- (a) A practitioner may modify a patient certification at any time after issuance and before expiration.
(b) After modifying a patient certification, a practitioner shall do all of the following:
- (1) Provide a copy of the patient certification to the patient or the patient’s caregiver, if the patient is a minor, and to an adult patient’s caregiver if authorized by the patient.
- (2) Provide the patient certification with the original signature to the Department, which may be submitted electronically.
- (3) File a copy of the patient certification in the patient’s health care record.