Regulations


NSW Health’s Pharmaceutical Services provides information for health professionals about the policies and regulations which apply to prescribing and supplying Schedule 8 cannabis medicines. These include:

  • Requirements for prescribers
  • Product requirements
  • Writing a prescription
  • Dispensing
  • Manufacture
  • Import
  • Supply by wholesale
  • Storage

For further information, visit the Pharmaceutical Services’ webpage on cannabis medicines.

Visit the Children and vulnerable people section of this website for advice for health professionals on prescribing cannabis medicines to children and vulnerable patients.