Summary: Senate Bill 958 is Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (at the request of Oregon Association Chiefs of Police, Oregon State Sheriffs' Association, Oregon District Attorneys Association, Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association and Oregon Partnership) -- Relating to designated primary caregivers; declaring an emergency.

Relating to designated primary caregivers; amending ORS 475. ... the person responsible for a Marijuana grow site that is producing Marijuana for the cardholder and is ... the person responsible for a Marijuana grow site that is producing Marijuana for the cardholder and is ...

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating to designated primary caregivers; amending ORS 475.306, 475.309 and 475.312; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. ORS 475.312 is amended to read:

475.312. { + (1) Except as otherwise provided in ORS 475.309 (3), a designated primary caregiver may assist a person who possesses a registry identification card in the medical use of Marijuana if the cardholder's attending physician certifies that a caregiver is medically necessary because the cardholder is:

(a) Severely ill; and

(b) Physically incapacitated or debilitated to the degree that a caregiver is required for the daily physical care of the patient. + }

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{ + (4) A cardholder who has a designated primary caregiver may not be a designated primary caregiver or a person responsible for a Marijuana grow site.

(5) A person may not be a designated primary caregiver for more than two cardholders at any given time. + }

SECTION 2. ORS 475.309 is amended to read:

475.309. (1) Except as provided in ORS 475.316, 475.320 and 475.342, a person engaged in or assisting in the medical use of Marijuana is excepted from the criminal laws of the state for possession, delivery or production of Marijuana, aiding and abetting another in the possession, delivery or production of Marijuana or any other criminal offense in which possession, delivery or production of Marijuana is an element if the following conditions have been satisfied:

(a) The person holds a registry identification card issued pursuant to this section, has applied for a registry identification card pursuant to subsection (9) of this section, is the designated primary caregiver of the cardholder or applicant, or is the person responsible for a Marijuana grow site that is producing Marijuana for the cardholder and is registered under ORS 475.304; and

(b) The person who has a debilitating medical condition, the person's primary caregiver and the person responsible for a Marijuana grow site that is producing Marijuana for the cardholder and is registered under ORS 475.304 are collectively in possession of, delivering or producing Marijuana for medical use in amounts allowed under ORS 475.320.

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The text on this Bill can be found in PDF format at: http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0900.dir/sb0958.intro.pdf

Status:

03/10 (S) Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
03/17 (S) Referred to Human Services and Rural Health Policy.

Testifying

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Details:  

> Modifies provisions in Oregon Medical Marijuana Act related to designated primary caregivers.

> Declares emergency, effective on passage.  

A copy of the Bill may be found online at:

http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0900.dir/sb0958.intro.pdf

. and here .

http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measures/sb0900.dir/sb0958.intro.html

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