Section 10231.401 - Practitioner registration(a) Eligibility.--A physician included in the registry is authorized to issue certifications to patients to use medical marijuana. To be eligible for inclusion in the registry:(1) A physician must apply for registration in the form and manner required by the department.(2) The department must determine that the physician is, by training or experience, qualified to treat a serious medical condition. The physician shall provide documentation of credentials, training or experience as required by the department.(3) The physician must have successfully completed the course under section 301(a)(6).(b)Department action.--(1) The department shall review an application submitted by a physician to determine whether to include the physician in the registry. The review shall include information maintained by the Department of State regarding whether the physician has a valid, unexpired, unrevoked, unsuspended Pennsylvania license to practice medicine and whether the physician has been subject to discipline.(2) The inclusion of a physician in the registry shall be subject to annual review to determine if the physician's license is no longer valid, has expired or been revoked or the physician has been subject to discipline. If the license is no longer valid, the department shall remove the physician from the registry until the physician holds a valid, unexpired, unrevoked, unsuspended Pennsylvania license to practice medicine.(3) The Department of State shall report to the department the expiration, suspension or revocation of a physician's license and any disciplinary actions in a timely fashion.(c) Practitioner requirements.--A practitioner included in the registry shall have an ongoing responsibility to immediately notify the department in writing if the practitioner knows or has reason to know that any of the following is true with respect to a patient for whom the practitioner has issued a certification:(1) The patient no longer has the serious medical condition for which the certification was issued.(2) Medical marijuana would no longer be therapeutic or palliative.(3) The patient has died.Added by P.L. TBD 2016 No. 16, § 401, eff. 5/17/2016.