Mandatory Standardized Informed Consent for Medical Marijuana

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Medicine

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B8ER17-1Mandatory Standardized Informed Consent for Medical Marijuana

SPECIFIC REASONS FOR FINDING AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE: Not required pursuant to 2017 Florida Laws 232 Section 14.(1) .

REASON FOR CONCLUDING THAT THE PROCEDURE IS FAIR UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES: Not required pursuant to 2017 Florida Laws 232 Section 14.(1) .

SUMMARY: The proposed emergency rule incorporates the mandatory informed consent form which must be utilized by qualified physicians who certify patients for medical marijuana.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Claudia Kemp, J.D., Executive Director, Board of Medicine/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253.

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:

 

64B8ER17-1 Mandatory Standardized Informed Consent for Medical Marijuana.  Pursuant to Section 381.986, F.S., the Board has approved form DOH-MQA-5026 (8/17), entitled “Medical Marijuana Consent Form,” which is hereby incorporated by reference and available from the Board’s website at http://www.flboardofmedicine.gov/forms/medical-marijuana-consent-form.pdf, as the mandatory standardized informed consent form that a qualified physician must use each time the qualified physician issues a certification for medical marijuana to a patient he or she has diagnosed with at least one qualifying medical condition.

Rulemaking Authority 381.986 FS. Law Implemented 381.986 FS. History–New.

 

THIS RULE TAKES EFFECT UPON BEING FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNLESS A LATER TIME AND DATE IS SPECIFIED IN THE RULE.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 2017