S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7283
I N S E N A T E
May 2, 2012
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Introduced by Sens. SAVINO, CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the general business law, in
relation to medical use of marihuana
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
2 thousands of New Yorkers have serious medical conditions that can be
3 improved by medically-approved use of marihuana. The law should not
4 stand between them and treatment necessary for life and health. This
5 legislation follows the well-established public policy that a controlled
6 substance can have a legitimate medical use. Many controlled substances
7 that are legal for medical use (such as morphine and steroids) are ille-
8 gal for any other use. The purposes of article 33 of the public health
9 law include allowing legitimate use of controlled substances in health
10 care, including palliative care. This policy and this legislation do not
11 in any way diminish New York state's strong public policy and laws
12 against illegal drug use, nor should it be deemed in any manner to advo-
13 cate, authorize, promote, or legally or socially accept the use of mari-
14 huana for children or adults, for any non-medical use. This legislation
15 is an appropriate exercise of the state's legislative power to protect
16 the health of its people under article 17 of the state constitution and
17 the tenth amendment of the United States constitution.
18 It is the legislative intent that this act be implemented consistently
19 with these findings and principles, through a reasonable and workable
20 system with appropriate oversight, evaluation and continuing research.
21 S 2. Article 33 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
22 title 5-A to read as follows:
23 TITLE V-A
24 MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA
25 SECTION 3360. DEFINITIONS.
26 3361. CERTIFICATION OF PATIENTS.
27 3362. LAWFUL MEDICAL USE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3363. REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND HARDSHIP REGISTRA-
2 TIONS.
3 3364. REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS.
4 3365. REGISTERING OF REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS.
5 3366. REPORTS BY REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS.
6 3367. EVALUATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; REPORT BY DEPARTMENT.
7 3368. REGISTERED ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENTS.
8 3369. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.
9 3369-A. PROTECTIONS FOR THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA.
10 3369-B. SEVERABILITY.
11 S 3360. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
12 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHER-
13 WISE:
14 1. "CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE" MEANS THE ACQUISITION, POSSESSION, USE,
15 DELIVERY, TRANSFER, TRANSPORTATION, OR ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL MARI-
16 HUANA BY A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FOR USE AS PART OF
17 THE TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT'S SERIOUS CONDITION SPECIFIED IN A CERTIF-
18 ICATION UNDER SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE,
19 INCLUDING ENABLING THE PATIENT TO TOLERATE TREATMENT FOR THE SERIOUS
20 CONDITION.
21 2. "CARING FOR" MEANS TREATING OR COUNSELING A PATIENT, IN THE COURSE
22 OF WHICH THE PRACTITIONER HAS COMPLETED A FULL ASSESSMENT OF THE
23 PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY AND CURRENT MEDICAL CONDITION.
24 3. "CERTIFIED PATIENT" MEANS A PATIENT WHO IS CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION
25 THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE.
26 4. "CERTIFICATION" MEANS A CERTIFICATION, MADE UNDER SECTION
27 THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE.
28 5. "DESIGNATED CAREGIVER" MEANS THE INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATED BY A CERTI-
29 FIED PATIENT IN A REGISTRY APPLICATION.
30 6. "HARDSHIP REGISTRATION" MEANS A HARDSHIP REGISTRATION ISSUED UNDER
31 SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE.
32 7. "PUBLIC PLACE" MEANS A PUBLIC PLACE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 240.00 OF
33 THE PENAL LAW, A MOTOR VEHICLE AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWEN-
34 TY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AN AIRCRAFT AS DEFINED IN
35 SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW OR A VESSEL AS
36 DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THE NAVIGATION LAW.
37 8. "SERIOUS CONDITION" MEANS A SEVERE DEBILITATING OR LIFE-THREATENING
38 CONDITION, OR A CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH OR A COMPLICATION OF SUCH A
39 CONDITION OR ITS TREATMENT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INABILITY TO
40 TOLERATE FOOD, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DYSPHORIA OR PAIN).
41 9. "MEDICAL MARIHUANA" MEANS MARIHUANA AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWEN-
42 TY-ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE INTENDED FOR
43 A CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE.
44 10. "REGISTERED ORGANIZATION" MEANS A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION UNDER
45 SECTIONS THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR AND THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED
46 SIXTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE.
47 11. "REGISTRY APPLICATION" MEANS AN APPLICATION PROPERLY COMPLETED AND
48 FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT BY A CERTIFIED PATIENT UNDER SECTION
49 THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE.
50 12. "REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD" MEANS A DOCUMENT THAT IDENTIFIES A
51 CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER, AS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION
52 THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE.
53 13. "PRACTITIONER" MEANS A PRACTITIONER WHO IS A PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN
54 ASSISTANT, OR NURSE PRACTITIONER, ACTING WITHIN THE PRACTITIONER'S
55 LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
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1 S 3361. CERTIFICATION OF PATIENTS. 1. A PATIENT CERTIFICATION MAY ONLY
