This text of North Dakota § 19-24.1-03 (Qualifying patients - Registration) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
1. A qualifying patient is not eligible to purchase, use, or possess usable marijuana under
the medical marijuana program unless the qualifying patient has a valid registry
identification card.
2. A qualifying patient application for a registry identification card is complete and eligible
for review if an applicant submits to the department:
a. A nonrefundable application fee in an amount not to exceed forty dollars for a
registry identification card valid for two years.
b. An original written certification, which must include:
(1)The name, address, and telephone number of the practice location of the
applicant's health care provider;
(2)The health care provider's North Dakota license number;
(3)The health care provider's medical or nursing specialty;
(4)The applicant's name and date o
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1. A qualifying patient is not eligible to purchase, use, or possess usable marijuana under
the medical marijuana program unless the qualifying patient has a valid registry
identification card.
2. A qualifying patient application for a registry identification card is complete and eligible
for review if an applicant submits to the department:
a. A nonrefundable application fee in an amount not to exceed forty dollars for a
registry identification card valid for two years.
b. An original written certification, which must include:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the practice location of the
applicant's health care provider;
(2) The health care provider's North Dakota license number;
(3) The health care provider's medical or nursing specialty;
(4) The applicant's name and date of birth;
(5) The applicant's debilitating medical condition and the medical justification for
the health care provider's certification of the patient's debilitating medical
condition;
(6) Attestation the written certification is made in the course of a bona fide
provider-patient relationship;
(7) Whether the health care provider authorizes the patient to use an enhanced
amount of the dried leaves or flowers of the plant of the genus cannabis in a
combustible delivery form to treat or alleviate the patient's debilitating
medical condition of cancer; and
(8) The health care provider's signature and the date.
c. An original qualifying patient application for a registry identification card form
established by the department which must include all of the following:
(1) The applicant's name, address, and date of birth.
(2) The name, address, and date of birth of the applicant's proposed designated
caregiver, if any.
(3) A photographic copy of the applicant's North Dakota identification. The North
Dakota identification must be available for inspection and verification upon
request of the department. If the applicant is unable to obtain a current
North Dakota identification due to the applicant's medical condition, the
applicant may submit other department approved documentation. If the
applicant is a minor, a certified copy of a birth record or a photographic copy
of the minor's North Dakota identification is required.
(4) The applicant's or guardian's signature and the date, or in the case of a
minor, the signature of the minor's parent or legal guardian with
responsibility for health care decisions and the date.
(5) A disclosure that possession of a firearm by a person who possesses
marijuana may be a violation of federal law.
d. A signed consent for release of medical information related to the applicant's
debilitating medical condition, on a form provided by the department.
e. A recent two-by-two inch [5.08-by-5.08 centimeter] photograph of the applicant.
f. Any other information or material required by rule adopted under this chapter.
3. If the applicant is unable to submit the required application information due to age or
medical condition, the individual responsible for making medical decisions for the
applicant may submit the application on behalf of the applicant. The individual
responsible for making medical decisions:
a. Must be identified on the qualifying patient application for a registry identification
card; and
b. Shall provide a photographic copy of the individual's department-approved
identification. The identification must be available for inspection and verification
upon the request of the department.
4. If the applicant is a minor, the department may waive the application or renewal fee if:
a. The parent or legal guardian of the applicant is the applicant's registered
designated caregiver; and
b. The applicant resides with the applicant's registered designated caregiver.