Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 724.000 - Implementation Of M.g.l. C. 94d; The Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act
Section 724.002 - Definitions

For the purpose of 105 CMR 724.000, the following definitions apply unless the context or subject matter requires a different meaning.

Commissioner means the Commissioner of Public Health.

Department means the Department of Public Health.

Marijuana means the plant Cannabis sativa L., tetrahydrocannabinol, or a chemical derivative or synthesis of tetrahydrocannabinol.

Patient means a person who has been certified by a physician as eligible for the therapeutic research program in accordance with the provisions of 105 CMR 724.000.

Physician means a person licensed in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 112, § 2.

Program means the therapeutic research program approved by the Department to conduct research and monitor experimentation in the use of marijuana as a therapeutic modality in alleviating the nausea and ill-effects of cancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy, in decreasing intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma, and in decreasing airway resistance in patients with asthma.