2 BE ISSUED IF A PRACTITIONER WHO IS CARING FOR THE PATIENT FOR A SERIOUS
3 CONDITION CERTIFIES THAT: (A) THE PATIENT HAS A SERIOUS CONDITION, WHICH
4 SHALL BE SPECIFIED IN THE PATIENT'S HEALTH CARE RECORD; (B) THE PATIENT
5 IS UNDER THE PRACTITIONER'S CARE FOR THE SERIOUS CONDITION; AND (C) IN
6 THE PRACTITIONER'S PROFESSIONAL OPINION, THE PATIENT IS LIKELY TO
7 RECEIVE THERAPEUTIC OR PALLIATIVE BENEFIT FROM THE PRIMARY OR ADJUNCTIVE
8 TREATMENT WITH MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA FOR THE SERIOUS CONDITION.
9 2. THE CERTIFICATION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND INCLUDE (A) THE NAME,
10 DATE OF BIRTH AND ADDRESS OF THE PATIENT; (B) A STATEMENT THAT THE
11 PATIENT HAS A SERIOUS CONDITION; THE PATIENT IS UNDER THE PRACTITIONER'S
12 CARE FOR THE SERIOUS CONDITION AND, IN THE PRACTITIONER'S PROFESSIONAL
13 OPINION, THE PATIENT IS LIKELY TO RECEIVE THERAPEUTIC OR PALLIATIVE
14 BENEFIT FROM THE PRIMARY OR ADJUNCTIVE TREATMENT WITH MEDICAL USE OF
15 MARIHUANA FOR THE SERIOUS CONDITION; (C) THE DATE; AND (D) THE NAME,
16 ADDRESS, FEDERAL REGISTRATION NUMBER, TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND THE HAND-
17 WRITTEN SIGNATURE OF THE CERTIFYING PRACTITIONER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY
18 REQUIRE BY REGULATION THAT THE CERTIFICATION SHALL BE ON A FORM PROVIDED
19 BY THE DEPARTMENT IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS
20 MAKING CERTIFICATION FORMS ADEQUATELY AVAILABLE.
21 3. THE PRACTITIONER SHALL GIVE THE CERTIFICATION TO THE CERTIFIED
22 PATIENT, AND PLACE A COPY IN THE PATIENT'S HEALTH CARE RECORD.
23 4. NO PRACTITIONER SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATION UNDER THIS SECTION FOR
24 HIMSELF OR HERSELF.
25 5. A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD BASED ON A CERTIFICATION SHALL
26 EXPIRE ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE THE CERTIFICATION IS SIGNED BY THE PRAC-
27 TITIONER; EXCEPT THAT WHERE A CERTIFIED PATIENT HAS A REGISTRY IDENTIFI-
28 CATION CARD BASED ON A CURRENT VALID CERTIFICATION, A NEW REGISTRY IDEN-
29 TIFICATION CARD BASED ON A NEW CERTIFICATION SHALL EXPIRE ONE YEAR AFTER
30 THE EXPIRATION OF THE REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD BASED ON THE CURRENT
31 VALID CERTIFICATION. HOWEVER, IF THE PRACTITIONER STATES IN THE CERTIF-
32 ICATION THAT HE OR SHE BELIEVES THE PATIENT WOULD BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL
33 MARIHUANA ONLY UNTIL A SPECIFIED EARLIER DATE, THEN THE REGISTRY IDEN-
34 TIFICATION CARD SHALL EXPIRE ON THAT DATE.
35 S 3362. LAWFUL MEDICAL USE. 1. THE POSSESSION, ACQUISITION, USE,
36 DELIVERY, TRANSFER, TRANSPORTATION, OR ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL MARI-
37 HUANA BY A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER POSSESSING A VALID
38 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD, FOR CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE, SHALL BE LAWFUL
39 UNDER THIS TITLE; PROVIDED THAT:
40 (A) THE MARIHUANA THAT MAY BE POSSESSED BY A CERTIFIED PATIENT DOES
41 NOT EXCEED A TOTAL AGGREGATE WEIGHT OF TWO AND ONE-HALF OUNCES OF MARI-
42 HUANA, IN ADDITION TO ANY AMOUNT LAWFULLY POSSESSED UNDER SUBDIVISION
43 TWO OF THIS SECTION; AND
44 (B) THE MARIHUANA THAT MAY BE POSSESSED BY A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER DOES
45 NOT EXCEED THE QUANTITIES REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
46 SION FOR EACH CERTIFIED PATIENT FOR WHOM THE CAREGIVER POSSESSES A VALID
47 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD, UP TO FIVE CERTIFIED PATIENTS.
48 2. (A) THIS SUBDIVISION APPLIES WHERE THE CERTIFIED PATIENT (I) LIVES
49 MORE THAN TWENTY MILES FROM A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION THAT IS ABLE TO
50 PROVIDE MEDICAL MARIHUANA TO THE CERTIFIED PATIENT OR (II) IS ISSUED A
51 HARDSHIP REGISTRATION.
52 (B) IT SHALL BE LAWFUL FOR A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER
53 POSSESSING A VALID REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD TO MANUFACTURE AND
54 POSSESS MEDICAL MARIHUANA FOR USE BY THE CERTIFIED PATIENT UNDER THIS
55 SUBDIVISION. THE MARIHUANA MANUFACTURED BY A CERTIFIED PATIENT AT ANY
56 TIME SHALL NOT EXCEED A TOTAL AGGREGATE OF TWELVE PLANTS. IT SHALL BE
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1 LAWFUL FOR A CERTIFIED PATIENT TO POSSESS THE MARIHUANA PRODUCED BY AND
2 HARVESTED FROM THE PLANTS POSSESSED BY THE CERTIFIED PATIENT OR THE
3 PATIENT'S DESIGNATED CAREGIVER UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. A DESIGNATED
4 CAREGIVER MAY MANUFACTURE AND POSSESS THE QUANTITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS
5 SUBDIVISION FOR EACH CERTIFIED PATIENT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR WHOM
6 THE CAREGIVER POSSESSES A VALID REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR HARDSHIP
7 REGISTRATION, AS THE CASE MAY BE, UP TO THREE CERTIFIED PATIENTS.
8 3. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OR TWO OF THIS SECTION: (A)
