Excepts health care professionals from liability and prosecution for marijuana use by qualifying patients for whom, in the health care professional's professional judgment, medical marijuana may prove beneficial.   Official Text and Analysis.

Adds naturopaths to the definition of health care professionals under this chapter.

To provide that health care professionals with valid documentation are authorized to presecribe the medical use of marijuana for qualified patients who may benefit from its use. Health care professionals who advise patients regarding the medical use of marijuana cannot be penalized for doing so.

Provides that an authorization of marijuana use must be written on tamper resistant paper approved by the board of pharmacy, for authorizations written on or after the effective date of this act.

Requires the Health Care Professional authorizing the use of marijuana to document the authorization on a tamperresistant paper. Copies of an authorizing statement or medical records will no longer be valid documentation.

Expands the list of professionals who may authorize the use of medical marijuana to physicians, osteopathic physicians, physician assistants, osteopathic physician assistants, naturopaths, and advanced registered nurse practitioners.

Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House for conference thereon.

Requires, for purposes of the definition of "valid documentation," a statement signed by a qualifying patient's health care professional to be dated and written on tamper-resistant paper. Defines "tamper-resistant paper".

House recedes from previous amendments. The bill allows health care professionals to provide the valid documentation which authorizes the medical use of marijuana for qualified patients who may benefit from its use. Health care professionals who advise patients regarding the medical use of marijuana cannot be penalized for doing so.

Allows health care professionals to provide the valid documentation which authorizes the medical use of marijuana for qualified patients who may benefit from its use. Health care professionals who advise patients regarding the medical use of marijuana cannot be penalized for doing so.