Judge Watkins to DOH: I'm Dumping Your Medical Marijuana Rules
Submitted by Nancy Smith on November 14, 2014 - 6:08pm
Administrative Judge W. David Watkins gave the Department of Health's proposed rules for implementing Florida's new medical marijuana law the heave-ho Friday, calling them an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority.
Yes, on Jan. 1 doctors can order marijuana in oil form to treat patients for seizure, but none of the five licenses authorized by the Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014 have been awarded.
The story of the judge's ruling was first reported fully by James Call in Politicsofpot.com.
The proposed rules for the law were challenged by Costa Farms, Plants of Ruskin and Florida Medical Cannabis Association on the grounds that DOH did not have the authority to insert a lottery in the process and expanded the pool of eligible applicants beyond what lawmakers had specified.
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