§ 10231.1902. Establishment of medical marijuana research program
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: May 17, 2016
Effective: May 17, 2016
35 P.S. § 10231.1902
§ 10231.1902. Establishment of medical marijuana research program
(a) Program to be established.--The department shall establish and develop a research program to study the impact of medical marijuana on the treatment and symptom management of serious medical conditions. The program shall not include a clinical registrant or academic clinical research center under Chapter 20.1
(4) Concurrent with the request to the United States Food and Drug Administration and United States Drug Enforcement Administration, publicly announce the formation of a research study to which a vertically integrated health system and a university within this Commonwealth may submit a request to participate.
(5) Upon approval of a research study by the United States Food and Drug Administration and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, select a vertically integrated health system or systems to conduct the research study and designate the form or forms of medical marijuana which will be used to treat the serious medical condition.
(7) If the United States Food and Drug Administration and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration reject the proposal for the research study, take all reasonable steps to collect and collate data on the serious medical condition and the use of medical marijuana as a treatment for the serious medical condition and consider submitting an additional request to the United States Food and Drug Administration and United States Drug Enforcement Administration for a research study on the same condition.
(d) Geographic accessibility.--The department shall take into consideration the geographic location of the health care medical marijuana organization when assigning a patient to a health care medical marijuana organization. The department shall make an effort to assign a patient to a health care medical marijuana organization that is located within 50 miles of the patient's residence.
Credits
2016, April 17, P.L. 84, No. 16, § 1902, effective in 30 days [May 17, 2016].
Footnotes
35 P.S. § 10231.2001 et seq.
35 P.S. § 10231.1902, PA ST 35 P.S. § 10231.1902
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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