Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_126th/chapters/PUBLIC516.asp
Timestamp: 2019-08-18 00:33:24
Document Index: 276237735

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2422', '§4', '§2422', '§14', '§14', '§2422', '§16', '§15', '§2423', '§2', '§21', '§51', '§2423', '§2', '§1', '§1', '§5', '§2428', '§6', '§32', '§2430', '§46', '§51']

PUBLIC Law, Chapter 516, An Act To Amend the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act
LD 1739 PUBLIC Law, Chapter 516
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2422, sub-§4-C is enacted to read:
4-C. Medical provider. "Medical provider" means a physician or a certified nurse practitioner.
Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §2422, sub-§14, as amended by PL 2011, c. 407, Pt. B, §14, is further amended to read:
Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §2422, sub-§16, as amended by PL 2011, c. 407, Pt. B, §15, is further amended to read:
Sec. 6. 22 MRSA §2423-A, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 631, §21 and affected by §51, is amended to read:
Sec. 7. 22 MRSA §2423-A, sub-§2, ¶G, as amended by PL 2013, c. 371, §1; c. 393, §1 and c. 396, §5, is further amended to read:
(6) To a registered patient's treating physician medical provider and to a registered patient's registered primary caregiver for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
L. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, the department shall comply with Title 36, section 175.
Sec. 15. 22 MRSA §2428, sub-§6, ¶J, as amended by PL 2011, c. 407, Pt. B, §32, is further amended to read:
Sec. 16. 22 MRSA §2430-A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 631, §46 and affected by §51, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
The department may take action necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter, including, but not limited to, collecting, possessing, transporting and performing laboratory testing on soil and marijuana plant samples and samples of products containing marijuana from registered primary caregivers and registered dispensaries to determine compliance with this chapter and for evidence purposes.
Sec. 17. Framework for processing, documenting and investigating complaints regarding the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act. The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop a framework for processing, documenting and investigating complaints concerning the implementation of the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act. The department shall review mechanisms for processing, documenting and investigating complaints and shall report its recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters by December 1, 2014. The department shall include in its report whether enacting new laws or authorizing new rules, either routine technical or major substantive, is required to implement the recommendations of the department.