164.983 Kentucky Center for Cannabis -- Mission -- Duties.
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(1)The Kentucky Center for Cannabis is hereby established at the University of
Kentucky to advance the study of the use of cannabis and cannabis derivatives
for the treatment of certain medical conditions and diseases as indicated and
recommended by the center's advisory board.
(2)The role and mission of the center shall be to:
(a)Conduct and fund research related to cannabis and cannabis derivatives;
(b)Conduct and fund research related to the health effects, including the
potential risks or side effects, of the use of cannabis and cannabis
derivatives;
(c)Conduct and fund research related to the efficacy and potential health
effects of various cannabis delivery methods, including but not limited to
vaporizing, ingestibles, topical applications, and combustion;
(d)Review current and future cannabis research literature, clinical studies,
and clinical trials;
(e)Monitor, to the extent that appropriate and sufficient data are available,
patient outcomes in states with medicinal cannabis programs; and
(f)Examine, to the extent that sufficient data are available, the health effects
of the use of combustible cannabis.
(3)The university shall:
(a)Develop and maintain the center in accordance with its administrative and
governing regulations related to the formation of multidisciplinary research
centers and institutes;
(b)Establish an internal advisory board to oversee the activities, research
agenda, and finances of the center. Members of the advisory board shall
be appointed by the president of the University of Kentucky;
(c)Report to the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and
the Legislative Research Commission by September 1 each year for the
preceding fiscal year, outlining the center's activities and expenditures;
and
(d)Ensure that the center complies with subsection
(4)of this section.
(4)The center shall:
(a)Employ a director and necessary staff;
(b)Seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or
public sources to support the role and mission of the center;
(c)Conduct clinical research, clinical studies, and clinical trials as approved
by appropriate federal agencies;
(d)Establish an application for individuals interested in participating in
cannabis-related clinical research, clinical studies, or clinical trials and a
screening protocol to place interested applicants in appropriate research
participant pools;
(e)Publicly disseminate the research conducted or funded by the center;
(f)Host an annual cannabis research symposium; and
(g)Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and upon request
from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, enter into a
memorandum of understanding with the cabinet for data collected by the
center or any researcher associated with or funded by the center.
(a)The center may award research funds to any nonprofit Kentucky-based
research entity or any Kentucky institution of higher education and any
research entity association with such an institution.
(b)If the center awards research funds to any other entity, the center shall
use an open, competitive grant application process using national best
practices.
(c)Any entity or institution that receives research funds from the center shall
present the results of its research at the center's annual research
symposium in the year after the research is concluded and shall, upon
request from the center, present an update on any ongoing research at
the center's annual research symposium if the research has not
concluded.
(6)The application developed pursuant to subsection (4)(d) of this section shall be
made publicly available on the center's Web site.
(7)The university, the center, and any researcher or staff employed by, associated
with, or funded by the center or the university shall immediately notify the
Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Legislative Research
Commission of any imminent or serious public health risk, or potentially
imminent or serious public health risk, associated with cannabis identified as
part of a research project associated with or approved by the center or the
university's internal review board.
(8)If at any time the Commonwealth establishes a medicinal cannabis program,
the application to receive a medicinal cannabis card shall include a question
asking whether the patient is interested in participating in clinical research
conducted by the center. If the patient indicates his or her interest in
participating in the center's research, the department or state agency
responsible for approving medicinal cannabis cards is authorized to share the
patient's name, phone number, and address with the center.