N.J. Admin. Code § 17:30A-7A.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 17:30A-7A.1 - Clinical registrants and academic medical centers

The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

"Academic medical center" means:

1. An entity located in New Jersey that has the ability to conduct research related to medical cannabis (if the entity is part of a system of health care facilities, the entity shall not qualify as an academic medical center unless the health care system is principally located within the State) and that:

i. Has an addiction medicine faculty practice or is in the same health care system as another facility located in New Jersey that offers outpatient medical detoxification services or inpatient treatment services, including entheogens, for substance use disorder;

ii. Has a pain management faculty practice or a facility-based pain management service located in New Jersey;

iii. Has graduate medical training programs accredited, or pending accreditation, by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association in primary care and medical specialties; or

iv. Is the principal teaching affiliate of a medical school based in the State; or

2. An accredited school of osteopathic medicine that:

i. Is located in a state that shares a common border with this State;

ii. Has an articulation agreement or similar memorandum of understanding with any state college or university located in a county of the first class with a college of nursing or nursing degree program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education;

iii. Has an agreement to establish and maintain an apprenticeship program in this State to train workers in the cannabis industry, which training would earn college credit with the partner state college or university;

iv. Has an institutional review board that has approved a clinical research study in this State involving medical cannabis; and

v. Has the ability to, and will, conduct all research and development in the county in which the partner state college or university is located.

"Clinical registrant" means a clinical research focused alternative treatment center issued an ATC permit pursuant to N.J.S.A. 24:6I-7.3 and this chapter that has a written contractual relationship with an academic medical center in the region in which it has its principal place of business, and such research contract includes provisions whereby:

1. The parties will engage in clinical research related to the use of medical cannabis; and

2. The academic medical center or its affiliate will provide advice to the ATC regarding patient health and safety, medical applications, and dispensing and managing controlled dangerous substances, among other areas. Other optional categories of advice may include compliance, drug storage, and destruction guidelines, inspections, data collection, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance.

N.J. Admin. Code § 17:30A-7A.1

Adopted by 56 N.J.R. 1728(b), effective 8/19/2024