HB531 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated Apr 4, 2022

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Rich Wingo
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2022
Title: Cannabis, women of childbearing age, certain requirements established for medical cannabis use, Sec. 20-2A-64 am'd.
Description: Under existing law an adult woman who qualifies as having a specified medical condition is eligible to lawfully obtain medical cannabis.
This bill would require a dispensary site to require a negative pregnancy test for women of childbearing age before allowing them to purchase medical cannabis and would prohibit breast-feeding women from purchasing medical cannabis unless as a registered caregiver.
This bill will would require that any dispensary be located one thousand feet from a day-care center, or 2-year or 4-year institution of higher education.
This bill would also require a registered certifying physician to obtain a negative pregnancy test from a patient who is a woman of childbearing age before recommending use of medical cannabis to that patient.
Subjects: Cannabis

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary