Health & Saf. Code, § 1649.4 · Chapter 4.9. Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act or Ryan’s Law
Health & Saf. Code, § 1649.4
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
This chapter does not require a health care facility to provide or furnish a patient with a recommendation to use medicinal cannabis in compliance with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 11362.7) of Chapter 6 of Division 10 or include medicinal cannabis in a patient’s discharge plan.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 242, Sec. 5. (SB 988) Effective January 1, 2023.
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