9 POSSESSION OR MANUFACTURE OF MARIHUANA SHALL NOT BE LAWFUL UNDER THIS
10 TITLE IF IT IS CONSUMED, GROWN OR DISPLAYED IN A PUBLIC PLACE; (B)
11 MEDICAL MARIHUANA MAY NOT BE SMOKED IN ANY PLACE WHERE TOBACCO MAY NOT
12 BE SMOKED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTEEN-E OF THIS CHAPTER; (C) EXCEPT THAT IN A
13 HEALTH CARE FACILITY, MEDICAL MARIHUANA MAY BE SMOKED BY A PATIENT OF
14 THE FACILITY, SUBJECT TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, IN AN AREA, AND
15 UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES, PERMITTED BY THE FACILITY, PROVIDED THAT THE
16 PATIENT DOES NOT SMOKE IN THE PRESENCE OF PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT CERTIFIED
17 UNDER THIS TITLE.
18 4. IT SHALL BE LAWFUL UNDER THIS ARTICLE TO GIVE OR DISPOSE OF MARI-
19 HUANA, OBTAINED UNDER THIS TITLE, FOR CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE, BETWEEN
20 CERTIFIED PATIENTS AND OTHER CERTIFIED PATIENTS, AND BETWEEN A DESIG-
21 NATED CAREGIVER AND THE DESIGNATED CAREGIVER'S CERTIFIED PATIENT WHERE
22 NOTHING OF VALUE IS TRANSFERRED IN RETURN, OR TO OFFER TO DO THE SAME.
23 THIS PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERRING OR OFFERING TO TRANSFER A THING OF
24 VALUE SHALL NOT (A) APPLY TO SALE OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA TO OR BY A REGIS-
25 TERED ORGANIZATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE; NOR (B) PREVENT A DESIGNATED
26 CAREGIVER FROM BEING REIMBURSED FOR REASONABLE COSTS OR ACTIVITIES
27 RELATING TO CARING FOR A CERTIFIED PATIENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
28 TO, REIMBURSEMENT FOR LEGITIMATE EXPENSES RELATING TO THE MANUFACTURE OF
29 MEDICAL MARIHUANA OR THE PURCHASE OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA FROM A REGISTERED
30 ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF THIS TITLE.
31 S 3363. REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND HARDSHIP REGISTRATIONS. 1.
32 THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND HARDSHIP
33 REGISTRATIONS FOR CERTIFIED PATIENTS AND DESIGNATED CAREGIVERS. A REGIS-
34 TRY IDENTIFICATION CARD AND HARDSHIP REGISTRATION SHALL EXPIRE AS
35 PROVIDED IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE OR AS
36 OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BEGIN ISSUING
37 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND HARDSHIP REGISTRATIONS NO LATER THAN
38 ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. THE DEPARTMENT MAY
39 SPECIFY A FORM FOR A REGISTRY OR HARDSHIP APPLICATION, IN WHICH CASE THE
40 DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE THE FORM ON REQUEST, REPRODUCTIONS OF THE FORM
41 MAY BE USED, AND THE FORM SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE
42 DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
43 2. TO OBTAIN OR RENEW A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD, A CERTIFIED
44 PATIENT SHALL FILE A REGISTRY APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT. THE
45 REGISTRY APPLICATION OR RENEWAL APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE:
46 (A) THE ORIGINAL PATIENT'S CERTIFICATION (A NEW WRITTEN CERTIFICATION
47 SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A RENEWAL APPLICATION);
48 (B) (I) THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND DATE OF BIRTH OF THE PATIENT; (II) THE
49 DATE OF THE CERTIFICATION; (III) IF THE PATIENT HAS A REGISTRY IDENTIFI-
50 CATION CARD BASED ON A CURRENT VALID CERTIFICATION, THE REGISTRY IDEN-
51 TIFICATION NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE OF THAT REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION
52 CARD; (IV) THE SPECIFIED DATE UNTIL WHICH THE PATIENT WOULD BENEFIT FROM
53 MEDICAL MARIHUANA, IF THE CERTIFICATION STATES SUCH A DATE; (V) THE
54 NAME, ADDRESS, FEDERAL REGISTRATION NUMBER, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE
55 CERTIFYING PRACTITIONER; AND (VI) OTHER INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING INFORMA-
56 TION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
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1 (C) IF THE PATIENT DESIGNATES A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER, THE NAME,
2 ADDRESS, AND DATE OF BIRTH OF THE DESIGNATED CAREGIVER, AND OTHER INDI-
3 VIDUAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT; A CERTIFIED
4 PATIENT MAY DESIGNATE UP TO TWO DESIGNATED CAREGIVERS;
5 (D) A STATEMENT THAT A FALSE STATEMENT MADE IN THE APPLICATION IS
6 PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 210.45 OF THE PENAL LAW;
7 (E) THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION AND THE SIGNATURE OF THE CERTIFIED
8 PATIENT; AND
9 (F) A REASONABLE APPLICATION FEE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
10 PROVIDED, THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY WAIVE OR REDUCE THE FEE IN CASES OF
11 FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
12 3. WHERE A CERTIFIED PATIENT IS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN:
13 (A) THE APPLICATION FOR A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL BE MADE
14 BY AN APPROPRIATE PERSON OVER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE. THE APPLICATION
15 SHALL STATE FACTS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE PERSON IS APPROPRIATE.
16 (B) THE DESIGNATED CAREGIVER SHALL BE (I) A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN
17 OF THE CERTIFIED PATIENT, (II) A PERSON DESIGNATED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL
18 GUARDIAN, OR (III) AN APPROPRIATE PERSON APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT UPON
19 A SUFFICIENT SHOWING THAT NO PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN IS APPROPRIATE OR
20 AVAILABLE.
21 4. NO PERSON MAY BE A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER IF THE PERSON IS UNDER
22 TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE UNLESS A SUFFICIENT SHOWING IS MADE TO THE
23 DEPARTMENT THAT THE PERSON SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO SERVE AS A DESIGNATED
24 CAREGIVER.
25 5. NO PERSON MAY BE A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FOR MORE THAN FIVE CERTI-
26 FIED PATIENTS AT ONE TIME. A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER SHALL CARRY A SEPARATE
27 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR EACH CERTIFIED PATIENT FOR WHOM HE OR
28 SHE IS A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER. EACH REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL
29 CONTAIN THE SAME REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SPECIFIED IN THIS
30 SECTION.
31 6. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE SEPARATE REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS
