Quote Originally Posted by DenverRelief
It is my understanding that the advisory board removed language requiring that the doctor writing the recommendation be the patient's primary care physician.

They tried to get that language into HB1284 and SB109 also, but it just doesn't hold.

I completely agree that such a measure would infringe on the constitutional right to safe access provided by amendment 20.

What first comes to my mind are people who are uninsured and are suffering pain. A big part of MMAPR's mission is to help provide access to patients who otherwise couldn't afford to get the medicinal benefits of MMJ. Many people can't afford insurance and thus many people don't have a primary care physician whom they can visit regularly. Or, as you said, many have primary care physicians who wont write recommendations.

The government cannot dictate what doctor we visit for our healthcare, and if a doctor is sympathetic to MMJ they cannot prevent me from making a visit or force me to visit the doctor again because I visited him once for a recommendation.

Many of these proposed regulations are pipe dreams in the authoritarian minds of our politicians and officials that, when it comes down to it, would be too difficult to enforce, and are in fact ridiculous attempts at dictating the type of patient who is right for MMJ, but that is for doctors to decide. That is what amend. 20 set in place, and try as they might, they won't turn this train around.
I used to work in Medicine for a number of years as a technologist and in management for hospitals, Physician offices etc. and have testified or been aware of various law suits, or legal conditions set by a judge etc. and it has been my experience that in almost all cases medical trumps legal. :thumbsup: