
General Assembly |
Amendment |
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January Session, 2007 |
LCO No. 6697 | ||||
*HB0671506697HRO* | |||||
Offered by: |
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REP. BOUCHER, 143rd Dist. |
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"AN ACT CONCERNING THE PALLIATIVE USE OF MARIJUANA. "
Strike lines 76 to 94, inclusive, in their entirety and insert the following in lieu thereof:
"(c) A qualifying patient shall have not more than one primary caregiver at any time. A primary caregiver may not be responsible for the care of more than one qualifying patient at any time. A primary caregiver who is registered in accordance with subsection (a) of section 3 of this act shall not be subject to arrest or prosecution, penalized in any manner, including, but not limited to, being subject to any civil penalty, or denied any right or privilege, including, but not limited to, being subject to any disciplinary action by a professional licensing board, for the acquisition, distribution, possession, cultivation or transportation of marijuana or paraphernalia related to marijuana on behalf of a qualifying patient, provided the amount of any marijuana so acquired, distributed, possessed, cultivated or transported, together with the combined amount of marijuana possessed by the qualifying patient and the primary caregiver, shall not exceed three marijuana plants, each having a maximum height of three feet, and one ounce of usable marijuana. For the purposes of this subsection, "distribution" or "distributed" means the transfer of marijuana and paraphernalia related to marijuana from the primary caregiver to the qualifying patient. "