32 FOR THE CERTIFIED PATIENT AND THE DESIGNATED CAREGIVER (IF ONE IS DESIG-
33 NATED IN THE REGISTRY APPLICATION) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIVING A
34 COMPLETE APPLICATION UNDER THIS SECTION, UNLESS IT DETERMINES THAT THE
35 APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE OR FACIALLY INACCURATE, IN WHICH CASE IT SHALL
36 PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE APPLICANT.
37 7. IF THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT APPROVE THE DESIGNATION OF AN INDIVID-
38 UAL AS A DESIGNATED CAREGIVER, THAT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE APPROVAL OF THE
39 APPLICATION AS TO THE CERTIFIED PATIENT.
40 8. A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD SHALL CONTAIN:
41 (A) THE NAME OF THE CERTIFIED PATIENT AND THE DESIGNATED CAREGIVER (IF
42 ONE IS DESIGNATED IN THE REGISTRY APPLICATION);
43 (B) THE DATE OF ISSUANCE AND EXPIRATION DATE OF THE REGISTRY IDENTIFI-
44 CATION CARD;
45 (C) A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE CERTIFIED PATIENT AND A
46 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE DESIGNATED CAREGIVER (IF ONE IS
47 DESIGNATED IN THE REGISTRY APPLICATION); AND
48 (D) A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM THE REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION
49 CARD IS BEING ISSUED, WHICH SHALL BE OBTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN A
50 MANNER SPECIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN REGULATIONS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
51 THAT IF THE DEPARTMENT REQUIRED CERTIFIED PATIENTS TO SUBMIT PHOTOGRAPHS
52 FOR THIS PURPOSE, THERE SHALL BE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION OF CERTIFIED
53 PATIENTS WHO ARE CONFINED TO THEIR HOMES DUE TO THEIR MEDICAL CONDITIONS
54 AND MAY THEREFORE HAVE DIFFICULTY PROCURING PHOTOGRAPHS.
55 9. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE HARDSHIP REGISTRATIONS TO CERTIFIED
56 PATIENTS AND THEIR DESIGNATED CAREGIVERS IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT
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1 PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP FOR THE CERTIFIED PATIENT TO OBTAIN
2 MARIHUANA FROM A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
3 FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, OR INABILITY TO OBTAIN REASON-
4 ABLE TRANSPORTATION. A HARDSHIP REGISTRATION SHALL ALLOW THE CERTIFIED
5 PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER TO MANUFACTURE MARIHUANA PURSUANT TO THE
6 LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THIS
7 TITLE. THE PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING AND RENEWING A HARDSHIP REGISTRATION
8 SHALL BE THE SAME AS FOR A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD, PROVIDED THAT
9 THE APPLICATION SHALL STATE FACTS ESTABLISHING THE SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP
10 UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
11 10. A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER WHO HAS BEEN ISSUED A
12 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION OR HARDSHIP REGISTRATION CARD SHALL NOTIFY THE
13 DEPARTMENT OF ANY CHANGE IN HIS OR HER NAME OR ADDRESS OR, WITH RESPECT
14 TO THE PATIENT, OR IF HE OR SHE CEASES TO HAVE THE SERIOUS CONDITION
15 NOTED ON THE CERTIFICATION, OR, IN THE CASE OF A HARDSHIP REGISTRATION,
16 THEN CEASES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP, WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH
17 CHANGE.
18 11. IF A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER LOSES HIS OR HER
19 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR HARDSHIP REGISTRATION, HE OR SHE SHALL
20 NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT AND SUBMIT A TEN DOLLAR FEE WITHIN TEN DAYS OF
21 LOSING THE CARD OR HARDSHIP REGISTRATION TO MAINTAIN THE REGISTRATION.
22 THE DEPARTMENT MAY ESTABLISH HIGHER FEES FOR ISSUING A NEW REGISTRY
23 IDENTIFICATION OR HARDSHIP REGISTRATION CARD FOR SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT
24 REPLACEMENTS FOR A LOST CARD OR HARDSHIP REGISTRATION, PROVIDED, THAT
25 THE DEPARTMENT MAY WAIVE OR REDUCE THE FEE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL HARD-
26 SHIP. WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER SUCH NOTIFICATION AND PAYMENT, THE DEPART-
27 MENT SHALL ISSUE A NEW REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR HARDSHIP REGIS-
28 TRATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN A NEW REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, TO THE
29 CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER, AS THE CASE MAY BE.
30 12. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAINTAIN A CONFIDENTIAL LIST OF THE PERSONS
31 TO WHOM IT HAS ISSUED REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND HARDSHIP REGIS-
32 TRATIONS. INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT
33 UNDER THIS TITLE SHALL BE CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER
34 ARTICLE SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS SUBDIVI-
35 SION, THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOTIFY ANY APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
36 OF INFORMATION RELATING TO ANY VIOLATION OR SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF THIS
37 TITLE.
38 13. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL VERIFY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN AN
39 APPROPRIATE CASE WHETHER A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR HARDSHIP
40 REGISTRATION IS VALID.
41 14. IF A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER WILLFULLY VIOLATES
42 ANY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, HIS OR HER
43 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD MAY BE REVOKED. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO ANY
44 OTHER PENALTY THAT MAY APPLY.
45 15. (A) REGISTRY IMPLEMENTATION DATE. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE
46 "REGISTRY IMPLEMENTATION DATE" IS THE DATE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION-
47 ER WHEN THE DEPARTMENT IS READY TO RECEIVE AND EXPEDITIOUSLY ACT ON
48 APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS UNDER THIS SECTION.
49 (B) ON AND AFTER THE REGISTRY IMPLEMENTATION DATE, UPON RECEIPT OF AN
50 APPLICATION FOR A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
51 SEND TO THE APPLICANT A LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING SUCH RECEIPT. WHILE THE
52 APPLICATION FOR A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD IS PENDING, A COPY OF THE
53 REGISTRY APPLICATION, TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATION AND A
54 COPY OF THE LETTER OF RECEIPT FROM THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL SERVE AS AND
55 HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR THE CERTIFIED
56 PATIENT AND DESIGNATED CAREGIVER IF ANY, PROVIDED THAT A CERTIFICATION
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1 AND APPLICATION SHALL NOT SERVE AS A VALID REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD
2 AFTER THE INITIAL THIRTY DAY PERIOD UNDER SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS
3 SECTION. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL EXPIRE AND HAVE NO EFFECT ONE YEAR AFTER
4 THE REGISTRY IMPLEMENTATION DATE.
5 16. IF THE DEPARTMENT FAILS TO BEGIN ISSUING REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION
6 CARDS OR HARDSHIP REGISTRATIONS NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFEC-
7 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, A PATIENT'S CERTIFICATION SHALL SERVE AS THE
8 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD AND HARDSHIP REGISTRATION FOR BOTH THE
