MMJ App. Rejected Due To Sanctioned Dr.

[telephone]

Frankly this is part of the problem. An OB/GYN advertising MMJ referrals to make extra cash? That's the sort of crap that gives the entire system a black eye.

lol. Unless "AllenScott" is a woman that has some legit ob/gyn pain issues.

:jointsmile:

[dontjudge]

For those of you who have recently been denied by the state of Colorado due to alleged Doctor's sanctions, please be sure you are aware of the true facts. On October 18th, 2010, the Colorado Medical Board held a meeting and decided that they would target 18 doctors across the state of Colorado with "conditional licenses". http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/medi...2010_18_10.pdf http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/medi...NA%20REGIS.pdf There are different classifications for a Doctor's License; active, active restricted (cannot practice), active with conditions (CAN LEGALLY PRACTICE). All of these doctors had full disclosure of the status of their licenses, and were in good standing to sign Medical Marijuana recommendations before October 18, 2010. It is no coincidence that two weeks before elections, this decision was made, and the Registry was told that they COULD NOT notify any of these doctors. Many doctors found out after thousands of their patient's applications were returned during a mass mailed on October 28th, 2010 stating that these doctors were not allowed to prescribe medical marijuana by the state of Colorado. These doctors have been helping patients in the community since the beginning, and are qualified, caring physicians. What the "powers that be" did not consider are the hundreds of thousands of patient that they were affecting for political reasons. The main concern of the physicians at this time is to assist their patients in getting legal licenses again, because at this point, anyone who has received any rejection letter because of this decision are NOT LEGAL. Please make sure that the people responsible for this blasphemous decision are inundated with phone calls, letters and complaints for their complete disregard of these patients well being.

I cannot speak for all 18 doctors, but I can speak for the ones that I have personal knowledge of. They are currently seeking legal action and are fighting to get a temporary injuction. I only wish this would have been widely publicized before the elections today, as I believe many people would have changed their voting decisions.

My heart goes out to all patients who have been affected by this and please know that these physicians are still dedicated to your care and comfort.

[BikeColorado]

My BF recently got a rejection letter from the State regarding this same Dr. Janet Dean who is NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO PRESCRIBE MMJ in the State of Colorado! The sleazy owner of this clinic (at 710 E. Speer, Denver) told me that he was not going to refund the fee even though he charged my BF $99.00 for a useless and meaningless MMJ prescription. The rejection letter stated that the reason for the rejection is because Dr. Janet Dean currently has a restriction placed on her license, and state law now prohibits any doctor with a restriction or condition on their medical license from prescribing MMJ. Also, according to Colorado State Medical Board online records, Dr. Dean resigned from Presbyterian/St. Luke's Hospital for "family health reasons" rather than face a disciplinary hearing for an incident that occurred in her practice. There is also an entry on her record that indicates she has some type of unspecified disciplinary action out of the state of Oregon as well. Outrageous!

I urge ALL of you who used a credit card at this clinic to obtain a rejected MMJ prescription from this UNAUTHORIZED doctor to please file a dispute with your credit card company!! (If you paid with cash, check, or money order you will likely have to file a lawsuit against this clinic to have any chance of getting a refund.) The owner said he was not going to refund the fee because my BF "paid for a medical evaluation, and he got one." Wow, what a scumbag! If the owner wants to fight us on the refund, as he indicated he would, our next step will to report this THEFT and DECEPTION to the Colorado Attorney General and open up an investigation into this farce of a clinic he is running. This doctor's MMJ prescription and the paperwork signed by her is invalid and worthless; my BF must now start the entire evaluation and paperwork process over, from scratch, with a different MMJ doctor.

Please, PLEASE check the State of Colorado (Dept. of Regulatory Agencies) website first for your docâ??s license status before you pay them the fee! Make sure the doc you are about to see does not have any conditions or restrictions on their license. The website is Colorado Board of Medical Examiners . Click on "Physican Profiles" tab on the left, and put in the last name/first name of the doc whose record you wish to see.

[AllenScott]

I thought I was alone in this. This is very difficult to navigate. I'm happy I'm not alone but also saddened I'm not alone.

