Health Law Advisor

Effective July 26, 2018, Oklahomans will be able to legally use medicinal marijuana under state law. The change follows a June 26, 2018 ballot measure, State Question 788, approved by 56% of voters. Oklahoma’s new law, cheekily coded 63 Okla. Stat. § 420 et seq., expands the prior permissible use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil for limited purposes, now allowing licensed medicinal marijuana consumption. The ballot measure initially appeared in 2016, but was delayed for several years by a series of legal challenges concerning changes to its title, ultimately resolved by the Oklahoma ...

Written by: Greta Ravitsky 

A Texas hospital has recently been the subject of much media coverage due to its controversial hiring policy that bars overweight applications from consideration.  Per the hiring policy, which was instituted last year at the Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, the hospital would only consider potential employees with a body mass index of less than 35.  This equates to roughly 210 pounds for someone who is 5’5” tall or 245 pounds for someone 5’10.”  In an interview with the Texas Tribune, the hospital’s CEO defended this policy as catering to its ...