Sec. 9. (a) If the department fails to adopt rules to implement this act within 120 days of the effective date of this act, a qualifying patient may commence an action in the circuit court for the county of Ingham to compel the department to perform the actions mandated pursuant to the provisions of this act. (b) If the department fails to issue a valid registry identification card in response to a valid application or renewal submitted pursuant to this act within 20 days of its submission, the registry identification card shall be deemed granted, and a copy of the registry identification application or renewal shall be deemed a valid registry identification card. (c) If at any time after the 140 days following the effective date of this act the department is not accepting applications, including if it has not created rules allowing qualifying patients to submit applications, a notarized statement by a qualifying patient containing the information required in an application, pursuant to section 6(a)(3)-(6) together with a written certification, shall be deemed a valid registry identification card.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26429
Failure of department to adopt rules or issue valid registry identification card
Known as the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act
The act spans §§ 333.26421 to 333.26430 (12 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case People v. Campbell (2010)
Most recently applied in 299 Mich. App. 313 - People v. Green (January 2013)
2008, Initiated Law 1, Eff
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