Practitioners could require follow-ups while caregivers get two-year cards

A practitioner may request or require a follow-up evaluation of a qualifying patient. The rule covers qualifying patients who received a written medical cannabis certification and their practitioners. The evaluation may assess whether medical cannabis is helping the patient's debilitating condition or related symptoms. A patient may have the follow-up with a different practitioner if that practitioner is properly registered, works within the relevant scope of practice, and follows the medical cannabis law. The follow-up may occur no sooner than six months after the certification is issued.

A resident designated caregiver's registry identification card is valid for two years after it is issued. This applies to registry cards for resident designated caregivers, not resident patients or nonresident cardholders. The card must show its expiration date. A practitioner's earlier end date for the patient's medical cannabis certification may shorten the card's validity. The two-year period runs from the card's date of issuance, unless an applicable earlier expiration rule applies.