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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 895
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 895, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
| 4 | 2, on page 1, line 5, by deleting "Section 5. The Election Code | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing"; and | ||||||
| 6 | by deleting line 6 on page 1 through line 9 on page 2; and | ||||||
| 7 | on page 109, line 23, by replacing "Crohn's disease" with | ||||||
| 8 | "Crohn's disease (including, but not limited to, ulcerative | ||||||
| 9 | colitis),"; and | ||||||
| 10 | on page 130, by replacing lines 2 through 8 with the following:
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| 11 | "(1) accept, solicit, or offer any form of remuneration | ||||||
| 12 | from or to a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, | ||||||
| 13 | cultivation center, or dispensing organization, including | ||||||
| 14 | each principal officer, board member, agent, and employee, | ||||||
| 15 | to certify a patient, other than accepting payment from a | ||||||
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| 1 | patient for the fee associated with the required | ||||||
| 2 | examination, except for the limited purpose of performing a | ||||||
| 3 | medical cannabis-related research study;"; and | ||||||
| 4 | on page 130, immediately below line 8, by inserting the | ||||||
| 5 | following: | ||||||
| 6 | "(1.5) accept, solicit, or offer any form of | ||||||
| 7 | remuneration from or to a medical cannabis cultivation | ||||||
| 8 | center or dispensary organization for the purposes of | ||||||
| 9 | referring a patient to a specific dispensary | ||||||
| 10 | organization;"; and | ||||||
| 11 | on page 130, line 9, by replacing "(1.5)" with "(1.10)"; and | ||||||
| 12 | on page 132, line 12, by replacing "including certification" | ||||||
| 13 | with "except when the referral is limited to certification | ||||||
| 14 | purposes only"; and | ||||||
| 15 | on page 149, line 9, by replacing "18" with "21 18"; and
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| 16 | on page 149, line 11, after "cannabis", by inserting "or | ||||||
| 17 | paraphernalia used for smoking or vaping medical cannabis"; and
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| 18 | on page 169, immediately below line 24, by inserting the | ||||||
| 19 | following: | ||||||
| 20 | "(q) The Department of Financial and Professional | ||||||
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| 1 | Regulation may issue nondisciplinary citations for minor | ||||||
| 2 | violations which may be accompanied by a civil penalty not to | ||||||
| 3 | exceed $10,000 per violation. The penalty shall be a civil | ||||||
| 4 | penalty or other condition as established by rule. The citation | ||||||
| 5 | shall be issued to the licensee and shall contain the | ||||||
| 6 | licensee's name, address, and license number, a brief factual | ||||||
| 7 | statement, the Sections of the law or rule allegedly violated, | ||||||
| 8 | and the civil penalty, if any, imposed. The citation must | ||||||
| 9 | clearly state that the licensee may choose, in lieu of | ||||||
| 10 | accepting the citation, to request a hearing. If the licensee | ||||||
| 11 | does not dispute the matter in the citation with the Department | ||||||
| 12 | of Financial and Professional Regulation within 30 days after | ||||||
| 13 | the citation is served, then the citation shall become final | ||||||
| 14 | and shall not be subject to appeal.".
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