218B.045 Patient rights under state and local law -- Visitation and parenting time -- Medical care -- Schools -- Local board of education to establish policies

218B.045 Patient rights under state and local law -- Visitation and parenting time -

- Medical care -- Schools -- Local board of education to establish policies.

(1) A registered qualified patient or visiting qualified patient who uses medicinal

cannabis shall be afforded all the same rights under state and local law, including

those guaranteed under KRS Chapter 344, as the individual would have been

afforded if he or she were solely prescribed pharmaceutical medications as they

pertain to drug testing required by any state or local law.

(2) A cardholder otherwise entitled to custody of, or visitation time or parenting time

with, a minor child shall not be denied that right, and there shall be no presumption

of abuse, neglect, or dependency for conduct permitted under this chapter unless the

person's actions in relation to medicinal cannabis created an unreasonable danger to

the safety of the minor child as established by clear and convincing evidence.

(3) (a) For the purposes of medical care, including organ transplants, a patient's

authorized use of medicinal cannabis is the equivalent of the authorized use of

any other medication used at the direction of a practitioner.

(b) A health facility as defined in KRS 216B.015 may develop policies to allow a

patient who is a registered qualified patient or visiting qualified patient to use

medicinal cannabis on the premises of the health facility.

(4) (a) A school shall not refuse to enroll, or otherwise penalize, a person solely for

his or her status as a cardholder, unless failing to do so would violate federal

law or regulations and cause the school to lose a monetary or licensing-related

benefit under federal law or regulations.

(b) A school shall not be penalized or denied any benefit under state law for

enrolling a cardholder.

(c) Each local board of education, each board of directors of a public charter

school, and the governing body of each certified nonpublic school shall, no

later than December 1, 2024, establish policies related to the use of medicinal

cannabis by a pupil who is a registered qualified patient on school property.

Policies enacted pursuant to this paragraph shall either prohibit the use of

medicinal cannabis on school property or permit the use of medicinal

cannabis on school property by a pupil who is a registered qualified patient as

deemed necessary by the pupil's parent or legal guardian. If a local board of

education, the board of directors of a public charter school, or the governing

body of a certified nonpublic school enacts a policy to permit the use of

medicinal cannabis by a pupil who is a registered qualified patient, that policy

shall:

1. Require medicinal cannabis be administered:

a. i. By a school nurse or under the supervision of appropriate

school staff; or

ii. By the parent or legal guardian of the pupil who is a

registered qualified patient; and

b. Out of view of other students; and

2. Include a process by which a school nurse or other school staff member

may refuse to administer or supervise the administration of medicinal

cannabis.