Illinois § 31

§ 31.

Administration to persons with disabilities in park district programs. (a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section: (1) "Park district" has the meaning as defined in Section 1-3 of the Park District Code. "Park district" includes the Chicago Park District as defined by the Chicago Park District Act, any special recreational association created by a park district through an intergovernmental agreement, and any nonprofit organization authorized by the park district or special recreational association to administer a program for persons with disabilities on its behalf. (2) "Program participant" means a person with disabilities who is a registered qualifying patient and who participates in a summer camp, educational program, or other similar program provided by a park district for persons with disabilities. (b) Subject to the restrictions under subsections (c) through (f) of this Section, a park district shall authorize a program participant's parent, guardian, or other designated caregiver to administer a medical cannabis infused product to the program participant on the premises of the park district if both the program participant and the parent, guardian, or other designated caregiver are cardholders. After administering the medical cannabis infused product, the parent, guardian, or other designated caregiver shall remove the medical cannabis infused product from the premises of the park district. (c) A parent, guardian, or other designated caregiver may not administer a medical cannabis infused product under this Section in a manner that, in the opinion of the park district, would create a disruption to the park district's program or activity for persons with disabilities or would cause exposure of the medical cannabis infused product to other program participants. (d) A park district may not discipline a program participant who is administered a medical cannabis infused product by a parent, guardian, or other designated caregiver under this Section and may not deny the program participant's eligibility to attend the park district's program or activity for persons with disabilities solely because the program participant requires the administration of the medical cannabis infused product. (e) Nothing in this Section requires a member of the park district's staff to administer a medical cannabis infused product to a program participant. (f) A park district may not authorize the use of a medical cannabis infused product under this Section if the park district would lose federal funding as a result of the authorization. (Source: P.A. 102-67, eff. 7-9-21.)