                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATION FOR USE OF CANNABIS FOR TREATMENT (§ 54.1-3408.3)

A. As used in this section, &#8220;botanical cannabis,&#8221; &#8220;cannabis
oil,&#8221; &#8220;cannabis product,&#8221; and &#8220;practitioner&#8221; mean
the same as those terms are defined in &#xA7; 4.1-1600.

B. A practitioner in the course of his professional practice may issue a written
certification for the use of cannabis products for treatment or to alleviate the
symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease determined by the practitioner to
benefit from such use in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; 4.1-1601.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 7, 8; 2017, c. 613; 2018, cc. 246, 809; 2019, cc. 653, 654,
681, 690; 2020, cc. 730, 831, 928, 1278; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 205, 227, 228;
2022, cc. 259, 391, 392, 642; 2023, cc. 183, 740, 744, 760, 773, 780, 794, 799.