Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024
Section 442:10-2-3 - Application for caregiver's license(a) Applications for a caregiver's license for caregivers of a licensed patient may be made at any time during the term of the patient license.(b) Only one caregiver's license shall be issued for each patient license, except in the case of a licensed patient under the age of eighteen (18) whereby two (2) parents and/or legal guardians may be recognized as the minor's caregivers, if such minor is homebound.(c) A caregiver's application will be accepted for a patient who has a physician's attestation that the patient is homebound or does not have the capability to self-administer or purchase medical marijuana due to developmental disability or physical or cognitive impairment and would benefit by having a designated caregiver to manage medical marijuana on the behalf of the patient as provided in OAC 442:10-2-1(c)(4)(E)(iv).(d) The caregiver's application shall be made on a form provided by the Authority and shall include the following:(1) All information and documentation for the caregiver provided for in OAC 442:10-2-1(a) and (c) except there shall be no medical certification from an Oklahoma Physician nor fee assessed for a caregiver's license;(2) A signed and dated attestation from the patient license holder or patient applicant, or the patient's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) if patient is under eighteen (18) years of age, appointing the caregiver as their designee under this provision. If the patient license holder is incapacitated or subject to legal guardianship, a durable medical power of attorney or a court order for guardianship may be submitted and the person appointed to act under that document may execute the notarized statement; and(3) The patient license number shall be included in the application.(e) A caregiver issued and in possession of a valid, unexpired OMMA caregiver license may exercise the same rights as the medical marijuana patient license holder for whom he or she is designated caregiver, except that:(1) A caregiver may not use the medical marijuana or medical marijuana products obtained on behalf of the medical marijuana patient license holder; and(2) A caregiver may only exercise cultivation rights on behalf of up to five (5) medical marijuana patient license holders and shall not charge a medical marijuana patient licensee for cultivating medical marijuana in excess of actual costs incurred in cultivating the medical marijuana.(f) A caregiver shall immediately notify the Authority in a manner prescribed by the Authority if the medical marijuana patient license holder for whom he or she is designated caregiver is deceased.Okla. Admin. Code § 442:10-2-3
Adopted by 40 Ok Reg 382, eff 11/1/2022 (emergency); Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 22, August 1, 2023, eff 8/11/2023