After a five-month consultation, the MBA said the updated guidelines will “close the gap that’s sprung up between online prescribing business models and good medical practice”. However, the MBA stopped short of banning the practice. Instead it hopes that formally articulating its opposition to “tick and flick” online prescribing will help slow the rising trend. The new guidelines follow the draft version, published in January, which were broadly welcomed by the medicinal cannabis trade associations. The guidelines specify that “prescribing or providing healthcare for a patient without a real-time direct consultation, whether in-person, via video or telephone, is not good practice and is not supported by the board”.
After a five-month consultation, the MBA said the updated guidelines will “close the gap that’s sprung up between online prescribing business models and good medical practice”. However, the MBA stopped short of banning the practice. Instead it hopes that formally articulating its opposition to “tick and flick” online prescribing will help slow the rising trend. The new guidelines follow the draft version, published in January, which were broadly welcomed by the medicinal cannabis trade associations. The guidelines specify that “prescribing or providing healthcare for a patient without a real-time direct consultation, whether in-person, via video or telephone, is not good practice and is not supported by the board”.