(a) No person may serve as a caregiver for a qualifying patient (1) unless such qualifying patient has a valid registration certificate from the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsection (a) of § 21a-408d, and (2) if such person has been convicted of a violation of any law pertaining to the illegal manufacture, sale or distribution of a controlled substance. A caregiver may not be responsible for the care of more than one qualifying patient at any time, except that a caregiver may be responsible for the care of more than one qualifying patient if the caregiver and each qualifying patient have a parental, guardianship, conservatorship or sibling relationship.

(b) A caregiver who has a valid registration certificate from the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to subsection (a) of § 21a-408d and complies with the requirements of sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive, shall not be subject to arrest or prosecution, penalized in any manner, including, but not limited to, being subject to any civil penalty, or denied any right or privilege, including, but not limited to, being subject to any disciplinary action by a professional licensing board, for the acquisition, distribution, possession or transportation of marijuana or paraphernalia related to marijuana on behalf of such caregiver’s qualifying patient, provided the amount of any marijuana so acquired, distributed, possessed or transported, together with the combined amount of usable marijuana possessed by the qualifying patient and the caregiver, does not exceed five ounces. For the purposes of this subsection, “distribution” or “distributed” means the transfer of marijuana and paraphernalia related to marijuana from the caregiver to the qualifying patient.

(c) A dispensary facility shall not dispense any cannabis product, as defined in § 21a-420, in a smokable, inhalable or vaporizable form to a caregiver for a qualifying patient who is under eighteen years of age.