9 PATIENT AND THE PATIENT'S DESIGNATED CAREGIVER.
10 S 3364. REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS. 1. A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION SHALL
11 BE:
12 (A) A PHARMACY;
13 (B) A FACILITY LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER;
14 (C) A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIR-
15 ING, POSSESSING, MANUFACTURING, SELLING, DELIVERING, TRANSPORTING OR
16 DISTRIBUTING MARIHUANA FOR CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE; OR
17 (D) A REGISTERED PRODUCER, WHICH SHALL BE A PERSON OR ENTITY, WITH
18 APPROPRIATE EXPERTISE IN AGRICULTURE, REGISTERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
19 ACQUIRING OR MANUFACTURING MARIHUANA AND SELLING, DELIVERING, TRANSPORT-
20 ING, OR DISTRIBUTING IT TO ANOTHER REGISTERED ORGANIZATION; A CERTIFIED
21 PRODUCER SHALL NOT SELL, DELIVER OR DISTRIBUTE MARIHUANA TO A CERTIFIED
22 PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER FOR THAT PERSON'S USE.
23 2. THE ACQUIRING, POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, SALE, DELIVERY, TRANSPORT-
24 ING OR DISTRIBUTING OF MARIHUANA BY A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION UNDER THIS
25 TITLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION THIRTY-THREE
26 HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE OR A RENEWAL THEREOF SHALL BE LAWFUL
27 UNDER THIS TITLE.
28 3. A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION (OTHER THAN A REGISTERED PRODUCER) MAY
29 LAWFULLY, IN GOOD FAITH, SELL, DELIVER OR DISTRIBUTE MEDICAL MARIHUANA
30 TO A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER UPON PRESENTATION TO THE
31 REGISTERED ORGANIZATION OF A VALID REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR THAT
32 CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER. WHEN PRESENTED WITH THE
33 REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD, THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION SHALL PROVIDE
34 TO THE CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER A RECEIPT, WHICH SHALL
35 STATE: THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE
36 REGISTERED ORGANIZATION; THE REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF THE
37 CERTIFIED PATIENT AND THE DESIGNATED CAREGIVER (IF ANY); AND THE QUANTI-
38 TY OF MARIHUANA SOLD. THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION SHALL RETAIN A COPY OF
39 THE REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD AND THE RECEIPT FOR ONE YEAR.
40 4. NO REGISTERED ORGANIZATION MAY SELL, DELIVER OR DISTRIBUTE TO ANY
41 CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER A QUANTITY OF MEDICAL MARIHUA-
42 NA LARGER THAN THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE ALLOWED TO POSSESS UNDER THIS
43 TITLE.
44 5. WHEN A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION SELLS, DELIVERS OR DISTRIBUTES
45 MEDICAL MARIHUANA TO A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER, IT
46 SHALL PROVIDE TO THAT INDIVIDUAL A SAFETY INSERT, WHICH WILL BE DEVEL-
47 OPED AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
48 TO, INFORMATION ON: (A) METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICAL MARIHUANA, (B)
49 ANY POTENTIAL DANGERS STEMMING FROM THE USE OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA, AND
50 (C) HOW TO RECOGNIZE WHAT MAY BE PROBLEMATIC USAGE OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA
51 AND OBTAIN APPROPRIATE SERVICES OR TREATMENT FOR PROBLEMATIC USAGE.
52 S 3365. REGISTERING OF REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS. 1. APPLICATION FOR
53 INITIAL REGISTRATION. (A) AN APPLICANT FOR REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED
54 ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE
55 SHALL FURNISH TO THE DEPARTMENT A DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH
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1 IT INTENDS TO ENGAGE AS A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION AND ANY INFORMATION
2 THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REASONABLY REQUIRE AND EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLICANT:
3 (I) AND ITS MANAGING OFFICERS ARE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER;
4 (II) POSSESSES OR HAS THE RIGHT TO USE SUFFICIENT LAND, BUILDINGS AND
5 EQUIPMENT TO PROPERLY CARRY ON THE ACTIVITY DESCRIBED IN THE APPLICA-
6 TION;
7 (III) IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE CONTROL AGAINST DIVERSION OF THE
8 MARIHUANA; AND
9 (IV) IS ABLE TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS
10 RELATING TO THE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH IT INTENDS TO ENGAGE UNDER THE
11 REGISTRATION.
12 (B) THE APPLICATION SHALL ESTABLISH THE APPLICANT'S STATUS UNDER PARA-
13 GRAPH (A), (B), (C) OR (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE
14 HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE, OR ITS INTENTION TO QUALIFY UNDER
15 PARAGRAPH (C) OR (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED
16 SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
17 (C) THE APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE THE NAME, RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND
