A bill for an act
relating to health; adding opiate addiction as a qualifying medical condition for
participation in the medical cannabis registry program; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2020, section 152.22, subdivision 14.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 152.22, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
"Qualifying medical condition" means a
diagnosis of any of the following conditions:
(1) cancer, if the underlying condition or treatment produces one or more of the following:
(i) severe or chronic pain;
(ii) nausea or severe vomiting; or
(iii) cachexia or severe wasting;
(2) glaucoma;
(3) human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome;
(4) Tourette's syndrome;
(5) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;
(6) seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy;
(7) severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple
sclerosis;
(8) inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease;
(9) terminal illness, with a probable life expectancy of under one year, if the illness or
its treatment produces one or more of the following:
(i) severe or chronic pain;
(ii) nausea or severe vomiting; or
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(10) opiate addiction; or
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