California Health and Safety Code

§ 11362.7

HSC § 11362.7 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 10 · Ch. 6 · Art. 2.5

Statute text

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Attending physician” means an individual who possesses a license in good standing to practice medicine, podiatry, or osteopathy issued by the Medical Board of California, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and who has taken responsibility for an aspect of the medical care, treatment, diagnosis, counseling, or referral of a patient and who has conducted a medical examination of that patient before recording in the patient’s medical record the physician’s assessment of whether the patient has a serious medical condition and whether the medical use of cannabis is appropriate.

(b)“Department” means the State Department of Public Health.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 112. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018.