77 Ill. Adm. Code 946.260
Responsibilities of Designated Caregivers
Section 946.260Â Responsibilities of Designated
Caregivers
a)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A
designated caregiver shall not receive payment or other compensation for
services provided as a designated caregiver other than reimbursement for
reasonable expenses incurred in the provision of services as a designated
caregiver. In the case of an employee of a hospice provider, nursing facility
or medical facility, or a visiting nurse, personal care attendant, or home
health aide serving as a designated caregiver, the individual shall not receive
payment or compensation above or beyond regular wages.
b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A
designated caregiver is responsible for notifying the Department within 10
business days after any change to the information that his or her registered
qualifying patient was previously required to
submit to the Department, or after the designated caregiver discovers that his
or her registry identification card has been lost or stolen.
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A
designated caregiver shall carry his or her registry identification card at all
times while in possession of medical cannabis.
d)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A designated caregiver
may:
1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Transport
a registered qualifying patient to and from a licensed medical cannabis
dispensary;
2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Obtain
and transport an adequate supply of medical cannabis from a licensed medical cannabis
dispensary on behalf of a registered qualifying patient;
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Prepare
medical cannabis for consumption by a registered qualifying patient;
4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Administer medical
cannabis to a registered qualifying patient; and
5)
Registered
qualifying patients under 18 years of age
shall be prohibited from
consuming forms of cannabis other than medical cannabis infused products
and are prohibited from purchasing any usable cannabis or
paraphernalia used
for smoking or vaping medical cannabis.
(Section 60(b) of the Act)
e)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A designated caregiver
shall not:
1)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Consume,
by any means, medical cannabis that has been dispensed on behalf of a
registered qualifying patient;
2)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sell,
provide or otherwise divert medical cannabis that has been dispensed to a
registered qualifying patient; or
3)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Grow
or cultivate
medical cannabis on behalf of a
registered qualifying patient.
f)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
designated caregiver shall notify the Department promptly by phone and in
writing within 10 calendar days following the death of the designated
caregiver's registered qualifying patient.