Business Aspects of Caregiving.

you need a man to help out? you just let me know

your only across the state

Where are you located?

the metro area. macomb county-ish.

Let's see that would be a 3+ hour drive. LOL

thats ok i drove over two hours for meds yesterday

(helping a patient friend)

Caregivers own the plants, you are not paid for plants or weed persay.
"[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]A caregiver may receive reasonable compensation for services provided to assist with a qualifying patient's medical use of marihuana."
[/SIZE][/FONT]You are compensated for your time and services to grow the medicine. The kicker sorta is then if u have a butt head patient they think they have the have the upper hand and are entitled to rights because at anytime they can renege and switch caregivers by sending in a change form and then you theoretically would be forced to get rid of the plants with in 14 business days

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]from Michigan's FAQ

The patient's card and all cards associated will be voided. It is the responsibility of the patient to notify his or her caregiver, if applicable, that his or her card is no longer valid. It is the patient's responsibility to collect all cards associated with his or her patient card and return them to the Department. If the Department is notified by the patient that he or she would like to withdraw from the program, the Department shall notify the primary caregiver by mail at the address of record informing the caregiver that his or her card is no longer valid and must be returned to the Department within fourteen (14) calendar days[/SIZE][/FONT]

peilo said:

Caregivers own the plants, you are not paid for plants or weed persay.
"[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]A caregiver may receive reasonable compensation for services provided to assist with a qualifying patient's medical use of marihuana."[/SIZE][/FONT]
You are compensated for your time and services to grow the medicine. The kicker sorta is then if u have a butt head patient they think they have the have the upper hand and are entitled to rights because at anytime they can renege and switch caregivers by sending in a change form and then you theoretically would be forced to get rid of the plants with in 14 business days

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]from Michigan's FAQ[/SIZE][/FONT]

[SIZE=-1][FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The patient's card and all cards associated will be voided. It is the responsibility of the patient to notify his or her caregiver, if applicable, that his or her card is no longer valid. It is the patient's responsibility to collect all cards associated with his or her patient card and return them to the Department. If the Department is notified by the patient that he or she would like to withdraw from the program, the Department shall notify the primary caregiver by mail at the address of record informing the caregiver that his or her card is no longer valid and must be returned to the Department within fourteen (14) calendar days[/FONT][/SIZE]

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peilo said:

"A caregiver may receive reasonable compensation for services provided to assist with a qualifying patient's medical use of marihuana."

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why is this in quotes? when your quoting someone or something it shouldnt have added wording. i know your on my side here but this isnt a quote from our law.

whats reasonable? because i can legally charge a patient $65,000 for a single ounce if i decide to charge that and the patient decides to buy it.

this reminds me of the people who say you can legally make enough money to pay your utility bills and nothing more lol. rumors....

well heres the actual excerpt in quotes...
(e) A registered primary caregiver may receive compensation for costs associated with assisting a registered qualifying patient in the medical use of marihuana. Any such compensation shall not constitute the sale of controlled substances.

im gettng a feeling you took that quote from a faq. please just link me if thats the case so i can see it.

I'm a stoner and not much for proper anything, esp punctuation and citations

http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-27417_51869_52140---,00.html

here is an intersting tid bit from the web page above.

Question: I am too ill to grow my own medical marihuana. What can I do?
Answer: The MMMA provides for a system of designated caregivers. The caregiver can acquire 2.5 ounces of usable marihuana and grow up to 12 marihuana plants for a qualifying patient. The caregiver may assist up to 5 patients. The caregiver must sign a statement agreeing to provide marihuana only to the qualifying patients who have named the individual as their caregiver. The caregiver's name, address, birth date and social security number must be provided to the state at the time of a patient's registration. The Department will issue a registry identification card to the caregiver who is named by a qualifying patient on his/her application. The Department may not issue a registry identification card to a proposed caregiver who has previously been convicted of a felony drug offense. The Department will verify through a background check with the Michigan State Police that the designated caregiver has no disqualifying felony drug conviction. A caregiver may receive reasonable compensation for services provided to assist with a qualifying patient's medical use of marihuana.

Stated right there for all to see.....

Great thread, glad I found this website.

Rzza, I'll let you know if I'm coming down for the Silverdome event. WW

my fingers are crossed.

Damn its nice to be in California, all I can say is thank god Im not one of poor people that have to deal with caregivers that are as greedy as you sound, if your able to grow plants purely because of the added liscense the caregiver and patient should split the yield 50/50 and go about their ways, thats the basic model us in California have been doing for years. Ofcourse your gonna run into the random patient or caregiver that thinks their entitled to more than they are, from either perspective just be fair, cause you dont want a bunch of pissed of people cause they trusted the wrong person, the best way obviously is to always just grow for yourself or those in household, its not good to have other people even know about your medical garden, people talk way too much. Take care everyone, Peace!

NBKA said:

here is an intersting tid bit from the web page above.

Question: I am too ill to grow my own medical marihuana. What can I do?
Answer: The MMMA provides for a system of designated caregivers. The caregiver can acquire 2.5 ounces of usable marihuana and grow up to 12 marihuana plants for a qualifying patient. The caregiver may assist up to 5 patients. The caregiver must sign a statement agreeing to provide marihuana only to the qualifying patients who have named the individual as their caregiver. The caregiver's name, address, birth date and social security number must be provided to the state at the time of a patient's registration. The Department will issue a registry identification card to the caregiver who is named by a qualifying patient on his/her application. The Department may not issue a registry identification card to a proposed caregiver who has previously been convicted of a felony drug offense. The Department will verify through a background check with the Michigan State Police that the designated caregiver has no disqualifying felony drug conviction. A caregiver may receive reasonable compensation for services provided to assist with a qualifying patient's medical use of marihuana.

Stated right there for all to see.....

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I've wondered why I keep seeing the same questions when its been there in B&W

Thanks for all the responses guys and gals

I was wondering though, just as a thought exercise, has anyone determined or seen it mentioned if medical marijuana is something that state sales tax applies too?

I know that "mainstream" medication, ( and please don't get all riled up, I am just using mainstream as a way to differentiate between typical pharmaceuticals and this new one ) is not taxed but over the counter medications are charged. So, since marijuana is not being prescribed, and is being purchased / obtained like an OTC, does that make it an over the counter medication? Or, is the process that a doctor has referred us to the state for certification make it a prescribed medication and therefore not taxable? I mean it's sort of a prescription, but with a year of open ended refills?

Just a thought experiment guys, but I would love to hear opinions on it, if anyone is interested.

Thanks


B

I don't think taxes apply to this at all, it's a private sale under 10,000. Same as you don't pay tax on something you sell on eBay or craigslist or to your friend