218B.045 Patient rights under state and local law -- Visitation and parenting time -
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- Medical care -- Schools -- Local board of education to establish policies.
(1)A registered qualified patient or visiting qualified patient who uses medicinal
cannabis shall be afforded all the same rights under state and local law, including
those guaranteed under KRS Chapter 344, as the individual would have been
afforded if he or she were solely prescribed pharmaceutical medications as they
pertain to drug testing required by any state or local law.
(2)A cardholder otherwise entitled to custody of, or visitation time or parenting time
with, a minor child shall not be denied that right, and there shall be no presumption
of abuse, neglect, or dependency for conduct permitted under this chapter unless the
person's actions in relation to medicinal cannabis created an unreasonable danger to
the safety of the minor child as established by clear and convincing evidence.
(a)For the purposes of medical care, including organ transplants, a patient's
authorized use of medicinal cannabis is the equivalent of the authorized use of
any other medication used at the direction of a practitioner.
(b)A health facility as defined in KRS 216B.015 may develop policies to allow a
patient who is a registered qualified patient or visiting qualified patient to use
medicinal cannabis on the premises of the health facility.
(a)A school shall not refuse to enroll, or otherwise penalize, a person solely for
his or her status as a cardholder, unless failing to do so would violate federal
law or regulations and cause the school to lose a monetary or licensing-related
benefit under federal law or regulations.
(b)A school shall not be penalized or denied any benefit under state law for
enrolling a cardholder.
(c)Each local board of education, each board of directors of a public charter
school, and the governing body of each certified nonpublic school shall, no
later than December 1, 2024, establish policies related to the use of medicinal
cannabis by a pupil who is a registered qualified patient on school property.
Policies enacted pursuant to this paragraph shall either prohibit the use of
medicinal cannabis on school property or permit the use of medicinal
cannabis on school property by a pupil who is a registered qualified patient as
deemed necessary by the pupil's parent or legal guardian. If a local board of
education, the board of directors of a public charter school, or the governing
body of a certified nonpublic school enacts a policy to permit the use of
medicinal cannabis by a pupil who is a registered qualified patient, that policy
shall:
1. Require medicinal cannabis be administered:
a. i. By a school nurse or under the supervision of appropriate
school staff; or
ii. By the parent or legal guardian of the pupil who is a
registered qualified patient; and
b. Out of view of other students; and
2. Include a process by which a school nurse or other school staff member
may refuse to administer or supervise the administration of medicinal
cannabis.