18 TITLE OF EACH OF THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS AND THE NAME AND RESIDENCE
19 ADDRESS OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS A MEMBER OF THE APPLICANT. EACH
20 SUCH PERSON, IF AN INDIVIDUAL, OR LAWFUL REPRESENTATIVE IF A LEGAL ENTI-
21 TY, SHALL SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT WITH THE APPLICATION SETTING FORTH:
22 (I) ANY POSITION OF MANAGEMENT OR OWNERSHIP DURING THE PRECEDING TEN
23 YEARS OF A TEN PER CENTUM OR GREATER INTEREST IN ANY OTHER BUSINESS,
24 LOCATED IN OR OUTSIDE THIS STATE, MANUFACTURING OR DISTRIBUTING DRUGS;
25 (II) WHETHER SUCH PERSON OR ANY SUCH BUSINESS HAS BEEN CONVICTED,
26 FINED, CENSURED OR HAD A REGISTRATION SUSPENDED OR REVOKED IN ANY ADMIN-
27 ISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE MANU-
28 FACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, SALE, OR POSSESSION OF DRUGS; AND
29 (III) SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY REASONABLY
30 REQUIRE.
31 (D) THE APPLICANT SHALL BE UNDER A CONTINUING DUTY TO REPORT TO THE
32 DEPARTMENT ANY CHANGE IN FACTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES REFLECTED IN THE APPLI-
33 CATION OR ANY NEWLY DISCOVERED OR OCCURRING FACT OR CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH
34 IS REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION.
35 2. GRANTING OF REGISTRATION. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL GRANT A REGIS-
36 TRATION OR AMENDMENT TO A REGISTRATION UNDER THIS SECTION IF HE OR SHE
37 IS SATISFIED THAT:
38 (I) THE APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE CONTROL AGAINST
39 DIVERSION OF MARIHUANA;
40 (II) THE APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE
41 LAWS;
42 (III) THE APPLICANT AND ITS OFFICERS ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO
43 PROPERLY CARRY ON THE MANUFACTURING OR DISTRIBUTING ACTIVITY FOR WHICH A
44 REGISTRATION IS SOUGHT;
45 (IV) THE APPLICANT POSSESSES OR HAS THE RIGHT TO USE SUFFICIENT LAND,
46 BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT TO PROPERLY CARRY ON THE ACTIVITY DESCRIBED IN
47 THE APPLICATION;
48 (V) IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST THAT SUCH REGISTRATION BE GRANTED; IN
49 THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT UNDER PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
50 SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE, THE COMMISSIONER
51 MAY CONSIDER WHETHER THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS IN AN AREA
52 WILL BE ADEQUATE OR EXCESSIVE TO REASONABLY SERVE THE AREA; AND
53 (VI) THE APPLICANT AND ITS MANAGING OFFICERS ARE OF GOOD MORAL CHARAC-
54 TER.
55 (B) IF THE COMMISSIONER IS NOT SATISFIED THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE
56 ISSUED A REGISTRATION, HE OR SHE SHALL NOTIFY THE APPLICANT IN WRITING
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1 OF THOSE FACTORS UPON WHICH FURTHER EVIDENCE IS REQUIRED. WITHIN THIRTY
2 DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF SUCH NOTIFICATION, THE APPLICANT MAY SUBMIT ADDI-
3 TIONAL MATERIAL TO THE COMMISSIONER OR DEMAND A HEARING, OR BOTH.
4 (C) THE FEE FOR A REGISTRATION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE A REASON-
5 ABLE AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN REGULATIONS; PROVIDED HOWEV-
6 ER, IF THE REGISTRATION IS ISSUED FOR A PERIOD GREATER THAN TWO YEARS
7 THE FEE SHALL BE INCREASED, PRO RATA, FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MONTH OF
8 VALIDITY.
9 (D) REGISTRATIONS ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ONLY
10 FOR AND SHALL SPECIFY:
11 (I) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION; AND
12 (II) WHICH ACTIVITIES OF A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION ARE PERMITTED BY
13 THE REGISTRATION.
14 (E) UPON APPLICATION OF A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION, A REGISTRATION MAY
15 BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION TO RELOCATE WITHIN THE
16 STATE OR TO ADD OR DELETE PERMITTED REGISTERED ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.
17 THE FEE FOR SUCH AMENDMENT SHALL BE TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.
18 3. A REGISTRATION ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE VALID FOR TWO
19 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE, EXCEPT THAT IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE
20 RENEWALS OF SUCH REGISTRATIONS, THE COMMISSIONER MAY UPON THE INITIAL
21 APPLICATION FOR A REGISTRATION, ISSUE SOME REGISTRATIONS WHICH MAY
22 REMAIN VALID FOR A PERIOD OF TIME GREATER THAN TWO YEARS BUT NOT EXCEED-
23 ING AN ADDITIONAL ELEVEN MONTHS.
24 4. APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATIONS. (A) AN APPLICATION FOR
25 THE RENEWAL OF ANY REGISTRATION ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE FILED
26 WITH THE DEPARTMENT NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS NOR LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS
27 PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION THEREOF. A LATE-FILED APPLICATION FOR THE
28 RENEWAL OF A REGISTRATION MAY, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER, BE
29 TREATED AS AN APPLICATION FOR AN INITIAL LICENSE.
30 (B) THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL SHALL INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION
31 PREPARED IN THE MANNER AND DETAIL AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE,
32 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
33 (I) ANY MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OR FACTORS LISTED IN
34 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION; AND
35 (II) EVERY KNOWN CHARGE OR INVESTIGATION, PENDING OR CONCLUDED DURING
36 THE PERIOD OF THE REGISTRATION, BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY WITH RESPECT
37 TO:
38 (A) EACH INCIDENT OR ALLEGED INCIDENT INVOLVING THE THEFT, LOSS, OR
39 POSSIBLE DIVERSION OF MARIHUANA MANUFACTURED OR DISTRIBUTED BY THE
40 APPLICANT; AND
41 (B) COMPLIANCE BY THE APPLICANT WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE WITH
42 RESPECT TO ANY SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF
43 THIS ARTICLE.
44 (C) AN APPLICANT FOR RENEWAL SHALL BE UNDER A CONTINUING DUTY TO
45 REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT ANY CHANGE IN FACTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES REFLECTED
46 IN THE APPLICATION OR ANY NEWLY DISCOVERED OR OCCURRING FACT OR CIRCUM-
47 STANCE WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION.
48 (D) IF THE COMMISSIONER IS NOT SATISFIED THAT THE APPLICANT IS ENTI-
49 TLED TO A RENEWAL OF THE REGISTRATION, HE OR SHE SHALL WITHIN FORTY-FIVE
50 DAYS AFTER THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION SERVE UPON THE APPLICANT OR HIS
51 OR HER ATTORNEY OF RECORD IN PERSON OR BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL
52 AN ORDER DIRECTING THE APPLICANT TO SHOW CAUSE WHY HIS OR HER APPLICA-
53 TION FOR RENEWAL SHOULD NOT BE DENIED. THE ORDER SHALL SPECIFY IN DETAIL
54 THE RESPECTS IN WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS NOT SATISFIED THE COMMISSIONER
55 THAT THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE RENEWED.
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1 (E) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF SERVICE OF SUCH ORDER, THE APPLICANT MAY
