Mich. Admin. Code R. 333.113 - Registration approval; denial

Rule 13.

(1) Pursuant to section 6(c) of the act, MCL 333.26426, the department shall approve or deny an application within 15 business days of receiving the original complete application, required fee, and required supporting documentation and information.

(2) If an application is approved, within 5 business days of approving the application, the department shall issue a registry identification card to the registered qualifying patient and the registered primary caregiver, if applicable. For the purpose of this subrule, "issue" means the department has printed the registry identification card and mailed it to the qualifying patient and registered primary caregiver, if applicable.

(3) The department may issue a registry card that includes a photograph of the patient or caregiver.

(4) If an application is denied, within 5 business days of denying the application, the department shall mail the applicant a denial letter or send an email notification that states the reasons for denial. The department shall deny an application for any of the following reasons:

(a) The qualifying patient submitted an incomplete application or incomplete supporting documents or information.

(b) The qualifying patient did not submit the required fee.

(c) The department determines that any information provided by the qualifying patient, primary caregiver, or physician was falsified, fraudulent, incomplete, or cannot be verified.

(d) The qualifying patient designates a primary caregiver on the application and the department determines the primary caregiver is ineligible.

(e) The qualifying patient, primary caregiver, or physician, as applicable, failed to sign and date the application, caregiver attestation, or written certification.

(f) The department was unable to verify the information provided.

(5) A qualifying patient whose application is denied may reapply at any time by submitting a new application and the supporting documents and information as specified in R 333.103. Any fee that a patient submits with an application that is denied is valid for 6 months from the date the department received the fee and may be used by the patient to reapply.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 333.113

2009 AACS; 2013 AACS; 2015 AACS; 2019 MR 20, Eff. 10/25/2019