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WV Code § 16A-13-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 13. Research Program|§16A-13-3. Medical Cannabis Research Program Administration

(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:(1) Real time inventory tracking.(2) Real time tracking of the medical cannabis dispensed.(3) Recall of defective medical cannabis.(b) Request for distributions. — The bureau shall establish a form and procedure for universities selected to participate in a research study to request distributions from the fund to conduct research on medical cannabis, including administrative costs. These distributions shall also be used to pay for the cost of the medical cannabis so that it is not borne by the patient participating in the research study. The forms shall include, at a minimum, the following:(1) The form or forms of medical cannabis to be studied.(2) The serious medical condition to be studied.(c) Research reports. — (1) A vertically integrated health system shall report on the effectiveness of the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of the serious medical condition studied and all counterindications and noted side effects.(2) The bureau shall notify the vertically integrated health system and the university participating in the research study of the data which is required to meet the United States Food and Drug Administration’s and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s approval for the research study.(3) The first report, including the data required under subdivision (2), shall be submitted to the bureau and made publicly available within one hundred eighty days of the initiation of a research study for a specific serious medical condition.(4) An annual report of the data required under subdivision (2) shall be submitted to the bureau beginning one year after the initiation of a research study for a specific serious medical condition and each year thereafter.
WV Code § 16A-13-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 13. Research Program|§16A-13-4. Approval

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 of this chapter to medical cannabis for all patients included in an approved research study.
WV Code § 16A-13-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 13. Research Program|§16A-13-5. Requirements

(a) Dispensing. — A health care medical cannabis organization that dispenses medical cannabis shall:(1) Maintain licensure with the bureau.(2) Secure the medical cannabis within the associated pharmacies of the health care medical cannabis organization in a manner and method prescribed by the bureau.(3) Keep a daily log of the medical cannabis dispensed and the research study with which the patient and the medical cannabis are associated. Reports shall be delivered to the bureau and the university participating in the research study on a weekly basis.(4) Report the utilization rates of those patients participating in the research of medical cannabis and treatment options.(5) Only dispense medical cannabis received from a grower, processor or a health care medical cannabis organization that is approved to grow and process medical cannabis.(6) Provide all patients or caregivers with the safety insert, prepared by the bureau, which includes potential dangers, recognition and correction of problematic dosage and any other information required by the bureau or which the bureau deems relevant for patient safety.(b) Growing and processing. — A health care medical cannabis organization that grows and processes medical cannabis shall:(1) Maintain licensure with the bureau.(2) Only make available medical cannabis to health care medical cannabis organizations that dispense medical cannabis.(3) Keep a daily log of medical cannabis intended for ultimate use by patients participating in a research study.
WV Code § 16A-13-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 13. Research Program|§16A-13-6. Restrictions

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.
WV Code § 16A-13-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 13. Research Program|§16A-13-7. Rules

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 patient in a research study.(2) Security, recordkeeping, record retention and surveillance systems relating to every stage of growing and processing medical cannabis.(3) A daily log of each day’s beginning inventory, acquisitions, disbursements, disposals and ending inventory.(4) A system to recall defective medical cannabis.(5) A system to track the plant waste resulting from the growth of medical cannabis.(6) Testing of medical cannabis by an independent laboratory to test the medical cannabis produced by the health care medical cannabis organization, including requiring a test at harvest and a test at final processing.(7) Any other procedure deemed necessary by the bureau.
WV Code § 16A-13-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 13. Research Program|§16A-13-8. Nonentitlement

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.
WV Code § 16A-14-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 14. Academic Clinical Research Centers|§16A-14-1. Definitions

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) “Academic clinical research center” means an accredited medical school within this state that operates or partners with an acute care hospital licensed within this state.(2) “Clinical registrant” means an entity that:(A) Holds a permit as a grower, processor and a dispensary; and(B) Has a contractual relationship with an academic clinical research center under which the academic clinical research center or its affiliate provides advice to the entity, regarding, among other areas, patient health and safety, medical applications and dispensing and management of controlled substances.
WV Code § 16A-14-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 14. Academic Clinical Research Centers|§16A-14-2. Clinical Registrants

Notwithstanding the limitations in section thirteen, article six of this chapter, the bureau may register up to four clinical registrants, and subject to the following: (1) A clinical registrant must pay the fees and meet all other requirements under this act for obtaining a permit as a grower, processor and a dispensary. (2) The clinical registrant must comply with all other requirements of this act regarding growing, processing and dispensing medical cannabis.
WV Code § 16A-14-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 14. Academic Clinical Research Centers|§16A-14-3. Research Study

Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, the bureau may, upon application, approve the dispensing of medical cannabis by a clinical registrant to the academic clinical research center for the purpose of conducting a research study. The bureau shall develop the application and standards for approval of such dispensing by the clinical registrant. The following apply to the research study:(1) The clinical registrant shall disclose the following information to the bureau in its application:(i) The reason for the research project, including the reason for the trial.(ii) The strain of medical cannabis to be used and the strength of the medical cannabis to be used in the research study.(iii) The anticipated duration of the study.(iv) Evidence of approval of the trial by an accredited institutional review board, including any other required regulatory approvals.(v) Other information required by the bureau, except that the bureau may not require disclosure of any information that would infringe upon the academic clinical research center’s exclusive right to intellectual property or legal obligations for patient confidentiality.(2) The academic clinical research center shall provide its findings to the bureau within three hundred sixty-five days of the conclusion of the research study or within three hundred sixty-five days of publication of the results of the research study in a peer-reviewed medical journal, whichever is later.(3) The bureau shall allow the exchange of medical cannabis seed between clinical registrants for the conduct of research.
WV Code § 16A-15-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-1. Conflict

The growth, processing, manufacture, acquisition, transportation, sale, dispensing, distribution, possession and consumption of medical cannabis permitted under this act shall not be deemed to be a violation of the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act under chapter sixty-a of this code. If a provision of Uniform Controlled Substance Act under chapter sixty-a relating to cannabis conflicts with a provision of this act, this act shall take precedence.
WV Code § 16A-15-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-2. Financial and Employment Interests

(a) Financial interests. — A public official, or an immediate family member thereof, shall not intentionally or knowingly hold a financial interest in a medical cannabis organization or in a holding company, affiliate, intermediary or subsidiary thereof, while the individual is a public official and for one year following termination of the individual’s status as a public official.(b) Employment. — No public official, or an immediate family member thereof, shall be employed by a medical cannabis organization or by any holding company, affiliate, intermediary or subsidiary thereof, while the individual is a public official and for one year following termination of the individual’s status as a public official. (c) For purposes of this section, “public official” and “immediate family” shall have the same definitions as those phrases are defined in section three, article one, chapter six-b of this code.
WV Code § 16A-15-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-3. Insurers

Nothing in this act shall be construed to require an insurer or a health plan, whether paid for by state funds or private funds, to provide coverage for medical cannabis.
WV Code § 16A-15-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-4. Protections for Patients and Caregivers

(a) Licensure. — None of the following shall be subject to arrest, prosecution or penalty in any manner, or denied any right or privilege, including civil penalty or disciplinary action by a state licensing board or commission, solely for lawful use of medical cannabis or manufacture or sale or dispensing of medical cannabis, or for any other action taken in accordance with this act:(1) A patient.(2) A caregiver.(3) A practitioner.(4) A medical cannabis organization.(5) A health care medical cannabis organization or university participating in a research study under article thirteen of this chapter.(6) A clinical registrant or academic clinical research center under article fourteen of this chapter.(7) An employee, principal or financial backer of a medical cannabis organization.(8) An employee of a health care medical cannabis organization or an employee of a university participating in a research study under article thirteen of this chapter.(9) An employee of a clinical registrant or an employee of an academic clinical research center under article fourteen of this chapter.(b) Employment. — (1) No employer may discharge, threaten, refuse to hire or otherwise discriminate or retaliate against an employee regarding an employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, location or privileges solely on the basis of such employee’s status as an individual who is certified to use medical cannabis.(2) Nothing in this act shall require an employer to make any accommodation of the use of medical cannabis on the property or premises of any place of employment. This act shall in no way limit an employer’s ability to discipline an employee for being under the influence of medical cannabis in the workplace or for working while under the influence of medical cannabis when the employee’s conduct falls below the standard of care normally accepted for that position.(3) Nothing in this act shall require an employer to commit any act that would put the employer or any person acting on its behalf in violation of federal law.
WV Code § 16A-15-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-5. Schools

The Department of Education shall promulgate rules within six months of the effective date of this section regarding the following:(1) Possession and use of medical cannabis by a student on the grounds of a preschool, primary school and a secondary school.(2) Possession and use of medical cannabis by an employee of a preschool, primary school and a secondary school on the grounds of such school.
WV Code § 16A-15-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-6. Daycare Centers

The Bureau shall promulgate rules within six months of the effective date of this section regarding the following:(1) Possession and use of medical cannabis by a child under the care of a child-care or social service center licensed or operated by the Department of Health and Human Resources.(2) Possession and use of medical cannabis by an employee of a child-care or social service center licensed or operated by the Department of Health and Human Resources.(3) Possession and use of medical cannabis by employees of a youth development center or other facility which houses children adjudicated delinquent.
WV Code § 16A-15-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-7. Zoning

The following apply:(1) A grower/processor shall meet the same municipal zoning and land use requirements as other manufacturing, processing and production facilities that are located in the same zoning district.(2) A dispensary shall meet the same municipal zoning and land use requirements as other commercial facilities that are located in the same zoning district.(3) A municipality may enact an ordinance prohibiting or limiting the number and type of medical cannabis organizations permitted to operate in the municipality, including the time, place, and manner of operation.
WV Code § 16A-15-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-8. Notice to Bureau

