HB 1455 - Medical Marijuana Regulation Summary

• Prohibits qualified physicians from engaging in radio, television, or public-visible advertising for marijuana practices; allows only limited signage, department-approved Internet advertising, and specified conditions for online marketing.

• Prohibits medical marijuana treatment centers and entities with 5% or more ownership from employing qualified physicians or having economic interests in physician practices and testing laboratories.

• Establishes potency limits: physicians cannot certify marijuana exceeding 10% THC for smoking or 60% for other forms (except edibles and terminal conditions); a 35-day smoking supply cannot exceed 15,000 milligrams of THC.

• Prohibits physicians from issuing certifications to minors under 18 for non-low-THC cannabis without board-certified pediatrician concurrence and enhanced documentation; revises supply limits and allows medical marijuana treatment centers to recall all marijuana products failing testing requirements.

• Bans medical marijuana treatment center radio and television advertising; grants Department of Health authority to sample marijuana products and delivery devices for testing; authorizes department employees to possess and test marijuana for regulatory purposes.