Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 653 - Medicine Board › Chapter 13 - Standards of Practice and Principles of Medical Ethics › Rule 653-13.15 - Standards of Practice-medical Cannabidiol

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Definitions.
For
			 purposes of this rule:
"Board of medicine"
means the board
				established pursuant to Iowa Code chapters 147 and 148.
"Bordering state"
means the same as defined in
				Iowa Code section
				331.910.
"Debilitating medical condition"
means any of
				the following:
1. Cancer, if the
			 underlying condition or treatment produces one or more of the following:
* Severe or chronic pain.
* Nausea or severe vomiting.
* Cachexia or severe wasting.
2. Multiple sclerosis with severe and
			 persistent muscle spasms.
3.
			 Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy.
4. AIDS or HIV as defined in Iowa Code
			 section
			 141A.1.
5. Crohn's disease.
6. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
7. Any terminal illness, with a probable life
			 expectancy of under one year, if the illness or its treatment produces one or
			 more of the following:
* Severe or chronic pain.
* Nausea or severe vomiting.
* Cachexia or severe wasting.
8. Parkinson's disease.
9. Chronic pain.
10. Ulcerative colitis.
11. Severe, intractable autism with
			 self-injurious or aggressive behaviors.
12. Corticobasal degeneration.
13. Post-traumatic stress disorder.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Form and quantity"
means the types and
				amounts of medical cannabidiol allowed to be dispensed to a patient or primary
				caregiver as approved by the department subject to recommendation by the
				medical cannabidiol board and approval by the board of medicine.
"Medical cannabidiol"
means any pharmaceutical
				grade cannabinoid found in the plant
Cannabis sativa
L.
				or
Cannabis indica
or any other preparation thereof that is
				delivered in a form recommended by the medical cannabidiol board, approved by
				the board of medicine, and adopted by the department pursuant to rule.
"Medical cannabidiol board"
means the board
				established pursuant to Iowa Code section
				124E.5.
"Primary caregiver"
means a person who is a
				resident of this state or a bordering state, including but not limited to a
				parent or legal guardian, at least 18 years of age, who has been designated by
				a patient's health care practitioner as a necessary caretaker taking
				responsibility for managing the well-being of the patient with respect to the
				use of medical cannabidiol pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
"Untreatable pain"
means any pain whose cause
				cannot be removed and, according to generally accepted medical practice, the
				full range of pain management modalities appropriate for the patient has been
				used without adequate result or with intolerable side effects.
"Written certification"
means a document
				signed by a physician licensed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 148 with whom the
				patient has established a patient-physician relationship and who is the
				patient's primary care provider which states that the patient has a
				debilitating medical condition and identifies that condition and provides any
				other relevant information.