The following terms have the following meanings in this Article
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DISPENSARY
Any operation where marijuana is distributed to a qualifying
patient by someone other than his or her designated primary caregiver.
GROWING FACILITY
An enclosed, locked closet, room or other enclosed area with
solid walls in which marihuana is grown by a primary caregiver or
qualifying patient and that is equipped with locks or other security
devices that permit access only a registered primary caregiver or
qualifying patient for whom the marihuana is being grown as defined
under MCL 333.26423(c).
HOME
The primary residence of the qualifying patient or primary
caregiver and includes a single-family, duplex, apartment or condominium
units.
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA
All parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., growing or not;
the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant;
and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation
of the plant or its seeds or resin. It does not include the mature
stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made
from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the
resin extracted therefrom, fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed
of the plant which is incapable of germination.
PRIMARY CAREGIVER
A person as defined under MCL 333.26423(k) of the Act, who
is at least 21 years old and who has agreed to assist with a patient's
medical use of marijuana and who has never been convicted of a felony
involving illegal drugs and who has been issued and possesses a registry
identification card under the Act.
QUALIFYING PATIENT
A person as defined under MCL 333.26423(l) of the Act, who
has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical
condition and who has been issued and possesses a registry identification
card under the Act.
REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD
The document defined as such under MCL 333.26423(m) of the
Act and which is issued by the Michigan Department of Community Health
to identify a person as a registered qualifying patient or registered
primary caregiver.
SMOKE HOUSE
A facility that allows multiple qualifying patients to consume
or ingest medical marijuana upon the premises. This term does not
encompass:
(1)
A primary caregiver facility at which medical marijuana is consumed
or ingested on the premises solely by the designated qualifying patient(s)
of the primary caregiver(s) operating within the facility; or
(2)
The consumption or ingestion of medical marijuana by a qualifying
patient at his/her residence or at a hospital or hospice at which
the qualifying patient is receiving care.