Rule 511-5-11-.01. Definitions

(1) "Cardholder" means a certified patient registered on the Low THC Oil Patient Registry and identified on a "Low THC Oil Card" issued by the Department. A cardholder may also be such a certified patient's caregiver who has been issued a "Low THC Oil Card" by the Department. (2) "Caregiver" means the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a certified patient, including but not limited to: (a) An individual person authorized by the Division of Family and Children's Services of the Department of Human Services to care for a child in foster care; or (b) An individual identified as such a patient's caregiver on the certification form. (3) "Department" means the Georgia Department of Public Health; (4) "Certified patient" means a resident of Georgia who has been certified by a physician licensed by the Georgia Composite Medical Board as being in an inpatient or outpatient hospice program, or as having one of the following conditions: (a) Cancer, when such disease is diagnosed as end stage or the treatment produces related wasting illness, recalcitrant nausea and vomiting; (b) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, when such disease is diagnosed as severe or end stage; (c) Seizure disorders related to a diagnosis of epilepsy or trauma related head injuries; (d) Multiple sclerosis, when such disease is diagnosed as severe or end stage; (e) Crohn's disease; (f) Mitochondrial disease; (g) Parkinson's disease, when such disease is diagnosed as severe or end stage; or (h) Sickle cell disease, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage; (i) Tourette's syndrome, when such syndrome is diagnosed as severe; (j) Autism spectrum disorder, when such disorder is diagnosed for a patient who is at least 18 years of age, or severe autism, when diagnosed for a patient who is less than 18 years of age; (k) Epidermolysis bullosa; (l) Alzheimer's disease, when such disease is diagnosed as severe or end stage; (m) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, when such syndrome is diagnosed as severe or end stage; (n) Peripheral neuropathy, when such symptoms are diagnosed as severe or end stage; (o) Post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from direct exposure to or the witnessing of a trauma for a patient who is at least 18 years of age; or (p) Intractable pain; as defined in Code Section 31-2A-18(a)(5). (5) "Low THC Oil" has the definition set forth in Code Section 16-12-190; (6) "Low THC Oil Patient Registry" means the database maintained by the Department of all certified patients and their caregivers on whose behalf applications for a Low THC Oil Card have been submitted and approved by the Department; (7) "Low THC Oil Card" means a durable card issued by the Department to certified patients or their caregivers authorizing the possession of up to 20 fluid ounces of low THC oil for use by a certified patient; (8) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine by the Georgia Composite Medical Board pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43. Cite as Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 511-5-11-.01
Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 16-12-190, 16-12-191, 31-2A-6, 31-2A-18.
History. Original Rule entitled "Definitions" adopted. F. July 24, 2015; eff. Aug. 13, 2015.
Amended: F. Sept. 18, 2024; eff. Oct. 17, 2024, as specified by the Agency.