PRINTER'S NO. 3699
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2611
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY TWARDZIK, STEHR, RAPP, BARTON, JAMES, STENDER,
SMITH, GAYDOS AND ZIMMERMAN, OCTOBER 1, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, OCTOBER 1, 2024
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84, No.16), entitled "An
2 act establishing a medical marijuana program; providing for
3 patient and caregiver certification and for medical marijuana
4 organization registration; imposing duties on the Department
5 of Health; providing for a tax on medical marijuana
6 organization gross receipts; establishing the Medical
7 Marijuana Program Fund; establishing the Medical Marijuana
8 Advisory Board; establishing a medical marijuana research
9 program; imposing duties on the Department of Corrections,
10 the Department of Education and the Department of Human
11 Services; and providing for academic clinical research
12 centers and for penalties and enforcement," in practitioners,
13 further providing for practitioner registration.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Section 401 of the act of April 17, 2016 (P.L.84,
17 No.16), known as the Medical Marijuana Act, is amended by adding
18 subsections to read:
19 Section 401. Practitioner registration.
20 * * *
21 (b.1) Conditions.--The department may place conditions on a
22 physician for inclusion in the registry, including any of the
23 following:
 1 (1) A term of probation.
2 (2) A limitation on the number of certifications that
3 the physician may issue to patients during a specific time
4 period set by the department.
5 (3) Supervision by another physician who has agreed to
6 supervise the physician during a specific time period set by
7 the department.
8 (4) Reporting requirements to the department, including
9 the submission of documentation as determined by the
10 department.
11 (b.2) Prohibition.--The department may not include a
12 physician in the registry who, in the previous five years from
13 the date of the application submitted by the physician, has been
14 convicted of a felony under the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
15 No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and
16 Cosmetic Act, or under a similar law in any other jurisdiction.
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18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 3699: P.L.84, No.16