I am a very skilled grower and now have 5 patients for whom I caregive. The other three patients, whom I live with on sixty acres zoned AG with outbuildings, are gathering patients as well. Can we, three caregivers on sixty acres of AG zoned land, work together in one 100'x200' barn? :beatdeadhorse:

Allen

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

I think this is a better link to find out if there are any sanctions against a Doc.

https://www.doradls.state.co.us/alison.php

[colagal]

I thought I was alone in this. This is very difficult to navigate. I'm happy I'm not alone but also saddened I'm not alone.

I am a very skilled grower and now have 5 patients for whom I caregive. The other three patients, whom I live with on sixty acres zoned AG with outbuildings, are gathering patients as well. Can we, three caregivers on sixty acres of AG zoned land, work together in one 100'x200' barn? :beatdeadhorse:

Allen

I don't this so. Here is the part of HB 1284 that addresses your question: TWO OR MORE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS SHALL NOT JOIN
TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF CULTIVATING MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

Alternatively, maybe it is possible to have your patients (or a collective of patients) utilize this grow area, i.e., patients will be able use your location to grow their own plants (have their own little garden area) with your help...for a fee...you know what I mean?

[Delta9Caregivrs]

Janet dean works for healthstar or used too, if the health dept doesn't want to release the names of these "banned" docs we need to post the names ourselfs,

I know of three, Janet dean, kevin klemmer, and James boland..

I just received, 75 days after sending in my application by registered mail, a rejection letter from the state saying the Dr. the MMJ Center hooked me up with has sanctions on her license and can not recommend MMJ.

I started to grow my medicine at 35 days post app. mailing.

I have A.I.D.S. and have now been made an outlaw. Nice.

Now what do I do? Start over? Kill my medicine?

Allen

Call up Darren at healthstar tell him Jason at Delta9 will no longer reccomend his clinic to anyone! Will be removing all signs and advertising material at Delta9 and Replace it with a sign explaing how healthstar ripps off AIDS patients.. Unless he has a legit doc write you a new reccomendation for FREE by next Friday... my fav doc will write you a free one if these guys don't step up to the plate and fix this issue

Jason
d9

pretty sure I can get this boycott to spread thru several dispensaries.. If u mess with our patients dispensaries will boycott yr practice..

[TheReleafCenter]

I think the biggest insult to patients is the fact they're not even offering refunds. They'll see you again (for $50) and then give you a $50 gift certificate for a renewal next year. Not good business imo.

[AllenScott]

Here on my relative's computer as my internet access has been, still is, down.
She has been passing on these replies, and I just wanted to say Thanks for all the information and advice - Delta9, I will be calling you ...

I'm keeping up with developments - I shall return!

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

(cross-posted to all the other related threads in Colorado subforum)

Pot patients get state reprieve after questions about their docs


Pot patients get state reprieve after questions about their docs - The Denver Post

About 2,000 people who were recently notified that their state applications for medical marijuana were rejected because their doctors weren't eligible to refer them for the drug got a temporary reprieve Wednesday from the state.
Ann Hause, an attorney for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said the patients can continue to get marijuana until rules governing which doctors can prescribe marijuana are formalized.
Hause, who appeared Wednesday at a meeting of the Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee, said hearings on the issue likely won't begin until March.
"They are in limbo. I can easily think that people would be confused," said Mark Salley, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
The confusion stems from a law passed this year that prohibited doctors not in good standing from recommending patients for medical marijuana. But when the department interpreted that to include doctors with restricted as well as conditional licenses, many doctors objected.
"It improperly punishes a whole host of physicians," Kari Hershey, an attorney for the Colorado Medical Society, told the advisory committee Wednesday.
Hershey said doctors with conditional licenses are allowed to practice medicine under certain conditions.
Dr. Janet Dean said the state does not have a definition of what being a physician in good standing means. One of the doctors blackballed by the state was a neurosurgeon whose practice was limited solely because of a physical disability. There was no reason he couldn't prescribe marijuana, she said.
The state sent letters in late October to the 2,000 patients of 18 doctors initially disqualified to refer them for marijuana based on the department's original interpretation of the new law.
The patients were already legally using marijuana because of a provision that allows them to use their doctor-approved "application" to buy marijuana 35 days after it is signed. The rule was intended to prevent patients from suffering because of a months-long backlog.
The state now has 114,000 medical-marijuana patients, who must renew annually.
The legislature passed the law limiting which doctors can prescribe marijuana after complaints that some doctors were recommending marijuana to virtually any patient who wished to have it, Salley said.


(cross-posted to all the other related threads in Colorado subforum)