(1)(c)—
renumber as section 78A(1)(b).

(4)Section 78A(2), from ‘practitioner,’—
omit, insert—

practitioner includes a registrar working under the direction of a specialist medical practitioner.

(5)Section 78A(3)—
insert—

chronic non-cancer pain means pain, persisting more than 3 months, that is not associated with cancer.

(6)Section 78A(3), definition prescribed patient—
insert—

(e)a person experiencing chronic non-cancer pain.

(7)Section 78A(3), definition prescribed specialist medical practitioner—
omit.

4   Amendment of s 78B (Exemptions for some acts involving regulated controlled drugs)

Section 78B(2) to (4)—
omit.

Part 3    Amendment of Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulation 2017

5   Regulation amended

This part amends the Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulation 2017.

6   Amendment of s 27 (Form of wholesaling approval)

Section 27(a), ‘and professional qualifications’—
omit.

7   Amendment of s 54 (Prescribed specialist medical practitioners—Act, s 52(1)(a))

Section 54(1)—
omit, insert—

(1)For section 52(1)(a) of the Act, all compliant specialist medical practitioners are prescribed.

8   Amendment of s 55 (Prescribed classes of patients—Act, s 52(2)(a))

(1)Section 55(1)—
insert—

(e)persons experiencing chronic non-cancer pain.

(2)Section 55(2)—
insert—

chronic non-cancer pain means pain, persisting more than 3 months, that is not associated with cancer.

9   Amendment of s 89 (Dealing with prescriptions)

Section 89(4), ‘72 hours’—
omit, insert—

7 days

10   Amendment of s 127 (Patient-class prescribers)

Section 127(2)—
omit, insert—

(2)If the chief executive requests that a patient-class prescriber provide a treatment report for an eligible patient the patient-class prescriber is treating with medicinal cannabis, the patient-class prescriber must provide the report to the chief executive within the time stated in the request.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.