Physician Certification Pattern Review, 2024 Annual Report 29 3. Use or administration of any form or amount of marijuana in a manner that is inconsistent with the qualified physician’s directions or physician certification. 4. Transfer of marijuana to a person other than the qualified patient for whom it was authorized or the qualified patient’s caregiver on behalf of the qualified patient. 5. Use or administration of marijuana in the following locations: a. On any form of public transportation, except for low‐THC cannabis not in a form for smoking. b. In any public place, except for low‐THC cannabis not in a form for smoking. c. In a qualified patient’s place of employment, except when permitted by his or her employer. d. In a state correctional institution, as defined in section 944.02, F.S., or a correctional institution, as defined in section 944.241, F.S. e. On the grounds of a preschool, primary school, or secondary school, except as provided in section 1006.062, F.S. f. In a school bus, a vehicle, an aircraft, or a motorboat, except for low‐THC cannabis not in a form for smoking. 6. The smoking of marijuana in an enclosed indoor workplace is defined in section 386.203(5), F.S. Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) Licensure Database contains information on health care practitioners in the state of Florida licensed under Chapter 458, F.S., and Chapter 459, F.S. The information includes an indicator for physicians who have qualified to order low‐THC cannabis and medical marijuana for qualified patients. New Patient Enrollment refers to the count of patients added to the MMUR, whether they have received a physician certification or not. Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) is charged with writing and implementing the Florida Department of Health rules for the use of marijuana; overseeing the statewide MMUR; licensing Florida businesses to cultivate, process, and dispense marijuana to qualified patients; and certifying marijuana testing laboratories to ensure the health and safety of the public as it relates to marijuana. More information about the MMUR is available online at the OMMU’s website: https://knowthefactsmmj.com/ Orders refer to consecutive order periods, up to three, each with a maximum number of 70 days. Within the 70‐day period, physicians can choose to order 10 options: low‐THC cannabis and/or medical marijuana in up to five different routes of administration. Physician certifications for marijuana in a form for smoking may have up to six order periods, each with a maximum number of 35 days. Outliers are individual data observations (such a mg/dose or total supply amount in mg) that are an abnormal distance from all other data observations in the set. Observations that fell more than 1.5 interquartile ranges below the first quartile or above the third quartile were considered outliers and removed from calculations for average daily dose and supply totals. Physician certification means a qualified physician’s authorization for a qualified patient to receive marijuana and a marijuana delivery device from an MMTC. Physician county data are pulled from the most recent data available relative to the end of the reporting period. “Not Practicing” physicians had an active status in the MQA Licensure database when county
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