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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Thursday the members of the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board.
The board was created after Senate Bill 386, the Medical Cannabis Act, was signed into law in April.
The law becomes effective July 5.
Dr. Rahul Gupta will serve as the board's chairman.
According to a release, the DHHR's Bureau for Public Health is in the preliminary stage of developing an implementation plan, including a legal determination of what rules will be necessary to fully implement the Act.
DHHR may not issue the patient and caregiver identification cards necessary to obtain medical cannabis until July 1, 2019.
The rules will begin with requirements for growers and processors so they may begin to produce products, followed by detailing requirements for dispensaries and physicians, and requirements for the registration of caregivers and patients.
The members of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board are:
- Arvinder Bir, MD, Huntington
- Colonel Jan Cahill, Superintendent, West Virginia State Police, South Charleston
- Michael J. Deegan, Social Worker, Cross Lanes
- Michelle R. Easton, PharmD, Charleston
- James Felsen, MD, Great Cacapon
- W. Jesse Forbes, Esquire, Charleston
- Rahul Gupta, MD, Commissioner and State Health Officer, Bureau for Public Health, Charleston
- Joseph Hatton, Horticulturalist, West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Charleston
- Kimberly Knuckles, Pharmacist, Beaver
- Rudy Malayil, MD, Huntington
- D. Keith Randolph, Prosecuting Attorney, Madison
- Joseph Selby, MD, Morgantown
- Russell A. Williams, Patient Advocate, Nitro
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The board was created after Senate Bill 386, the Medical Cannabis Act, was signed into law in April.
The law becomes effective July 5.
Dr. Rahul Gupta will serve as the board's chairman.
According to a release, the DHHR's Bureau for Public Health is in the preliminary stage of developing an implementation plan, including a legal determination of what rules will be necessary to fully implement the Act.
DHHR may not issue the patient and caregiver identification cards necessary to obtain medical cannabis until July 1, 2019.
The rules will begin with requirements for growers and processors so they may begin to produce products, followed by detailing requirements for dispensaries and physicians, and requirements for the registration of caregivers and patients.
The members of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board are:
- Arvinder Bir, MD, Huntington
- Colonel Jan Cahill, Superintendent, West Virginia State Police, South Charleston
- Michael J. Deegan, Social Worker, Cross Lanes
- Michelle R. Easton, PharmD, Charleston
- James Felsen, MD, Great Cacapon
- W. Jesse Forbes, Esquire, Charleston
- Rahul Gupta, MD, Commissioner and State Health Officer, Bureau for Public Health, Charleston
- Joseph Hatton, Horticulturalist, West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Charleston
- Kimberly Knuckles, Pharmacist, Beaver
- Rudy Malayil, MD, Huntington
- D. Keith Randolph, Prosecuting Attorney, Madison
- Joseph Selby, MD, Morgantown
- Russell A. Williams, Patient Advocate, Nitro
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: First W.Va. Medical Cannabis Advisory Board named
Contact: Contact Us
Photo Credit: WSAZ_News
Website: West Virginia, Ohio & Kentucky | News Weather Sports | WSAZ