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Article 1. Short Title
§16A-1-1. Short Title - This chapter is in honor of James William “Bill” Flanigan...
Article 2. Definitions
§16A-2-1. Definitions - (a) The following words and phrases when used in this...
Article 3. Medical Cannabis Program
§16A-3-1. Establishment of Program - (a) A medical cannabis program for patients suffering from serious...
§16A-3-2. Lawful Use of Medical Cannabis - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the...
§16A-3-3. Unlawful Use of Medical Cannabis - (a) Except as provided in section two of this article,...
§16A-3-4. Confidentiality - (a) Patient information. — The bureau shall maintain a confidential...
§16A-3-5. Reciprocity for Terminally Ill Cancer Patients - The bureau may enter into reciprocity agreements with any states...
Article 4. Practitioners
§16A-4-1. Registration - (a) Eligibility. — A physician included in the registry is...
§16A-4-2. Practitioner Restrictions - (a) Practices prohibited. — The following shall apply with respect...
§16A-4-3. Issuance of Certification - (a) Conditions for issuance. — A certification to use medical...
§16A-4-4. Certification Form - The bureau shall develop a standard certification form, which shall...
§16A-4-5. Duration - Receipt of medical cannabis by a patient or caregiver from...
Article 5. Patients
§16A-5-1. Identification Cards - (a) Issuance. — The bureau may issue an identification card...
§16A-5-2. Caregivers - (a) Requirements. — (1) If the patient designates a caregiver,...
§16A-5-3. Notice - An application for an identification card shall include notice that...
§16A-5-4. Verification - The bureau shall verify the information in a patient or...
§16A-5-5. Special Conditions - The following apply: (1) If the practitioner states in the...
§16A-5-6. Minors - If a patient is under eighteen years of age, the...
§16A-5-7. Caregiver Authorization and Limitations - (a) Age. — An individual who is under twenty-one years...
§16A-5-8. Contents of Identification Card - An identification card shall contain the following: (1) The name...
§16A-5-9. Suspension - If a patient or caregiver intentionally, knowingly or recklessly violates...
§16A-5-10. Prohibitions - The following prohibitions shall apply: (1) A patient may not...
Article 6. Medical Cannabis Organizations
§16A-6-1. Authorized Medical Cannabis Organizations - The following entities shall be authorized to receive a permit...
§16A-6-2. Permits - (a) Application. — An application for a grower, processor or...
§16A-6-3. Granting of Permit - (a) The bureau may grant or deny a permit to...
§16A-6-4. Notice - When the boundaries under subsection (d), section three of this...
§16A-6-5. Application and Issuance - (a) Duty to report. — An applicant to be a...
§16A-6-6. Fees and Other Requirements - The following apply: (1) For a grower or processor: (A)...
§16A-6-7. Issuance - A permit issued by the bureau to a medical cannabis...
§16A-6-8. Relocation - The bureau may approve an application from a medical cannabis...
§16A-6-9. Terms of Permit - A permit issued by the bureau shall be valid for...
§16A-6-10. Permit Renewals - (a) Renewal. — An application for renewal shall include the...
§16A-6-11. Suspension or Revocation - The bureau may suspend or revoke a medical cannabis organization...
§16A-6-12. Convictions Prohibited - (a) The following individuals may not hold volunteer positions or...
§16A-6-13. Limitations on Permits - (a) The following limitations apply to approval of permits for...
Article 7. Medical Cannabis Controls
§16A-7-1. Electronic Tracking - (a) Requirement. — A medical cannabis organization must implement an...
§16A-7-2. Grower/processors - (a) Authorization. — Subject to subsection (b), a grower or...
§16A-7-3. Storage and Transportation - The bureau shall develop rules relating to the storage and...
§16A-7-4. Laboratory - (a) A grower and processor shall contract with an independent...
§16A-7-5. Prices - The bureau and the Department of Revenue shall monitor the...
§16A-7-6. County Prohibition - A county may pass an ordinance by vote of the...
Article 8. Dispensaries
§16A-8-1. Dispensing to Patients and Caregivers - (a) General rule. — A dispensary that has been issued...
§16A-8-2. Facility Requirements - (a) General rule. — (1) A dispensary may only dispense...
