Compliance Challenges with Legalized Marijuana
Jay Anstine Keynote Speaker at ComplianceKey. He is the President of Bluebird Healthlaw Partners, LLC. As a healthcare lawyer specializing in regulatory compliance, Mr. Anstine consults to physicians, senior management, and boards of directors on compliance programs and regulatory issues impacting operations. Mr. Anstine's professional background includes working on the provider and the payer side of the market, for large for-profit and non-profit health systems, and small physician-owned entities. In tackling the countless regulatory and operational issues for these diverse organization types........
Overview
This webinar is designed to provide an overview of the common challenges healthcare compliance officers must face in a world of legalized marijuana. More specifically, this presentation will begin with a brief summary of the regulatory history of marijuana in the United States and a survey of the states that have currently legalized marijuana for recreational purposes. The remainder of the presentation will focus on common compliance challenges such as Americans with Disabilities protection claims, lawful off-duty conduct statutes, determining when to drug test, and patient & visitor possession issues.
Why should you attend this webinar?
Beginning in 2012 with Colorado and Washington State, an increasing number of states have legalized marijuana for recreational purposes. This trend has created new challenges for healthcare compliance officers working for employers operating a drug-free work environment. This webinar will address these new challenges and offer insights and strategies for overcoming them.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Overview of regulating marijuana in the United States
- Controlled Substances Act and marijuana
- Americans with Disabilities and marijuana
- Lawful Off-Duty Conduct statutes and marijuana
- Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988
- Employee drug testing
- Patient and visitor possession issues
- Questions and answers
Who can Benefit:
The target audience for this presentation will be any compliance professional working for a healthcare employer that operates in a state that has recently legalized marijuana for recreational purposes.
