Section 28G: Dispensing medicinal cannabis

28G. Dispensing medicinal cannabis (1) No medicinal cannabis shall be dispensed – (a) other than in a regional hospital; (b) other than by an authorised pharmacist; (c) other than to the authorised patient, unless a person acting on behalf of the patient is authorised by the Medicinal Cannabis Therapeutic Committee; (d) more than once on a prescription for medicinal cannabis. (2) On receipt of a prescription for medicinal cannabis, an authorised pharmacist shall take such reasonable steps as may be necessary to ascertain that the Medicinal Cannabis Therapeutic Committee approved the request for medicinal cannabis. (3) An authorised pharmacist who dispenses medicinal cannabis on a prescription for medicinal cannabis shall – (a) at the time of dispensing, mark on the prescription the date on which it is dispensed; (b) keep the prescription on the premises where the medicinal cannabis prescribed has been dispensed; 538 Acts 2022 (c) deliver to the authorised patient for whose use the medicinal cannabis was supplied, or to the person acting on his behalf, a copy of the prescription bearing – (i) the date on which the prescription was dispensed; and (ii) the stamp of the hospital; (d) enter into the register of medicinal cannabis the details of the patient required under section 28H(2); and (e) forthwith notify the Consultant-in-Charge of the hospital for record purposes.