Health care practitioner duties.

(a) Prior to a patient's enrollment in the registry program, a health care practitioner shall:

(1) determine, in the health care practitioner's medical judgment, whether a patient suffers from a qualifying medical condition, and, if so determined, provide the patient with a certification of that diagnosis;

(2) determine whether a patient 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, if so determined, include that determination on the patient's certification of diagnosis;

(3) advise patients, registered designated caregivers, and parents deleted text begin or deleted text end new text begin , new text end legal guardians new text begin , or spouses new text end who are acting as caregivers of the existence of any nonprofit patient support groups or organizations;

(4) provide explanatory information from the commissioner to patients with qualifying medical conditions, including disclosure to all patients about the experimental nature of therapeutic use of medical cannabis; the possible risks, benefits, and side effects of the proposed treatment; the application and other materials from the commissioner; and provide patients with the Tennessen warning as required by section 13.04, subdivision 2; and

(5) agree to continue treatment of the patient's qualifying medical condition and report medical findings to the commissioner.