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Additional Guidance on Medical Marijuana in Facilities

As previously reported, the Department of Health (DOH) adopted final regulations, effective June 6, 2018, allowing certain types of facilities to act as “designated caregivers” under the state’s medical marijuana (MM) program. Nursing homes and adult care facilities (ACFs) are among the facility types identified in the regulation.

As noted in an updated summary from LeadingAge NY’s general counsel, Hinman Straub, the final regulations allow a facility to seek DOH approval to become a designated caregiver for a certified patient in the MM program. A certified patient must have one of the severe debilitating or life-threatening conditions identified in the regulations to receive a certification and register with the MM program. Patients with one of these conditions might not be able to visit the dispensing facilities to pick up their MM, or might not be able to administer MM to themselves properly, and therefore need to rely on designated caregivers.

Contact: Dan Heim, dheim@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8866