The recommendation made to the Interim Committee suggested that this should be handled by administrative rule.
Since it takes up to six months for a caregiver to have available medicine grown for a new patient, a period of less than one year is not a realistic time frame. Is it realistic to provide for longer license periods for certain medical conditions that could be adopted by administrative rule?
Since it takes up to six months for a caregiver to have available medicine grown for a new patient, a period of less than one year is not a realistic time frame. Is it realistic to provide for longer license periods for certain medical conditions that could be adopted by administrative rule?
Certain medical conditions like AIDS and degenerative disc disease which do not go away should be subject to longer license periods. Cards for patients will illnesses like these should be granted for a lifetime. HOWEVER, this does not mean the patient and doctor should not follow up with each other.
ReplyDeleteYearly consultations should still happen, to determine if cannabis is still an effective remedy for a particular patient. If it isn't the doctor should notify DPHHS that the patient's card is no longer needed or valid.
A patient with such an illness should not have to resubmit paperwork every year, risking lack of legal coverage if they are late.