Lawful Medical Use.

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§ 31. Lawful medical use. The possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transportation, or administration of medical cannabis by a certified patient, designated caregiver or the employees of a designated caregiver facility, for certified medical use, shall be lawful under this article provided that:

1. the cannabis that may be possessed by a certified patient shall not exceed a sixty-day supply of the dosage determined by the practitioner, consistent with any guidance and regulations issued by the board, 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;

2. the cannabis that may be possessed by designated caregivers does not exceed the quantities 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;

3. the cannabis that may be possessed by designated caregiver facilities does not exceed the quantities referred to in subdivision one of this section for each certified patient under the care or treatment of the facility;

4. the form or forms of medical cannabis that may be possessed by the certified patient, designated caregiver or designated caregiver facility pursuant to a certification shall be in compliance with any recommendation or limitation by the practitioner as to the form or forms of medical cannabis or dosage for the certified patient in the certification;

5. the medical cannabis shall be kept in the original package in which it was dispensed under this article, except for the portion removed for immediate consumption for certified medical use by the certified patient; and

6. in the case of a designated caregiver facility, the employee assisting the patient has been designated as such by the designated caregiver facility.



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