Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
Title 246. Health, Department of |
Chapter 246-71. Medical marijuana authorization data base. |
Section 246-71-020. Adding qualifying patients and designated providers to the data base.
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- A qualifying patient or designated provider may take their authorization to an endorsed outlet to be entered into the data base.(1) Only a consultant employed by an endorsed outlet is allowed to enter a qualifying patient's or designated provider's information into the data base.(2) Consultants must register with the department to receive credentials to access the data base. The process for registration will be established by the department.(3) The department shall verify the consultant's identity and certificate status before providing credentials to access the data base.(4) The consultant shall access the data base using the credentials issued by the department or the department's designee. If the credentials are lost or missing, or the security of the credentials is compromised, the consultant shall notify the department by telephone and in writing within one business day.(5) The consultant shall ensure that the authorization form provided is valid, complete, unaltered, and meets all requirements specified in RCW 69.51A.030 and complies with the instructions on the form. If any requirement is not met, or the form is altered or incomplete, the person cannot be entered into the data base.(6) The consultant shall verify the identity of every patient age eighteen and older and every designated provider by inspecting the patient's or designated provider's valid photographic identification. Except for patients under the age of eighteen, a person cannot be entered into the data base without valid photographic identification.(7) In the event of an inexact match of names on the identification and the authorization, the consultant shall ensure that the patient or designated provider named on the authorization form is the same person presenting the authorization for entry into the data base.(8) The consultant shall check the data base to ensure that a designated provider is not currently associated with a different patient in the data base before associating the designated provider with a new patient in the data base. If a designated provider is still associated with a different patient, the consultant cannot enter the designated provider into the data base as associated with the new patient.(9) The consultant shall enter the following information into the data base for each patient and designated provider (unless specified below):(a) The type of valid photographic identification verified and the unique number from the identification;(b) Full legal name, as it appears on the valid photographic identification, including first name, middle initial, last name, and generational suffixes, if any;(c) Date of birth;(d) Actual address if different from the address on the identification;(e) Gender;(f) Name of the authorizing health care practitioner;(g) Authorizing health care practitioner's full license number;(h) Business address of the authorizing health care practitioner;(i) Telephone number of the authorizing health care practitioner, as listed on the authorization form;(j) The patient's qualifying condition(s);(k) For the designated provider only, the patient the designated provider is authorized to assist;(l) The date the authorization was issued;(m) The date the authorization expires; and(n) The number of plants the patient is allowed to grow. If the authorizing health care practitioner does not indicate a specific number, the presumptive number is six plants. The health care practitioner cannot authorize more than fifteen plants. An authorization for more than fifteen plants is invalid.(10) All requests for, uses of, and disclosures of information from the data base by authorized persons must be consistent with chapter 69.51A RCW and this chapter.[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.51A.230. WSR 16-11-086, § 246-71-020, filed 5/17/16, effective 6/17/16.]
RCW 69.51A.230. WSR 16-11-086, § 246-71-020, filed 5/17/16, effective 6/17/16.