For the interpretation of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Act” means M.C.L.A. §§ 333.26421, et seq., and Michigan Administrative Rules, R 333.101, et seq.
(b) “Collective Ingestion Facility” means a facility that allows multiple qualifying patients to consume or ingest medical marihuana upon the premises. This term does not encompass the consumption or ingestion of medical marihuana by a qualifying patient at his or her principal residence or at a hospital or hospice at which the qualifying patient is receiving care.
(c) “Department” means the State of Michigan Department of Community Health.
(d) “Distribution” means the physical transfer of any amount of marihuana in any form by one person to any other person or persons, whether or not any consideration is paid or received.
(e) “Distributor” means any person, including but not limited to a caregiver, patient or any other person, who engages in any one or more acts of distribution.
(f) “Facility” or “Premises” means one commercial business premises having a separate or independent postal address, one private office premises having a separate or independent postal address, one single family residence having a separate or independent postal address, one apartment unit having a separate or independent postal address, or one condominium unit having a separate or independent postal address.
(g) “Marihuana” means the substance or material defined in the Public Health Code, M.C.L.A. § 333.7106.
(h) “Primary caregiver” or “Caregiver” means a person as defined under M.C.L.A. § 333. 26423(g) of the Act, and who has been issued and possesses a registry identification card under the Act.
(i) “Principal residence” means the place where a person resides more than half of the calendar year.
(j) “Qualifying patient” or “Patient” means a person as defined under M.C.L.A. § 333.26423(h) of the Act.
(k) “Registry identification card” means the document defined under M.C.L.A. § 333.26423(i) of the Act.
(Ord. 106A-59. Passed 7-11-12.)