Definitions

For the purpose of105 CMR 724.000, the following definitions apply unless the context or subject matter requires a different meaning. Commissioner means the Commissioner of Public Health. Department means the Department of Public Health. Marijuana means the plant Cannabis sativa L., tetrahydrocannabinol, or a chemical derivative or synthesis of tetrahydrocannabinol. Patient means a person who has been certified by a physician as eligible for the therapeutic research program in accordance with the provisions of 105 CMR 724.000. Physician means a person licensed in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 112, § 2. Program means the therapeutic research program approved by the Department to conduct research and monitor experimentation in the use ofmarijuana as a therapeutic modality in alleviating the nausea and ill-effects of cancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy, in decreasing intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma, and in decreasing airway resistance in patients with asthma.