2 SUBMIT ADDITIONAL MATERIAL TO THE COMMISSIONER OR DEMAND A HEARING OR
3 BOTH. IF A HEARING IS DEMANDED THE COMMISSIONER SHALL FIX A DATE FOR
4 HEARING NOT SOONER THAN FIFTEEN DAYS NOR LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER
5 RECEIPT OF THE DEMAND, UNLESS SUCH TIME LIMITATION IS WAIVED BY THE
6 APPLICANT.
7 5. GRANTING OF RENEWAL OF REGISTRATIONS. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
8 RENEW A REGISTRATION UNLESS HE OR SHE DETERMINES AND FINDS THAT THE
9 APPLICANT:
10 (I) IS UNLIKELY TO MAINTAIN OR BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE CONTROL
11 AGAINST DIVERSION; OR
12 (II) IS UNLIKELY TO COMPLY WITH ALL STATE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE
13 ACTIVITIES IN WHICH IT MAY ENGAGE UNDER THE REGISTRATION; OR
14 (III) IS AN APPLICANT UNDER PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
15 SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE, IN WHICH CASE THE
16 COMMISSIONER MAY CONSIDER WHETHER THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS
17 IN AN AREA IS ADEQUATE OR EXCESSIVE TO REASONABLY SERVE THE AREA.
18 (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PROOF THAT A REGISTERED ORGANIZA-
19 TION, DURING THE PERIOD OF ITS REGISTRATION, HAS FAILED TO MAINTAIN
20 EFFECTIVE CONTROL AGAINST DIVERSION OR HAS KNOWINGLY OR NEGLIGENTLY
21 FAILED TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAWS RELATING TO THE ACTIVITIES
22 IN WHICH IT ENGAGES UNDER THE REGISTRATION, SHALL CONSTITUTE SUBSTANTIAL
23 EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE UNLIKELY TO MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE
24 CONTROL AGAINST DIVERSION OR WILL BE UNLIKELY TO COMPLY WITH THE APPLI-
25 CABLE STATE STATUTES DURING THE PERIOD OF PROPOSED RENEWAL.
26 6. THE DEPARTMENT MAY SUSPEND OR TERMINATE THE REGISTRATION OF A
27 REGISTERED ORGANIZATION, ON GROUNDS AND USING PROCEDURES UNDER THIS
28 ARTICLE RELATING TO A LICENSE, TO THE EXTENT CONSISTENT WITH THIS TITLE.
29 CONDUCT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS TITLE, BUT WHICH MAY VIOLATE CONFLICTING
30 FEDERAL LAW, SHALL NOT BE GROUNDS TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE A REGISTRA-
31 TION.
32 7. A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION IS ENTITLED TO ALL OF THE RIGHTS,
33 PROTECTIONS, AND PROCEDURES PROVIDED TO A LICENSEE UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
34 8. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BEGIN ISSUING REGISTRATIONS FOR REGISTERED
35 ORGANIZATIONS NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
36 SECTION.
37 S 3366. REPORTS BY REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER
38 SHALL, BY REGULATION, REQUIRE EACH REGISTERED ORGANIZATION THAT SELLS,
39 DELIVERS OR DISTRIBUTES MEDICAL MARIHUANA TO A CERTIFIED PATIENT OR
40 DESIGNATED CAREGIVER TO FILE REPORTS OF ALL SUCH SALES, DELIVERIES OR
41 DISTRIBUTIONS BY THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION DURING A PARTICULAR PERIOD,
42 ON FORMS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT. REPORTS SHALL BE NOT MORE FREQUENT-
43 LY THAN EVERY SIX MONTHS. EACH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE FOR EACH SUCH SALE,
44 DELIVERY OR DISTRIBUTION: THE DATE, THE QUANTITY SOLD, DELIVERED OR
45 DISTRIBUTED; AND THE NAME, ADDRESS AND REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF
46 THE CERTIFIED PATIENT AND THE DESIGNATED CAREGIVER (IF ANY).
47 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY REGULATION, REQUIRE EACH REGISTERED
48 PRODUCER TO FILE REPORTS OF ALL SALES, DELIVERIES OR DISTRIBUTIONS OF
49 MEDICAL MARIHUANA BY THE REGISTERED PRODUCER DURING A PARTICULAR PERIOD,
50 ON FORMS PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT. REPORTS SHALL BE NOT MORE FREQUENT-
51 LY THAN EVERY MONTH. EACH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE FOR EACH SUCH SALE,
52 DELIVERY OR DISTRIBUTION: THE DATE, THE QUANTITY SOLD, DELIVERED OR
53 DISTRIBUTED; AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION TO
54 WHICH THE SALE, DELIVERY OR DISTRIBUTION WAS MADE.
55 S 3367. EVALUATION; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; REPORT BY DEPARTMENT. 1. THE
56 COMMISSIONER MAY PROVIDE FOR THE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE OPERA-
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1 TION OF THIS TITLE. THE COMMISSIONER MAY ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ONE
2 OR MORE PERSONS, NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, FOR
3 THE PERFORMANCE OF AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS
4 OF THIS TITLE.
5 2. THE DEPARTMENT MAY DEVELOP, SEEK ANY NECESSARY FEDERAL APPROVAL
6 FOR, AND CARRY OUT RESEARCH PROGRAMS RELATING TO MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUA-
7 NA. PARTICIPATION IN ANY SUCH RESEARCH PROGRAM SHALL BE VOLUNTARY ON
8 THE PART OF PRACTITIONERS, PATIENTS, AND DESIGNATED CAREGIVERS.
9 3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT EVERY TWO YEARS, BEGINNING TWO YEARS
10 AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TITLE, TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLA-
11 TURE ON THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA UNDER THIS TITLE AND MAKE APPROPRI-
12 ATE RECOMMENDATIONS.
13 S 3368. REGISTERED ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENTS. 1. EACH REGISTERED ORGAN-
14 IZATION SHALL BE CHARGED AN ASSESSMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVEN AND
15 ONE-TENTH PERCENT OF ITS GROSS RECEIPTS RECEIVED FROM ALL MEDICAL MARI-
16 HUANA SOLD, DELIVERED OR DISTRIBUTED, LESS REFUNDS, ON A CASH BASIS.
17 THE ASSESSMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTERED
18 ORGANIZATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE ON A SCHEDULE TO
19 BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
20 2. THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX OWED BY A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION UNDER
