Registered designated caregiver.
(a)The commissioner shall register a designated caregiver…#
(a) The commissioner shall register a designated caregiver for a patient if the patient's health care practitioner has certified that the patient, in the health care practitioner's medical opinion, is developmentally or physically disabled and, as a result of that disability, the patient deleted text begin is unable to self-administer medication or acquire deleted text end new text begin requires assistance in administering medical cannabis or obtaining new text end medical cannabis from a distribution facility and the caregiver has agreed, in writing, to be the patient's designated caregiver. As a condition of registration as a designated caregiver, the commissioner shall require the person to:
(1) be at least deleted text begin 21 deleted text end new text begin 18 new text end years of age;
(2) agree to only possess deleted text begin any deleted text end new text begin the patient's new text end medical cannabis for purposes of assisting the patient; and
(3) agree that if the application is approved, the person will not be a registered designated caregiver for more than one patient, unless the patients reside in the same residence.
(b)The commissioner shall conduct a criminal background…#
(b) The commissioner shall conduct a criminal background check on the designated caregiver prior to registration to ensure that the person does not have a conviction for a disqualifying felony offense. Any cost of the background check shall be paid by the person seeking registration as a designated caregiver. new text begin A designated caregiver must have the criminal background check renewed every two years. new text end
new text begin (c) Nothing in sections 152.22 to 152.37 shall be construed to prevent a person registered as a designated caregiver from also being enrolled in the registry program as a patient and possessing and using medical cannabis as a patient. new text end