Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › AGENCY DESCRIPTION › Chapter 246-71 - Medical cannabis authorization database › Section 246-71-020 - Adding qualifying patients and designated providers to the database

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A qualifying patient or designated provider may take their
				  authorization to an endorsed outlet to be entered into the database.
(1) Only a consultant employed by an endorsed
				outlet is allowed to enter a qualifying patient's or designated provider's
				information into the database.
(2)
				Consultants must register with the department to receive credentials to access
				the database. The process for registration will be established by the
				department.
(3) The department
				shall verify the consultant's identity and certificate status before providing
				credentials to access the database.
(4) The consultant shall access the database
				using the credentials issued by the department or the department's designee. If
				the credentials are lost or missing, or the security of the credentials is
				compromised, the consultant shall notify the department by telephone and in
				writing within one business day.
(5) The consultant shall ensure that the
				authorization form provided is valid, complete, unaltered, and meets all
				requirements specified in
				RCW
				   69.51A.030 and complies with the instructions
				on the form. "Street address" on the authorization form means the physical
				address for the person's residence where plants may be grown under
				RCW
				   69.51A.210. If any requirement is not met, or
				the form is altered or incomplete, the person cannot be entered into the
				database.
(6) The consultant shall
				verify the identity of every patient age 18 and older and every designated
				provider by inspecting the patient's or designated provider's valid
				photographic identification. Except for patients under the age of 18, or
				qualifying patients renewing under a compassionate care renewal as authorized
				in RCW
				   69.51A.030, a person cannot be entered into
				the database without valid photographic identification.
(7) In the event of an inexact match of names
				on the identification and the authorization, the consultant shall ensure that
				the patient or designated provider named on the authorization form is the same
				person presenting the authorization for entry into the database.
(8) The consultant shall check the database
				to ensure that a designated provider is not currently associated with a
				different patient in the database before associating the designated provider
				with a new patient in the database. If a designated provider is still
				associated with a different patient, the consultant cannot enter the designated
				provider into the database as associated with the new patient.
(9) The consultant shall enter the following
				information into the database for each patient and designated provider (unless
				specified below):
(a) The type of valid
				photographic identification verified and the unique number from the
				identification;
(b) Full legal
				name, as it appears on the valid photographic identification, including first
				name, middle initial, last name, and generational suffixes, if any;
(c) Date of birth;
(d) Actual physical address if different from
				the address on the identification;
(e) Name of the authorizing health care
				practitioner;
(f) Authorizing health
				care practitioner's full license number;
(g) Business address of the authorizing
				health care practitioner;
(h)
				Telephone number of the authorizing health care practitioner, as listed on the
				authorization form;
(i) The
				patient's qualifying condition(s);
(j) For the designated provider only, the
				patient the designated provider is authorized to assist;
(k) The date the authorization was
				issued;
(l) The date the
				authorization expires; and
(m) The
				number of plants the patient is allowed to grow. If the authorizing health care
				practitioner does not indicate a specific number, the presumptive number is six
				plants. The health care practitioner cannot authorize more than 15 plants. An
				authorization for more than 15 plants is invalid.