N.J. Stat. § 45:1-45.1

11. a. A health care practitioner who authorizes a patient for the medical use of cannabis or who provides a written instruction for the medical use of cannabis to a qualifying patient pursuant to P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.) and each medical cannabis dispensary and clinical registrant shall furnish to the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety such information, on a daily basis and in such a format as the director shall prescribe by regulation, for inclusion in a system established to monitor the dispensation of cannabis in this State for medical use as authorized by the provisions of P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.), which system shall serve the same purpose as, and be cross-referenced with, the electronic system for monitoring controlled dangerous substances established pursuant to section 25 of P.L.2007, c.244 (C.45:1-45). b. The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and in consultation with the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of subsection a. of this section. c. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs shall adopt, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law and no later than the 90th day after the effective date of P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-1 et al.), such regulations as the director deems necessary to implement the provisions of subsection a. of this section. Regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection shall be effective until the adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to subsection b. of this section and may be amended, adopted, or readopted by the director in accordance with the requirements of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2009, c.307, s.11; amended 2019, c.153, s.44.