(a)    Medical cannabis organizations shall be authorized to issue a medical cannabis patient identification card to any qualified patient, pursuant to this chapter and any regulations adopted hereunder.

    (b)    The director is authorized to develop and publish regulations that specify the minimum qualifications and method of issuing medical cannabis patient identification cards to qualified patients.

    (c)    In addition to compliance with the regulations developed by the director, every applicant for a medical cannabis patient identification card shall present to the medical cannabis organization proof that the applicant’ s physician recommends cannabis use for the applicant and a California driver’ s license or a California state identification card. (Ord. 2003-53 § 1 (part))