Physician Certification Pattern Review, 2024 Annual Report 28 IX. Terms and Definitions Average (AVG) daily dose is the average of all maximum daily doses ordered within a physician certification by route of administration and type (low‐THC cannabis or medical marijuana). Average ounces are the average of all “total ounces per 35‐day order period of marijuana in a form for smoking” by certification, physician, county, or state. Cannabidiol (CBD) for low‐THC cannabis ordered by route(s) in the MMUR is measured in milligrams per day. Chronic nonmalignant pain means pain that is caused by a qualifying medical condition or that originates from a qualifying medical condition and persists beyond the usual course of that qualifying medical condition. County is based on the primary practice location (address) physicians provided in the MQA Licensure Database. Dose is the milligrams (mg) per day for each route of administration a physician recommends in the MMUR as part of a certification for marijuana. The “total mg/day” is the sum of all doses for a given form and type of marijuana ordered. All dose data entered were used. Form is a term referenced in section 381.986, F.S., to describe the routes of administration. Geometric mean is a method for describing the central tendency of a set of numbers by finding the product of their values. An arithmetic mean adds numbers instead of multiplies them. The geometric mean is used when there are large fluctuations in a data set to prevent outliers from skewing result, yet still included those data points in the analysis. Low‐THC cannabis means a plant of the genus Cannabis, the dried flowers of which contain 0.8 percent or less of THC and more than 10 percent of CBD weight for weight; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant or its seeds or resin that is dispensed from an MMTC. Marijuana means all parts of any plant of the genus Cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds or resin, including low‐THC cannabis, which are dispensed from an MMTC for medical use by a qualified patient. Medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTCs) are licensed by the state to grow, process, and dispense marijuana to qualified patients who have certifications and identification cards issued by the OMMU. Medical Marijuana Use Registry (MMUR) is a secure, electronic, online medical marijuana use registry for physicians, patients, and caregivers that is accessible to law enforcement agencies, qualified physicians, and MMTCs. Medical use means the acquisition, possession, use, delivery, transfer, or administration of marijuana authorized by a physician certification. The term does not include: 1. Possession, use, or administration of marijuana that was not purchased or acquired from an MMTC. 2. Possession, use, or administration of marijuana in the form of commercially produced food items other than edibles or of marijuana seeds.
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