<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-20G-20 - Qualifying patient not disqualified from medical care for cannabis use.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2084145Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2084145SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084145DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084145CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084145000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084145DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084145SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 34-20G-20 - Qualifying patient not disqualified from medical care for cannabis use."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 34-20G-20 - Qualifying patient not disqualified from medical care for cannabis use."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-20"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2084145Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084145SENU">34-20G-20</span></a><span class="s2084145SENU">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084145DefaultParagraphFont"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084145CL">Qualifying patient not disqualified from medical care for cannabis use. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084145Normal"><span class="s2084145DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of medical care, including organ and tissue transplants, a registered qualifying patient's use of cannabis in accordance with this chapter is considered the equivalent of the authorized use of any other medication used at the discretion of a practitioner and does not constitute the use of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify a qualifying patient from needed medical care.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084145Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084145000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084145Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084145DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2084145SCL">Initiated Measure No. 26, approved Nov. 3, 2020, eff. Jul. 1, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html>