§16A-8-3. Posting - A dispensary shall post a copy of its permit in...
Article 9. Tax on Medical Cannabis
§16A-9-1. Tax on Medical Cannabis - (a) Tax imposed. — For the privilege of engaging or...
§16A-9-2. Medical Cannabis Program Fund - (a) Fund established. — The Medical Cannabis Program Fund is...
§16A-9-3. Tax on Medical Cannabis Crimes and Penalties - Notwithstanding any provision in §11-9-1 et seq. of this code...
§16A-9-4. Procedure and Administration of the Tax on Medical Cannabis - Notwithstanding any provision of §11-10-1 et seq. of this code...
Article 10. Administration
§16A-10-1. Administration - The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health may establish...
§16A-10-2. Reports by Medical Cannabis Organizations - A medical cannabis organization shall periodically file reports related to...
§16A-10-3. Law-Enforcement Notification - Notwithstanding any provision of this act or any other law...
§16A-10-4. Evaluation - The bureau may provide for an analysis and evaluation of...
§16A-10-5. Report - (a) Report required. — The bureau shall submit a written...
§16A-10-6. Emergency Rules - (a) Promulgation. — In order to facilitate the prompt implementation...
Article 11. Medical Cannabis Advisory Board
§16A-11-1. Advisory Board - (a) The Medical Cannabis Advisory Board is established within the...
§16A-11-2. Rules Based on Recommendations of Advisory Board - After receiving the report of the advisory board, at the...
Article 12. Offenses Related to Medical Cannabis
§16A-12-1. Criminal Diversion of Medical Cannabis by Practitioners - In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a...
§16A-12-2. Criminal Diversion of Medical Cannabis - (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law,...
§16A-12-3. Criminal Retention of Medical Cannabis - In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any...
§16A-12-4. Criminal Diversion of Medical Cannabis by Patient or Caregiver - In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any...
§16A-12-5. Falsification of Identification Cards - In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any...
§16A-12-6. Adulteration of Medical Cannabis - In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any...
§16A-12-7. Disclosure of Information Prohibited - (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law,...
§16A-12-8. Additional Penalties - (a) Civil penalties. — In addition to any other remedy...
§16A-12-9. Other Restrictions - This act does not permit any person to engage in...
Article 13. Research Program
§16A-13-1. Definitions - (a) The following words and phrases when used in this...
§16A-13-2. Establishment of Medical Cannabis Research Program - (a) Program to be established. — The bureau shall establish...
§16A-13-3. Medical Cannabis Research Program Administration - (a) The bureau may establish a research study for each...
§16A-13-4. Approval - A vertically integrated health system located in this state may...
§16A-13-5. Requirements - (a) Dispensing. — A health care medical cannabis organization that...
§16A-13-6. Restrictions - A health care medical cannabis organization may not participate in...
§16A-13-7. Rules - The bureau shall, by rule, establish the procedure to be...
§16A-13-8. Nonentitlement - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create an...
Article 14. Academic Clinical Research Centers
§16A-14-1. Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
§16A-14-2. Clinical Registrants - Notwithstanding the limitations in section thirteen, article six of this...
§16A-14-3. Research Study - Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, the...
Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions
§16A-15-1. Conflict - The growth, processing, manufacture, acquisition, transportation, sale, dispensing, distribution, possession...
§16A-15-2. Financial and Employment Interests - (a) Financial interests. — A public official, or an immediate...
§16A-15-3. Insurers - Nothing in this act shall be construed to require an...
§16A-15-4. Protections for Patients and Caregivers - (a) Licensure. — None of the following shall be subject...
§16A-15-5. Schools - The Department of Education shall promulgate rules within six months...
§16A-15-6. Daycare Centers - The Bureau shall promulgate rules within six months of the...
§16A-15-7. Zoning - The following apply: (1) A grower/processor shall meet the same...
§16A-15-8. Notice to Bureau - (a) A municipality that enacts a restrictive ordinance pursuant to...
§16A-15-9. Applicability - The issuance of permits and other authorizations shall begin upon...
§16A-15-10. State Employee Actions and Federal Law - (a) No cause of action exists against the state officers...
Article 16. Effective Date
§16A-16-1. Effective Date - (a) Unless excepted in subsection (b) or (c) of this...