(a) A municipality that enacts a restrictive ordinance pursuant to section seven of this article, shall promptly notify the bureau of such action.(b) A county commission shall notify the bureau if a county votes to prohibit allowance of a medical cannabis organization pursuant to section six, article seven of this chapter.
WV Code § 16A-15-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-9. Applicability

The issuance of permits and other authorizations shall begin upon publication of a notice by the bureau in the State Register that adequate emergency or permanent rules have been adopted to initiate the program under this act.
WV Code § 16A-15-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 15. Miscellaneous Provisions|§16A-15-10. State Employee Actions and Federal Law

(a) No cause of action exists against the state officers and employees in their personal capacities, while acting within the scope of duties contemplated by §16A-1-1 et seq. of this code. Any recovery for claims or actions arising from this section is limited solely to the proceeds of available insurance coverage.(b) To the extent permitted by law, the State of West Virginia shall defend state officers and employees involved in implementing the provisions of §16A-1-1 et seq. of this code against any claims, charges, liabilities, or expenses and shall indemnify and hold harmless state officers and employees involved in implementing the provisions of §16A-1-1 et seq. of this code provided they acted within the scope of their duties or employment in accordance with the act, including without limitation, defense in any state, federal, or local court and payment of the amount of any judgment obtained, damages, legal fees, expenses, and any other expenses incurred.
WV Code § 16A-16-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act|Article 16. Effective Date|§16A-16-1. Effective Date

(a) Unless excepted in subsection (b) or (c) of this section, the provisions of this act shall be effective upon passage.(b) The provisions of §16A-12-1 et seq. of this code, and any other criminal provisions or penalties contained in this act, shall not be effective until 90 days from passage of Senate Bill 386 during the 2017 regular session.  (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, no identification cards may be issued to patients until July 1, 2019. The bureau may take sufficient steps through rule to implement the preliminary provisions in preparation for implementation of the provisions of this act.(d) Notwithstanding the prohibition contained in subsection (c) of this section on the issuance of identification cards until July 1, 2019, the bureau may implement a process for the preregistration of patients with a serious medical condition who have been issued a certification approved by the bureau and to a caregiver designated by the patient: Provided, That a patient who is preregistered must nevertheless comply with the provisions of §16A-5-1 of this code and may not be issued an identification card necessary to obtain and use medical cannabis as authorized by this act until July 1, 2019.
WV Code § 17-1-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-1. Rules of Construction Generally

Whenever in this chapter, or in any rule or regulation authorized by it, any of the words, terms or phrases defined in this article are used, they shall be taken and construed to have the meaning, application and effect ascribed to them in this article, unless otherwise specified or clearly intended.
WV Code § 17-1-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-2. "Commission"; &Quotroad Commission"; &Quotstate Road commission."

The words and terms "commission," "road commission" or "state road commission," when used in this chapter, shall refer to and mean the West Virginia commissioner of highways, created by section one, article two-a of this chapter. Whenever reference is made to the "commission," "road commission" or "state road commission," the power or duty prescribed shall apply to the West Virginia commissioner of highways, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
WV Code § 17-1-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-4. "Vehicle."

Vehicle shall mean and include any mechanical device for the conveyance, drawing or other transportation of persons or property upon the public roads and highways, whether operated on wheels or runners or by other means, except those propelled or drawn by human power or those used exclusively upon tracks.
WV Code § 17-1-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-18. "State."

State shall mean the State of West Virginia, unless by the context some other state or territory or federal district of the United States is meant or intended.
WV Code § 17-1-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-19. &Quotpolitical subdivision."

Political subdivision shall mean and include any county, city, town, or other similar governmental unit of the state.
WV Code § 17-1-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-20. &Quotlocal authorities."

Local authorities shall mean and include representatives of political subdivisions of the state, duly elected or appointed to administer the laws and ordinances of the state.
WV Code § 17-1-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-21. &Quotopen Country highway."

Open country highway shall mean a highway, or portion thereof, greater than one fourth of a mile in length, along either side of which the buildings average more than three hundred feet apart.
WV Code § 17-1-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-22. &Quoturban street."

Urban street shall mean a public street, road or highway, or portion thereof, other than an open country highway or suburban street.
WV Code § 17-1-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-23. &Quotsuburban street."

A "suburban street" shall mean a public street, road or highway, or portion thereof, not less than one fourth of a mile in length, on either side of which the buildings average less than three hundred feet, but more than fifty feet, apart.
WV Code § 17-1-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-24. "Stand."

Stand shall mean a fixed place of business in charge of a person and maintained by a person, firm or corporation operating motor vehicles for hire, where motor vehicles shall be parked when not out on calls.
WV Code § 17-1-28 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 1. Definitions|§17-1-28. State and Public Roads

State road shall mean and include all roads classified and prescribed as either "expressway," "trunkline," "feeder," or "state local service" roads. "Public roads" shall mean all other roads and bridges under the control of the county court or the governing body of a municipality.
WV Code § 17-2-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 17. Roads and Highways|Article 2. State Road Commission|§17-2-1. To 17-2-11

Repealed.Acts, 1995 Reg. Sess., Ch. 169.