(a) The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Health care medical cannabis organization”. A vertically integrated health system approved by the bureau to dispense medical cannabis or grow and process medical cannabis, or both, in […]
(a) Program to be established. — The bureau shall establish and develop a research program to study the impact of medical cannabis on the treatment and symptom management of serious medical conditions. The program shall not include a clinical registrant or academic clinical research center under article fourteen of this chapter. (b) Bureau duties. — […]
(a) The bureau may establish a research study for each serious medical condition. The bureau may engage universities within this state to participate in the collection, collation, analysis and conclusive findings of the research studies. The bureau shall, by rule, establish the procedure to be used by health care medical cannabis organizations with respect to: […]
A vertically integrated health system located in this state may petition the bureau to participate in a research study to study a serious medical condition. Approval of the vertically integrated health system as a health care medical cannabis organization by the bureau shall authorize access within a region under subsection (d), section three, article six […]
(a) Dispensing. — A health care medical cannabis organization that dispenses medical cannabis shall: (1) Maintain licensure with the bureau.
A health care medical cannabis organization may not participate in a research study of any kind, including the program established under this article, or dispense or grow and process medical cannabis if it has violated its licensure requirements or conditions.
The bureau shall, by rule, establish the procedure to be used by a health care medical cannabis organization that grows and processes medical cannabis with respect to: (1) Real time inventory tracking, including a seed-to-dispensing tracking system that tracks medical cannabis from seed or immature plant stage until the medical cannabis is provided to a […]
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create an entitlement or right of a patient to receive medical cannabis or to participate in a research study.