Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LIII - Pharmacists › Chapter 24 - Limited Service Providers › Subchapter E - Marijuana Pharmacy › Section LIII-2441 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
				  Subchapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this
				  Section:
Administer
-the direct application of
					 marijuana to the body of a qualifying patient by ingestion or any other
					 means.
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-Repealed.
Agent
-an authorized person who acts on
					 behalf of or at the direction of another person. It does not include a common
					 or contract carrier, public warehouseman, or employee of the carrier or
					 warehouseman.
Approved Safe
-Repealed.
a. - c. Repealed.
Approved Vault
-Repealed.
a. - b.vi.(d). Repealed.
Authorized Clinician
-licensed health
					 professionals authorized pursuant to
					 R.S.
					 40:1046.
Board
-the Louisiana Board of
					 Pharmacy.
CFR
-
Code of Federal
					 Regulations
.
Deliver
or
Delivery
-the
					 actual, constructive or attempted transfer from one person to another of
					 marijuana, whether or not there is an agency relationship.
Financial Interest
-any actual, or a future
					 right to, ownership or investment, either directly or indirectly, through
					 business, investment or immediate family. Financial interest does not include
					 ownership of investment securities in a publicly-held corporation that is
					 traded on a national exchange or over-the-counter market, provided the
					 investment securities held by such person do not exceed 5 percent of the total
					 number of shares issued by the corporation.
Immediate Family
-R.S. 42:1102; i.e.,
					 his children and the spouses of his children, his brothers and their spouses,
					 his sisters and their spouses, his parents, his spouse, and the parents of his
					 spouse.
LDAF
-Repealed.
LDH
-the Louisiana Department of
					 Health.
Louisiana Medical Marijuana Tracking System
					 (LMMTS)
-the required seed-to-sale tracking system that tracks medical
					 marijuana from either the seed or immature plant stage until the product is
					 sold to a pharmacy or is destroyed.
Marijuaa
- Repealed.
Marijuana Pharmacy
-that area within a
					 facility where marijuana is stored, dispensed, and sold. If a facility does not
					 offer any products or services other than marijuana and/or related supplies,
					 the entire facility is a marijuana pharmacy for the purposes of this
					 Subchapter.
Marijuana Pharmacy Owner
-any person with
					 an ownership interest in a marijuana pharmacy, except the term does not include
					 a person with an investment interest through a publicly-held company provided
					 the interest held by such person does not exceed five per cent of the total
					 ownership or interest rights in such pharmacy and such person does not
					 participate directly or indirectly in the control, management, or operation of
					 the pharmacy.
Marijuana Product
-any product containing
					 marijuana, including raw materials, that requires no further processing and
					 that is packaged for sale to pharmacies, qualifying patients and primary
					 caregivers.
Owners Managing Officer
-the person
					 designated by the organization owning the pharmacy to be responsible to the
					 board for the proper operation of the pharmacy in compliance with all
					 applicable laws and regulations.
Pharmaceutical Grade Marijuana
-marijuana
					 or marijuana products that are not adulterated and are:
a. processed, packaged and labeled according
				  to the United States Food and Drug Administrations "current good manufacturing
				  practice in manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or holding operations for
				  dietary supplements," as found in  21 CFR 111  or its successor;
b. labeled with the results of an active
				  ingredient analysis, a microbiological contaminants analysis, a mycotoxin
				  analysis, a heavy metal analysis, and a pesticide chemical residue analysis
				  which have been completed on a batch basis by a laboratory; and
c. where each step of the production,
				  cultivating, trimming, curing, manufacturing, processing, and packaging method
				  has been documented by using standard operation procedures verified by the
				  Louisiana Department of Health.