21 SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN-D OF THIS CHAPTER, ATTRIBUTABLE TO
22 THE SALE, DELIVERY OR DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA UNDER THIS
23 TITLE, SHALL BE DEDUCTIBLE BY THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION FROM ANY GROSS
24 RECEIPTS ASSESSMENT OWED BY IT UNDER THIS TITLE.
25 3. THE REGISTERED ORGANIZATION SHALL MAINTAIN THE DOCUMENTATION NECES-
26 SARY TO ESTABLISH WHAT AMOUNT IS OWED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SUCH
27 RECORDS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER
28 DESIGNEE.
29 S 3369. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS. 1. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
30 SHALL APPLY TO THIS TITLE, EXCEPT THAT WHERE A PROVISION OF THIS TITLE
31 CONFLICTS WITH ANOTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, THIS TITLE SHALL
32 APPLY.
33 2. NOTHING IN THIS TITLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE OR PROHIBIT AN
34 INSURER OR HEALTH PLAN UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR THE INSURANCE LAW TO
35 PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR MEDICAL MARIHUANA. NOTHING IN THIS TITLE SHALL BE
36 CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE COVERAGE FOR MEDICAL MARIHUANA UNDER ARTICLE TWEN-
37 TY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER OR ARTICLE FIVE OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
38 3. A PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL OR CIVIL
39 LIABILITY OR PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE FOR ACTING REASONABLY AND IN GOOD
40 FAITH PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE.
41 S 3369-A. PROTECTIONS FOR THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA. 1. CERTIFIED
42 PATIENTS, DESIGNATED CAREGIVERS, PRACTITIONERS, REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS
43 AND THE EMPLOYEES OF REGISTERED ORGANIZATIONS SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO
44 ARREST, PROSECUTION, OR PENALTY IN ANY MANNER, OR DENIED ANY RIGHT OR
45 PRIVILEGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CIVIL PENALTY OR DISCIPLINARY
46 ACTION BY A BUSINESS OR OCCUPATIONAL OR PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD OR
47 BUREAU, SOLELY FOR THE CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE OR MANUFACTURE OF MARIHUA-
48 NA, OR FOR ANY OTHER ACTION OR CONDUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS TITLE.
49 STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHALL NOT COOPERATE WITH OR
50 PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY
51 THEREOF IN ENFORCING THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT, 21 U.S.C. S 801 ET.
52 SEQ., SOLELY FOR ACTIONS AND CONDUCT CONSISTENT WITH THIS TITLE, EXCEPT
53 AS PURSUANT TO A VALID COURT ORDER.
54 2. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE. A PATIENT AND A PATIENT'S CAREGIVER WHO HAVE
55 FAILED TO OBTAIN A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD MAY ASSERT AN AFFIRMA-
56 TIVE DEFENSE TO ANY PROSECUTION UNDER STATE LAW FOR ACTIONS AND CONDUCT
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1 THAT IS OTHERWISE CONSISTENT WITH THE CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA
2 AS DEFINED UNDER THIS TITLE.
3 3. INCIDENTAL AMOUNT OF MARIHUANA. ANY INCIDENTAL AMOUNT OF SEEDS,
4 STALKS, AND UNUSABLE ROOTS SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNTS SPECI-
5 FIED IN SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-
6 TWO OF THIS TITLE.
7 4. SCHOOL, EMPLOYER, OR LANDLORD MAY NOT DISCRIMINATE. A SCHOOL,
8 EMPLOYER, OR LANDLORD MAY NOT REFUSE TO ENROLL OR EMPLOY OR LEASE TO OR
9 OTHERWISE PENALIZE A PERSON SOLELY FOR THAT PERSON'S STATUS AS A CERTI-
10 FIED PATIENT OR DESIGNATED CAREGIVER UNLESS FAILING TO DO SO WOULD PUT
11 THE SCHOOL, EMPLOYER, OR LANDLORD IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW OR CAUSE
12 IT TO LOSE A FEDERAL CONTRACT OR FUNDING.
13 5. PERSON MAY NOT BE DENIED MEDICAL CARE, INCLUDING ORGAN TRANSPLANT.
14 FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEDICAL CARE, INCLUDING ORGAN TRANSPLANTS, A CERTI-
15 FIED PATIENT'S MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE THE USE OF
16 AN ILLICIT SUBSTANCE AND MAY ONLY BE CONSIDERED WITH RESPECT TO EVIDENCE
17 BASED CLINICAL CRITERIA.
18 6. PERSON MAY NOT BE DENIED CUSTODY OR VISITATION OF MINOR. A PERSON
19 SHALL NOT BE DENIED CUSTODY OR VISITATION OF A MINOR FOR ACTING IN
20 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS TITLE UNLESS THE PERSON'S BEHAVIOR IS SUCH THAT IT
21 CREATES AN UNREASONABLE DANGER TO THE MINOR THAT CAN BE CLEARLY ARTIC-
22 ULATED AND SUBSTANTIATED.
23 7. EFFECT OF REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED BY ANOTHER JURISDIC-
24 TION. A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD, OR ITS EQUIVALENT, THAT IS ISSUED
25 UNDER THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE, DISTRICT, TERRITORY, COMMONWEALTH, OR
26 POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES THAT ALLOWS THE MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA
27 BY A VISITING CERTIFIED PATIENT FROM NEW YORK HAS THE SAME FORCE AND
28 EFFECT AS A REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT, SO
29 LONG AS THE VISITING PATIENT'S SERIOUS CONDITION WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE
30 CERTIFIED MEDICAL USE OF MARIHUANA UNDER THIS TITLE.
31 S 3369-B. SEVERABILITY. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS TITLE OR THE APPLICA-
32 TION THEREOF TO ANY PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS HELD INVALID, SUCH INVA-
33 LIDITY SHALL NOT AFFECT OTHER PROVISIONS OR APPLICATIONS OF THIS TITLE
34 WHICH CAN BE GIVEN EFFECT WITHOUT THE INVALID PROVISION OR APPLICATION,
35 AND TO THIS END THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE ARE SEVERABLE.
36 S 3. Section 853 of the general business law is amended by adding a
37 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
38 3. THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY SALE, FURNISHING OR POSSESSION
39 WHICH IS FOR A LAWFUL PURPOSE UNDER TITLE FIVE-A OF ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE
40 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
41 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.