Section 333.131. Review panel for reviewing petitions for additional medical conditions or treatments; terms.

(1) The department shall appoint a panel of not more than 15 members to review petitions to add medical conditions or treatments to the list of debilitating medical conditions under section 3(b) of the act, MCL 333.26423(b), and to address the palliative and therapeutic benefits that use of medical marihuana will provide for the medical condition or the treatment of the medical conditions. The panel shall meet at least twice each year and shall review and make a recommendation to the department concerning any petitions that have been submitted that meet the requirements of R 333.133(1).

(2)   A majority of the panel members shall be licensed physicians, and the panel shall provide recommendations to the department regarding whether the petitions should be approved or denied.

(3)   The members of the review panel shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. A member of the panel shall not serve more than 2 terms and 1 partial term, consecutive or otherwise. However, a panel member serving on the effective date of this rule may complete the term to which the member was appointed.

(4)   The department shall provide staff support to the review panel to assist with the scheduling of meetings, conference calls, dissemination of petition-related materials, and to perform other administrative duties related to the performance of the panel's review.

(5)   A majority of the review panel of those who are present at each meeting shall concur with the recommendation in order to be considered an official recommendation of the panel.

History: 2009 AACS; 2015 AACS.