15.03.110 Minors

(a) If the applicant for a registry identification card is under the age of eighteen or a person who is otherwise incapable of consenting to medical treatment, the application shall be made by an appropriate person over twenty-one years of age. In preparing the application, the applicant may designate up to two proposed designated caregivers who shall be either: (i) a parent or legal guardian of the certified patient; (ii) a person designated by a parent or legal guardian, or (iii) an appropriate person approved by the Authority upon a sufficient showing that no parent or legal guardian is appropriate or available.

(b) As a condition of registration of a certified patient who is a minor or is incapable of medical decision-making, the applicant shall consent, in a manner determined by the Authority, to the certified patient's use of an approved medical marijuana product, and shall acknowledge that the parent, legal guardian or other appropriate person, as applicable, will control the acquisition and possession of the medical marijuana and any device used for its administration.

(c) Once the certified patient who is a minor or is incapable of medical decision-making is registered, the proposed designated caregiver(s) may apply for and, if approved, receive a designated caregiver registration.