KRS 218B.070: Cardholder required notifications to cabinet -- Return of unused

cannabis -- Expiration of protections.

(1) Cardholders shall be required to make the following notifications to the cabinet:

(a) A cardholder shall notify the cabin et of any change in his or her name or

address;

(b) A registered qualified patient shall notify the cabinet within thirty (30) days if

he or she ceases to suffer from the medical condition for which a medicinal

cannabis practitioner provided a written certification;

(c) A registered qualified patient shall notify the cabinet if he or she wishes to

terminate a designated caregiver relationship with an individual who has been

designated as his or her caregiver;

(d) A designated caregiver shall notify the cabi net within thirty (30) days if he or

she becomes aware that a registered qualified patient to whom the caregiver is

connected through the cabinet's registration process has died or has ceased to

suffer from the medical condition for which a medicinal canna bis practitioner

provided a written certification; and

(e) If a cardholder loses his or her registry identification card, he or she shall

notify the cabinet within ten (10) days of becoming aware the card has been

lost.

(2) When a cardholder notifies the c abinet of items listed in paragraph (b) or (d) of

subsection (1) of this section, the cardholder shall, within ten (10) days of

notification, return any unused medicinal cannabis products to a licensed dispensary

for destruction.

(3) When a cardholder notifies the cabinet of items listed in paragraph (a), (c), or (e) of

subsection (1) of this section, but remains eligible under this chapter, the cabinet

shall issue the cardholder a new registry identification card with a new random ten

(10) character alphan umeric identification number. If the cabinet issues a new

registry identification card to a registered qualified patient, the cabinet shall also

issue a new registry identification card with a new ten (10) character alphanumeric

number to the registered qu alified patient's designated caregiver. New registry

identification cards issued under this subsection shall be issued by the cabinet

within ten (10) days of receiving the updated information.

(4) If a registered qualified patient ceases to be a registered qualified patient or changes

his or her designated caregiver, the cabinet shall promptly notify the designated

caregiver in writing. The designated caregiver's protections under this chapter as to

that registered qualified patient shall expire fifteen (15 ) days after notification by

the cabinet.

(5) (a) A medicinal cannabis practitioner who provided a written certification to a

patient shall, within thirty (30) days of having knowledge of the facts, notify

the cabinet in writing that the registered qualifi ed patient has died, ceased to

suffer from the medical condition for which a medicinal cannabis practitioner

provided a written certification, or that the medicinal cannabis practitioner no

longer believes the patient is likely to receive safe and effectiv e therapeutic or

palliative benefit from the use of medicinal cannabis.

(b) If the cabinet receives written notification required by paragraph (a) of this

subsection, the cabinet shall promptly notify the registered qualified patient in

writing. The registered qualified patient's protections under this chapter shall

expire fifteen (15) days after notification by the cabinet, and the registered

qualified patient shall have fifteen (15) days to dispose of or donate his or her

medicinal cannabis to a dispensary.