Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2640 - Rules Pertaining to Prescribing, Administering, and Dispensing Medication › Chapter 2 - Cannabis Certification › Rule 30-2640-2.3 - Certification

Current through June 25, 2024
A.
Certification Generally
(i) Practitioners must be authorized and
				registered with the Mississippi State Department of Health to certify patients
				as eligible to obtain cannabis for medical use. No person shall be authorized
				to use medical cannabis in this state unless the person (a) has been diagnosed
				by a practitioner, with whom the person has a bona fide practitioner-patient
				relationship within his or her scope of practice, as having a debilitating
				medical condition for which the practitioner believes, in his or her
				professional opinion, that the person would likely receive medical or
				palliative benefit from the medical use of medical cannabis to treat or
				alleviate the person's debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated
				with the person's debilitating medical condition, (b) has received a written
				certification of that diagnosis from the practitioner, and (c) has been issued
				a registry identification card from the MDOH under Section
				41-137-23. A person who has been
				diagnosed by a practitioner as specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection
				shall be a qualifying patient, and the practitioner who has diagnosed the
				patient shall document that diagnosis with a written certification. However,
				nothing herein shall require a practitioner to issue a written
				certification.
(ii) A written
				certification shall:
(a) Affirm that it is
				made in the course of a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship;
(b) Remain current for twelve (12) months,
				unless the certifying practitioner specifies a shorter period of
				time;
(c) Be issued only after an
				in-person assessment of the patient by the certifying practitioner;
(d) Only be issued on behalf of a minor when
				the minor's parent or guardian, as defined in the Act, provides signed consent;
				and
(e) Be limited to the allowable
				amount of cannabis in a thirty-day period.
After a practitioner has issued a written certification to a
				  qualifying patient, a practitioner may assist the patient in registering for a
				  registry identification card with the Department of Health, in a manner
				  provided by regulations of the Department of Health.
After a qualifying patient receives a written certification
				  from a practitioner, the patient shall be required to make a follow-up visit
				  with the practitioner not less than six (6) months after the date of issuance
				  of the certification for the practitioner to evaluate and determine the
				  effectiveness of the patient's medical use of medical cannabis to treat or
				  alleviate the patient's debilitating medical condition or symptoms associated
				  with the patient's debilitating medical condition. Qualifying patients may make
				  a follow-up visit with a different practitioner than the practitioner who
				  originally issued their written certification, provided that such practitioner
				  is otherwise registered and acting within their scope of practice and the
				  provisions of this chapter.