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David Balfour, Panelist at California Public Protection & Physician Health, Inc.

  • Oct 21st, 2021

  • 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

David Balfour will discuss “Medical Staff Policies Related to Use of Marijuana and New Therapeutic Agents,” at the California Public Protection & Physician Health, Inc., on October 21 by Zoom.

This 90-minute session will focus on what medical staff/medical group policy makers need to know about use of marijuana now that it is no longer an “illegal drug”.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • List “illegal” drugs that are now being used therapeutically
  • Quote sections of medical staff policies that address use of such drugs
  • Describe factors that influence the interpretation of a drug test that shows use of marijuana
  • Describe how test results can form the basis for recommendations for specific actions of the medical staff