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Published in final edited form as: World Med Health Policy. 2015 Mar 19;7(1):28–58. doi: 10.1002/wmh3.132

Table 11.

Law Strength Scoring Criteria for Furnishing Laws

Scoring Criteria	Weight Point Values
Law present	+12.0 points
Any private location exception	- 6.0 points for unconditional - 3.0 points for conditional
Any private residence exception	- 4.0 points for unconditional - 2.0 points for conditional
Parent/guardian home only exception	- 2.0 points for unconditional - 1.0 point for conditional
Parent and/or spousal exception not conditional on location Exception	- 4.0 points
Provision for affirmative defense	-1.0 point