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Health Department getting started on medical marijuana rulemaking

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In the wake of the Special Session’s implementing bill, the Florida Department of Health is gearing up to make rules governing the use of medical marijuana. The department published a “notice of proposed regulation” in the Florida Administrative Register last Friday. But the state still could face a lawsuit from personal-injury attorney John Morgan, who backed the constitutional amendment on medical marijuana that passed in 2016 with 71 percent of the vote. He has said he will sue because lawmakers would not allow…

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DOH to start on rules for medical pot ID cards

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The Florida Department of Health is beginning to develop rules for issuing registration cards for medical marijuana patients. The Department of Health’s Office of Compassionate Use will hold a rulemaking meeting to establish a system for issuing registration cards for medical marijuana patients and their legal representatives. It is also expected to establish fees to implement the system. Lawmakers amended state law dealing with medical marijuana during the 2016 Legislative Session. State law now allows the Department of Health to establish…

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