Haw. Code R. § 11-160-26 - Primary caregiver requirements

To register with the department as the primary caregiver of a qualifying patient, a person shall:

(1) Be at least eighteen years of age;

(2) Not be the qualifying patient or the qualifying patient's physician;

(3) Agree to undertake responsibility for managing the well-being of the qualifying patient with respect to the medical use of cannabis;

(4) Be a parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of the qualifying patient where the qualifying patient is a minor or an adult lacking legal capacity;

(5) Be responsible for the care of only one qualifying patient at any given time, unless the primary caregiver is the parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of more than one minor qualifying patient, in which case the primary caregiver may be responsible for the care of more than one minor qualifying patient at any given time; provided that the primary caregiver is the parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of all of the primary caregiver's minor qualifying patients;

(6) Be the only primary caregiver for the qualifying patient; provided that a minor qualifying patient may have two primary caregivers only where both primary caregivers are the parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of the minor qualifying patient; and

(7) Be designated by the qualifying patient as the qualifying patient's primary caregiver.

Notes

Haw. Code R. § 11-160-26

Eff 7/18/2015 (Auth: HRS § 321-9) (Imp: HRS §§ 329-121, 329-122, 329-123) Am and comp 2/25/2019 (Imp: SLH 2017, Act 170, §2)