Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part IXa - MEDICAL MARIJUANA › Chapter 1141a - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1141a.21 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this part, have
				  the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
ACRC-Academic clinical research center
-An
				  accredited medical school in this Commonwealth that operates or partners with
				  an acute care hospital licensed and operating in this Commonwealth that has
				  been approved and certified by the Department to enter into a contract with a
				  clinical registrant.
Accreditation body
-An organization
				  which:
(i) Certifies the competency,
				expertise and integrity of a laboratory and operates in conformance with the
				current version of International Organization Standard ISO/IEC 17011.
(ii) Determines a laboratory's compliance
				with and conformance to the relevant standards established by the International
				Organization for Standardization, including ISO/IEC 17025.
(iii) Is a signatory to the International
				Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement for Testing.
(iv) Is not affiliated with a laboratory
				applicant for which it has or will issue a certificate of accreditation.
Accredited medical school
-An institution
				  that is:
(i) Located in this
				Commonwealth.
(ii) Accredited by
				the Liaison Committee of Medical Education or the Commission on Osteopathic
				College Accreditation.
Act
-The Medical Marijuana Act (35 P.S.
				  §§
											10231.101-10231.2110).
Acute care hospital
-A facility having an
				  organized medical staff that provides equipment and services primarily for
				  inpatient medical care and other related services to persons who require
				  definitive diagnosis or treatment, or both, for injury, illness, pregnancy or
				  other disability and is licensed by the Department to operate as a hospital in
				  this Commonwealth under the Health Care Facilities Act (35 P.S.
				  §§
											448.101-448.904b) and the
				  regulations promulgated thereunder.
Added substance
-An additional ingredient
				  added to medical marijuana during or after processing that is present in the
				  final product or any substance used to change the viscosity or consistency of a
				  cannabinoid product.
Adult patient
-A patient who is 18 years of
				  age or older.
Adverse event
-An injury resulting from the
				  use of medical marijuana dispensed at a dispensary. An injury includes physical
				  harm, mental harm or loss of function.
Adverse loss
-A loss, discrepancy in
				  inventory, diversion or theft of seeds, immature medical marijuana plants,
				  medical marijuana plants, medical marijuana, medical marijuana products, funds
				  or other property of a medical marijuana organization.
Advertising
-The publication, dissemination,
				  solicitation or circulation, for a fee, that is visual, oral, written or
				  electronic to induce directly or indirectly an individual to patronize a
				  particular dispensary, laboratory or practitioner, or to purchase particular
				  medical marijuana products.
Applicant
-Depending on the context the term
				  may mean any of the following:
(i) A
				person who wishes to submit or submits an application to the Department for a
				permit to operate as a grower/processor or dispensary, or both, under the act
				and this part.
(ii) A patient or a
				caregiver who submits an identification card application to the Department.
(A) The term includes a legal guardian or a
				parent who submits an application on behalf of a patient.
(B) The term does not include an individual
				under 21 years of age unless the Department has determined under section 507(a)
				of the act (35 P.S. §
											10231.507(a)) that the
				individual should be permitted to serve as a caregiver.