Minnesota Administrative Rules

4770.4015 WRITTEN CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFYING CONDITION.

A certifying health care practitioner must complete a written certification of a patient's qualifying medical condition on a form provided by the commissioner. The written certification must:

A.

acknowledge that the qualifying patient is under the health care practitioner's care, either for the patient's primary care or for the qualifying medical condition;

B.

confirm the patient's diagnosis of a qualifying medical condition, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 152.22, subdivision 14;

C.

state whether a patient is developmentally or physically disabled and, as a result of the disability, is unable to self-administer medication or acquire medical cannabis from a distribution facility and requires a designated caregiver;

D.

include any additional information the commissioner requests to assess the effectiveness of medical cannabis in treating the medical condition or symptoms;

E.

contain an affirmation that the health care practitioner has:

(1)

established a patient-provider relationship;

(2)

conducted an in-person physical examination appropriate to confirm the diagnosis; and

(3)

reviewed the patient's medical history to confirm the diagnosis within the health care practitioner's professional standards of practice; and

F.

include the date the certification of a qualifying medical condition was made.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.389; 152.26

History:

39 SR 1760

Published Electronically:

July 7, 2015