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The following lists the
responsibilities of the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) and
California counties in relation to the Medical Marijuana Program (MMP)
identification (ID) card production and registration systems.
These responsibilities are outlined and expanded in Senate Bill
(SB) 420
(Chapter 875, Statutes of 2003) as referenced on the MMP
homepage.
State
Responsibilities
- Develop
policies, procedures, protocols, regulations, and forms.
- Establish
State fees sufficient to reimburse
start-up and ongoing costs.
- Establish
a uniform application process, an ID card production system, and a data
repository for card verifications, through the development of a Web-based
system that will:
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Ensure
information security through the use of protected firewalls and assigned User
IDs and Passwords,
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Collect
and report application information entered by counties or their designees,
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Assign
unique card identification numbers,
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Provide
access by a state-contracted card printing vendor to produce the ID cards, and
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Allow immediate access for the verification of the ID cards by law enforcement
officials and others.
- Establish
a denied application appeal process.
Comply with timeline requirement of SB
420.
County
Responsibilities
- Identify
the governmental or nongovernmental organization that is designated to carry
out Program responsibilities as directed by the county.
- Establish
county fee portion of application charges.
- Utilize
MMP protocols developed by the CDHS.
- Provide,
receive, and process applications for MMIC.
- Take
an electronically transmissible photo of the applicant (patient and/or
primary caregiver) that meets criteria prescribed in the state protocols.
- Collect
application fees from applicants and transmit the State portion to the CDHS.
- Utilize
the Web-based system to transmit a limited amount of application information
(e.g., designation of patient or primary caregiver, his or her photo, county or its
designee and phone number, card expiration date, etc.) to CDHS’ card
production and data repository system.
- Receive
state produced ID cards and issue them to the cardholders.
- Maintain
various county records of the MMP.
Comply
with timeline requirements of SB 420 and CDHS protocols and regulations.
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