VIC members: From Monday 28 February, Schedule 8 permits for Schedule 8 medicinal cannabis will not be required for non-drug dependent patients. Prescribers are still required to check SafeScript each time before prescribing any Schedule 8 medicinal cannabis products. Read more here, regarding the change.
For non-drug dependent patients, this means that prescribers no longer need to apply and hold a Schedule 8 permit when prescribing Schedule 8 medicinal cannabis. For drug-dependent patients, the requirement to apply and hold a Schedule 8 permit before prescribing remains unchanged.
This regulatory change has been introduced following assessment of regulatory burden on prescribers prescribing Schedule 8 medicinal cannabis for low-risk patients where additional safeguards are now available following implementation of SafeScript in Victoria.
Prescribers still need to apply to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to access unapproved medicinal cannabis products via the Special Access Scheme (SAS) or Authorised Prescriber pathway.
For non-drug dependent patients, this means that prescribers no longer need to apply and hold a Schedule 8 permit when prescribing Schedule 8 medicinal cannabis. For drug-dependent patients, the requirement to apply and hold a Schedule 8 permit before prescribing remains unchanged.
This regulatory change has been introduced following assessment of regulatory burden on prescribers prescribing Schedule 8 medicinal cannabis for low-risk patients where additional safeguards are now available following implementation of SafeScript in Victoria.
Prescribers still need to apply to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to access unapproved medicinal cannabis products via the Special Access Scheme (SAS) or Authorised Prescriber pathway.