BOZEMAN (AP) — The Montana Board of Medical Examiners says doctors who staff mass medical marijuana clinics could be disciplined for providing substandard care.

 

Board members unanimously approved a position paper Thursday that says recommending a course of treatment after a brief consultation and without any follow-up does not meet the standard of care expected of Montana physicians.

 

The state has recently seen an influx of “cannabis caravans” — mobile operations that pass through towns and charge people $100 to $150 for a doctor’s recommendation to smoke marijuana.

 

The board’s new policy “cautions physicians that a mass screening format or group evaluations, whether for student athletes or those desiring medical marijuana, inherently tend towards inadequate standards of care.”