S 3294 —

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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the New York Consolidated Laws: Section 3 of the cannabis law.

• Section 3 of the cannabis law

  "Registry application" means an application properly completed and filed with the board by a certified patient under article three of this chapter. 45. "Registry identification card" a document that identifies Every practitioner shall consult the prescription monitoring program registry prior to making or issuing a certification, for the purpose of reviewing a patient's controlled substance history. For purposes of this section, a practitioner may authorize a designee to consult the prescription monitoring program registry on his or her behalf, provided that such designation is in accordance with section thirty-three hundred forty-three-a of the public health law. 5. 6. 7. registry identification card based on a one year eight 8. If the states then the registry identification card shall expire on that date if the prac- titioner states in the certification that in the practitioner's profes- sional opinion the patient is terminally ill and that the certification shall not expire until the patient dies, then the registry identifica- tion card shall state that the patient is terminally ill and that the registration card shall not expire until the patient dies if re-issues , then the registry identification card shall expire on that date and shall be promptly destroyed by the certified patient if so provides, the regis- try identification card shall and 9. (a) A certification may be a special certification if, in addition to the other requirements for a certification, the practitioner certi- fies in the certification that the patient's condition is progressive and degenerative or that delay in the patient's certified medical use of cannabis poses a risk to the patient's life or health. (b) The office shall create the form to be used for a special certif- ication and shall make that form available to be downloaded from the office's website. 10. , at a minimum, a two-hour course of the dosage determined by the practitioner , provided that during the last seven days of any sixty-day period, the certified patient may also possess up to such amount for the next sixty-day period caregivers does referred to in subdivision one of this section for each certified patient for whom the caregiver possesses a valid registry identification card, up to four certified patients Registry identification cards Upon approval of the the office issue registry identification cards for A registry identification card shall expire as provided in this article or as otherwise provided in this section. The office shall begin issuing registry identification cards as soon as practicable after the certifications required by this chapter are granted. The office may specify a form for a registry application, in which case the office shall provide the form on request, reproductions of the form may be used, and the form shall be available for downloading from the board's or office's website. To obtain, amend or renew a registry identification card, a certi- fied patient or designated caregiver shall file a registry application with the office, unless otherwise exempted by the board in regulation. The registry application or renewal application shall include: (a) in the case of a certified patient: (i) the patient's certification, a new written certification shall be provided with a renewal application if required by the office; (ii) the name, address, and date of birth of the patient; (iii) the date of the certification; (iv) if the patient has a registry identification card based on a current valid certification, the registry identification number and expiration date of that registry identification card; (v) the specified date until which the patient would benefit from medical cannabis, if the certification states such a date; (vi) the name, address, and telephone number of the certifying practi- tioner; (vii) any recommendation or limitation by the practitioner as to the form or forms of medical cannabis or dosage for the certified patient; (viii) if the certified pa → "Registration" identifying information of that is electronically filed by a practitioner and confirmed by a registered organization or designated caregiver facility and as determined by the board in regu- lation 45. "Registry application" means an application properly completed and filed with the office by a designated caregiver under article three of this chapter. italics or the certified patient's designated caregiver . Such certification shall include information sufficient for a registered organization to confirm that the certification is valid in accordance with section thirty-two of this article and as determined by the board in regulation. The board may, by rules and regulations, establish a code, including but not limited to quick response (QR) code, for each practitioner to provide a certified patient or their designated caregiver with, to present to a registered organization to obtain medical cannabis or medical cannabis products from a registered organization 5. 6. two years seven 7. The may state upon which the certification shall expire the practi- tioner may state on the certification that the patient is terminally ill and the certification will not expire until the patient dies may reissue may a practitioner may extend the expiration date of a certification prior to the certification's expiration; (f) if a certification has expired and the practitioner determines that the patient would benefit from medical cannabis, the certification shall be reissued; and (g) 8. appropriate training or concentrated cannabis the greater of the quantities author- ized in section 222.05 of the penal law or , provided that during the last seven days of any sixty-day period, the certified patient may also possess up to such amount for the next sixty-day period or concentrated cannabis a caregiver shall greater of the authorized in section 222.05 of the penal law or a sixty-day supply for the certified patient, provided that during the last seven days of any sixty-day period, the certified patient may also possess up to such amount for the next sixty-day period Validating medical cannabis certifications When presented with a from a practitioner registered organizations confirm certifications and government-issued photo identifications, pursuant to subdivision four of section thirty of this article, of upon the production of such documentation by the certified patient or designated caregiver as determined by the board in regulation Registered organ- izations shall validate patient certifications and designated caregiver registrations in a manner determined by the office. The authorized representative of a registered organization shall designate and author- ize specific employees to conduct the validation. (a) When dispensing medical cannabis, authorized registered organiza- tion employees shall not dispense any medical cannabis to a certified patient or a designated caregiver unless the certified patient or desig- nated caregiver presents to the authorized registered organization employee a valid certification from a practitioner and a valid govern- ment-issued photo identification, which the authorized registered organ- ization employee shall use to validate that such person is eighteen years of age or older and capable of consent as documented on the certification, provided that such valid government-issued photo iden- tification is issued by the commissioner of motor vehicles, a local government agency within the state, the federal government, any United States territory, commonwealth or possession, the District of Columbia, a state government within the United States, or is a valid passport issued by the United States government or any other country, or is an identification card issued by the armed forces of the United States. (b) The authorized representative of the registered organization shall promptly notify the office if at any time any unauthorized person accesses patient certification or designated caregiver data, if there

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