SPRINGFIELD -- Public comments will be accepted until Oct. 29 about the Massachusetts medical marijuana program, which will be getting a change in oversight.

"Patients, nurses, doctors, others: now is the time to speak up," Shaleen Title, a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, said on Twitter Monday.

The Commission up to now has controlled only the recreational marijuana program, from policies related to background checks and host community agreements to issuing licenses to manufacturers and dispensaries.

By the end of the year, the Commission is scheduled to gain oversight of the medical marijuana program now supervised by the Department of Public Health.

The commission is accepting electronic or written comments about the medical marijuana law and the pending change in oversight, and also will hold public hearings here and in Boston.

Comments can be sent to CannabisCommission@mass.gov, either as an attached Word document or as text within an email, the commission website said.

Commenters are asked to include their full name, city or town in which they live and section of the regulations to which the comments refer, the website said.

Electronic submissions are preferred but written submissions can be sent to the Commission at 101 Federal St, 13th Floor Boston, MA 02110, the website said.

Both hearings will be held Oct. 29: at 9:30 a.m. at Western New England University School of Law at 1215 Wilbraham Road here and at 3 p.m. at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission at 101 Federal St., 12th floor, in Boston, according to the commission website.

The Commission also is accepting testimony about regulations that would address an entity conducting both medical and recreational marijuana operations, "Colocated Marijuana Operations."

Title said that among topics people could comment on are:

patient registration process

patient fees

veterans' access

pediatric access

healthcare provider registration

medical dispensaries

medical marijuana testing.

In ballot questions, Massachusetts voters legalized marijuana for recreational purposes in 2016 and for medical use in 2012.