January 15 tells me that's just how the real world works. I don't see any malicious conduct by IDPH here, and I don't think your hyperbolic calls for investigations are realistic or productive. The new regulations are coming, probably on Monday. The dispensaries need to be trained by IDPH on how the provisional access verification is going to work. No matter how simple you think these things are, they do take some time. January 15 (or 1/1 as I predicted earlier) is a perfectly reasonable timeframe given real-world considerations.
I know it's popular to dump on IDPH (and they do deserve some share of criticism), but I've yet to see IDPH drop the ball on provisional access. Let's see what happens next.
January 15th actually tells me that's someone's guess based on the changing of the guard, not reality. Just like January 1st is based on a guess (it also ignores that it is a state/federal holiday). Either of those dates for me are calls for investigation because they do not say need, they say someone's desire. 1/15 shows that this administration is the reason for the delay.
Guesses of December 19th or January 7th says that's how long it will take and aren't just convenient dates.
You didn't go look for the license verification did you? It's already there. It's already in use.
I was told to plan on a little extra time my first visit to get me into the system. They have to have this system already in place to watch that you don't go over your 2.5oz limit. The card is not magic, the QP# is what matters. The reason the provisional QP# needs checked every time is because it is not full approval.
Not having the emergency rule submitted "by December 1st" is dropping the ball. Not getting cards out in 30 days as the previous law requires is dropping the ball. Originally issuing a rule about mmj that was a gun ban is dropping the ball. Never allowing any conditions to be added as the law stated is dropping the ball. The assortment of high licensing costs we've seen is dropping the ball. Trying to sell the idea of 3 year licenses because they would save the patient $1500 a year over renewing every year wasn't only dropping the ball it was a scam.
Not getting licenses to people before they died is not only dropping the ball it is possibly criminal and why there should be an investigation to see if the delay is intentional because someone doesn't like cannabis.
I don't even think cannabis is a miracle cure all that would've saved anyone's life, but those people will never know because of unnecessary delays. Nothing takes 90 days to approve in the days of internet. That is simply a waiting period.
