Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3796:7 - Patients
Chapter 3796:7-2 - Registration of Patients and Caregivers
Section 3796:7-2-01 - Procedure for patient registration

(A) Before medical marijuana may be dispensed to or for, possessed by or for, or administered by or for a prospective patient, the prospective patient must be placed on the registry established by the state board of pharmacy in accordance with section 3796.08 of the Revised Code.

(B) To qualify for placement on the registry, a prospective patient must:

(C) A physician with whom a prospective patient has a bona fide physician-patient relationship, or, subject to the limitations under section 3796.08 of the Revised Code, the physician's delegate, shall submit the patient registration. For a registration submission, related to a patient who is eighteen years of age or older, to be considered complete, a completed recommendation from a physician, applicable patient registration fee, and the following items must be submitted to the state board of pharmacy in a manner suitable to the board:

(D) If a prospective patient is younger than eighteen years of age or has a court-appointed legal guardian, a patient registration submission must be accompanied by a caregiver registration submission in accordance with rule 3796:7-2-03 of the Administrative Code, before it will be considered complete. Patients who become eighteen years of age during the time period in which their registration is valid may apply for a new registration either immediately or in accordance with the renewal process under paragraph (K) of this rule. A submission from a patient that includes all information found in paragraph (C) of this rule, shall be considered complete.

(E) A complete patient registration submission must be received by the state board of pharmacy within ninety calendar days of the date on which the recommendation was created by the prospective patient's recommending physician. Failure to comply with this requirement will void the recommendation and the person's registration shall be deemed abandoned.

(F) To qualify for registration as a patient diagnosed with a terminal illness, the prospective patient's registration submission shall include with the registration submission, an attestation specifying that the patient has a terminal illness, submitted by the patient's recommending physician.

(G) If a registration submission is determined to be inaccurate or incomplete, the state board of pharmacy shall send the prospective patient notice of the deficiency. If the deficiency is not corrected within ninety calendar days from the date that the registration was submitted by a physician, the submission shall be considered abandoned.

(H) Prospective patients must provide proof of Ohio residency to their recommending physician or the physician's delegate during the physician's initiation of the registration submission process. Proof of Ohio residency shall include one of the following:

(I) A patient registration shall be valid from the date of issuance and expire one year later, on the last day of the month it was issued.

(J) The state board of pharmacy shall send a notification to each patient forty-five calendar days before the expiration date on the patient's registry identification card.

(K) To maintain a valid patient registration, a patient must annually renew, before the expiration date stated on the patient's registry identification, a patient registration, in accordance with this rule. Renewal submissions, fees, and required documentation may be submitted up to thirty calendar days before the registration will expire. Failure to renew a patient registration will result in an automatic expiration of the registration card.