(410 ILCS 130/55)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2018)
Sec. 55. Registration of qualifying patients and designated caregivers.
(a) The Department of Public Health shall issue registry identification cards to qualifying patients and designated caregivers who submit a completed application, and at minimum, the following, in accordance with Department of Public Health rules:
(1) A written certification, on a form developed by
the Department of Public Health and issued by a physician, within 90 days immediately preceding the date of an application;
(2) upon the execution of applicable privacy waivers,
the patient's medical documentation related to his or her debilitating condition and any other information that may be reasonably required by the Department of Public Health to confirm that the physician and patient have a bona fide physician-patient relationship, that the qualifying patient is in the physician's care for his or her debilitating medical condition, and to substantiate the patient's diagnosis;
(3) the application or renewal fee as set by rule;
(4) the name, address, date of birth, and social
security number of the qualifying patient, except that if the applicant is homeless no address is required;
(5) the name, address, and telephone number of the
qualifying patient's physician;
(6) the name, address, and date of birth of the
designated caregiver, if any, chosen by the qualifying patient;
(7) the name of the registered medical cannabis
dispensing organization the qualifying patient designates;
(8) signed statements from the patient and designated
caregiver asserting that they will not divert medical cannabis; and
(9) completed background checks for the patient and
designated caregiver.
(Source: P.A. 98-122, eff. 1-1-14.)
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