Health and Safety Code section 1649.4

This chapter does not require a health care facility to provide or furnish a patient with a recommendation to use medicinal cannabis in compliance with the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 and Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 11362.7) of Chapter 6 of Division 10 or include medicinal cannabis in a patient’s discharge plan.

Source: Section 1649.4, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1649.4. (updated Jan. 1, 2023; accessed Dec. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_1649.4

Original Source: Section 1649.4, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1649.4. (last accessed May 12, 2025).