26320. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Access to medicinal cannabis is an integral aspect of access to health care, and eliminating barriers to medicinal cannabis access is essential to promoting and preserving the health of Californians for whom physicians have recommended the use of cannabis or cannabis products. (b) It is the policy of […]
26321. (a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act. (b) For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Medicinal cannabis” means medicinal cannabis or medicinal cannabis products, as those terms are defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (ai) of Section 26001. (2) “Medicinal cannabis business” means a retailer authorized to […]
26322. (a) A local jurisdiction shall not adopt or enforce any regulation that prohibits the retail sale by delivery within the local jurisdiction of medicinal cannabis to medicinal cannabis patients or their primary caregivers, or that otherwise has the effect of prohibiting the retail sale by delivery within the local jurisdiction of medicinal cannabis to medicinal […]
26323. (a) This chapter may be enforced by an action brought pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1084) of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure by any of the following parties, who shall be beneficially interested within the meaning of Section 1086 of the Code of Civil Procedure: (1) A medicinal […]
26324. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the ability or right of a local jurisdiction to regulate adult-use cannabis pursuant to Section 26200. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 395, Sec. 2. (SB 1186) Effective January 1, 2023.)
26325. This chapter addresses a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 395, Sec. 2. (SB 1186) Effective January 1, 2023.)
