N.J. Admin. Code § 17:30A-11.4

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 17:30A-11.4 - Pain and/or primary qualifying symptom assessment records

(a) An alternative treatment center shall formulate a system for documenting a patient's self-assessment of pain and/or primary qualifying symptom using a pain rating scale.

1. An alternative treatment center serving different patient populations shall make more than one pain scale available for patient use, as appropriate.

(b) An alternative treatment center shall document a patient's self-assessment of pain or primary qualifying symptom upon commencement of the dispensing of medicinal marijuana to the patient and thereafter at three-month intervals.

1. The ATC shall maintain the record for the patient's use and information in consulting with his or her physician as to the use of medicinal marijuana to address the patient's qualifying debilitating condition.

(c) ATCs shall provide "log books" to registered qualifying patients and registered primary caregivers who request them to keep track of the strains used and their effects.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:30A-11.4