RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 439 (HB 137) 2022 Regular Session Marino
Existing law provides that any person who is a patient of the state-sponsored medical
marijuana program and possesses medical marijuana in a form permissible under existing
law (R.S. 40:1046) for a qualifying condition, a caregiver, or any person who is a domiciliary
parent of a minor child who possesses medical marijuana on behalf of his minor child in a
form permissible under existing law for a qualifying condition pursuant to a legitimate
medical marijuana prescription or recommendation issued by a physician licensed by and in
good standing with the La. State Board of Medical Examiners shall be exempt from
prosecution for certain violations of existing law (the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Law).
New law retains existing law and adds that visiting qualifying patients shall also be exempt
from prosecution for certain violations of existing law (the Uniform Controlled Dangerous
Substances Law).
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 40:966(F)(1))