935 CMR, § 501.021 - Registration of Caregiving Institutions
(1)
Prior to facilitating the medical use of Marijuana to a Registered Qualifying
Patient, a hospice program, long term care facility, or hospital shall obtain a
Certificate of Registration as a Caregiving Institution. To obtain a
Certificate of Registration as a Caregiving Institution, the institution shall
submit, in a form and manner determined by the Commission, the following:
(a) The name, address and telephone number of
the institution, as well as the telephone number and email address for the
primary contact for that Caregiving Institution;
(b) A copy of the Caregiving Institution's
current facility licensure or certification from the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts;
(c) Written
acknowledgement by the authorized signatory of the Caregiving Institution of
the limitations on the institution's authorization to cultivate, possess, and
dispense to Registered Qualifying Patients, Marijuana for medical purposes in
the Commonwealth;
(d) An
attestation by the authorized signatory of the Caregiving Institution that
employees of the Caregiving Institution shall not engage in the diversion of
Marijuana and that he or she understands that protections conferred by M.G.L.
c. 941, for possession of Marijuana for medical use are applicable only within
Massachusetts; and
(f) Any other
information required by the Commission.
(2) A Caregiving Institution shall be granted
a Certificate of Registration by the Commission prior to serving as a
Caregiving Institution for any Registered Qualifying Patient. The Commission
will accept certificates of registration validly issued prior to the Program
Transfer. This certificate will remain valid until a new certificate is issued
by the Commission. On the issuance of a new certificate, the holder of the
certificate shall destroy any previously issued certificate in a responsible
manner that would prevent it from being used as a certificate.
(3) An employee of the Caregiving Institution
may serve as a Caregiver for more than one Registered Qualifying Patient at one
time.
(4) An employee of the
Caregiving Institution may not cultivate Marijuana for a Registered Qualifying
Patient under the care of the Caregiving Institution.
(5) A Caregiving Institution shall maintain
records on all Marijuana received by the institution on behalf of a Registered
Qualifying Patient and the administration of such Marijuana to the Registered
Qualifying Patient, and such records should be produced to the Commission upon
request as permitted by law.
(6) A
Certificate of Registration for a Caregiving Institution will remain valid,
unless and until the Caregiving Institution's current facility licensure or
certification from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is no longer active, or is
suspended, revoked, or restricted.
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