200.1 A registration identification card shall not be transferable to another person.

200.2 A registration identification card issued under this chapter is the property of the District of Columbia and shall be surrendered upon demand of the Board.

200.3 As part of the registration process, applicants shall sign a written statement certifying that the applicant assumes any and all risk or liability that may result under District of Columbia and federal laws from the possession, use, administration, or dispensing of medical cannabis. The applicant shall further acknowledge that he or she understands that the medical cannabis laws and enforcement thereof of the District of Columbia and the Federal government are subject to change at any time.

200.4 The applications for a patient or caregiver registration shall specifically recite, verbatim, each of the following notices:

(a) Limitation of Liability -- To the extent provided by Section 12 of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 7-1671.11), the District of Columbia shall not be liable to the registrant, its employees, agents, business invitees, licensees, customers, clients, family members or guests for any damage, injury, accident, loss, compensation or claim, based on, arising out of, or resulting from a person's participation in the District of Columbia's medical cannabis program, including: any fire, robbery, theft, mysterious disappearance or any other casualty; or injury arising from the use of medical cannabis obtained through the program. This Limitation of Liability provision shall survive expiration or the earlier termination of this registration if such registration is granted; and

(b) Federal Prosecution -- The United States Congress has determined that cannabis is a controlled substance and has placed cannabis in Schedule I of the Controlled Substance Act. Growing, distributing, and possessing cannabis in any capacity, other than as a part of a federally authorized research program, is a violation of federal laws. The District of Columbia's law authorizing the District's medical cannabis program will not excuse any person from any violation of the federal laws governing cannabis or authorize any person to violate federal laws.

200.5 As part of the registration process, every applicant for either a patient or caregiver registration shall sign a written statement attesting to the following:

(a) The applicant acknowledges receipt and advisement of the notices set forth in § 200.4;

(b) The applicant agrees to and accepts the limitation of liability against the District, as set forth in § 200.4;

(c) The applicant assumes any and all risk or liability that may result under District of Columbia or federal laws arising from the possession, use, cultivation, administration, or dispensing of medical cannabis;

(d) The applicant understands that the medical cannabis laws and enforcement thereof of the District of Columbia and the Federal government are subject to change at any time; and

(e) The applicant chooses to sign this attestation willingly and without reservation and is fully aware of its meaning and effect.

200.6 Within fourteen (14) calendar days of any change in the qualifying patient's name, address, caregiver, or authorized practitioner, a qualifying patient who has been issued a registration identification card shall:

(a) Submit a completed patient change of information form to the Board, and include as applicable:

(1) Designation of a new caregiver; or

(2) A recommendation form from the new authorized practitioner;

(b) Surrender their current registration identification card to the Board;

(c) Immediately notify their caregiver of the change;

(d) Pay the required fee to receive a new registration identification card; and

(e) Be issued a new registration card that reflects the change.

200.7 Within fourteen (14) calendar days of receiving notice of a qualifying patient's change of name, address, or authorized practitioner, the patient's registered caregiver shall:

(a) Submit a written request for a new registration identification card to the Board on a form provided by the Board;

(b) Surrender their registration identification card;

(c) Pay the required fee to receive a new registration identification card; and

(d) Be issued a new registration identification card that reflects the change.

200.8 Within fourteen (14) calendar days of the authorized practitioner declaring that a qualifying patient no longer suffers from a qualifying medical condition or treatment, the qualifying patient shall:

(a) Surrender their registration card to the Board; and

(b) Notify their registered caregiver of the change.

200.9 Within fourteen (14) calendar days of receiving notice that a qualifying patient has changed their caregiver, or that the patient no longer suffers from a qualifying medical condition or treatment, the Board shall send written notice via U.S. Postal Service certified mail to the caregiver's address on file with the Board. The caregiver's protections under the Act shall expire ten (10) days after delivery of the notice or the caregiver's failure to claim the notice.

200.10 Within fourteen (14) calendar days after receiving notice that a qualifying patient has designated a different individual to serve as their caregiver or that the qualifying patient no longer suffers from a qualifying medical condition or treatment, the caregiver shall surrender their registration card to the Board.

200.11 In the event that a qualifying patient or a caregiver experiences the theft, loss, or destruction of their registration card, he or she shall:

(a) Within forty-eight (48) hours after discovery, provide verbal notification to the Board or the Board's designee;

(b) Submit the required written notification reporting forms to the Board within seventy-two (72) hours after the initial discovery;

(c) Pay the required fee; and

(d) Be issued a new registration identification card.

200.12 Within fourteen (14) calendar days after any change in a caregiver's name or address, he or she shall:

(a) Notify the Board in writing of the change; and

(b) Pay the required fee, and be issued a new registration identification card, if applicable.

SOURCE: Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10134 (December 2, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 002388 (March 8, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 002136 (February 20, 2026).