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2011 Vermont Code
Title 18 Health
Chapter 86 THERAPEUTIC USE OF CANNABIS
§ 4474d Law enforcement verification of information; rulemaking

Universal Citation:
18 VT Stats § 4474d. (2011 through Adj Sess)
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§ 4474d. Law enforcement verification of information; rulemaking

(a) The department of public safety shall maintain and keep confidential, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and except for purposes of a prosecution for false swearing under 13 V.S.A. { 2904, the records of all persons registered under this subchapter or registered caregivers in a secure database accessible by authorized department of public safety employees only.

(b) In response to a person-specific or property-specific inquiry by a law enforcement officer or agency made in the course of a bona fide investigation or prosecution, the department may verify the identities and registered property addresses of the registered patient and the patient's registered caregiver, a dispensary, and the principal officer, the board members, and the employees of a dispensary.

(c) The department shall maintain a separate secure electronic database accessible to law enforcement personnel 24 hours a day that uses a unique identifier system to allow law enforcement to verify that a person or entity is a registered patient, a registered caregiver, a dispensary, or the principal officer, a board member, or an employee of a dispensary.

(d) The department of public safety shall implement the requirements of this act within 120 days of its effective date. The department may adopt rules under chapter 25 of Title 3 and shall develop forms to implement this act. (Added 2003, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), { 1; amended 2011, No. 65, { 1, eff. June 2, 2011.)

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