Glaucoma

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Hepatitis C

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Crohn’s disease

Agitation of Alzheimer’s disease

A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or the treatment for a chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition that causes:

Cachexia or wasting syndrome;

Severe and chronic pain;

Severe nausea;

Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy;

Severe or persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis

The name of the medical condition or the treatment of the medical condition the individual is requesting be added;

A description of the symptoms and how they make it hard to do daily living activities. The availability of conventional medical treatments to provide therapy or comfort for the condition;

A summary of the evidence that marijuana will provide therapy or comfort for the medical condition; and

Articles, published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, reporting research on the effects of marijuana on the medical condition or the treatment of the medical condition supporting why the medical condition or the treatment of the medical condition should be added.

If there is a dispensary within a 25 mile radius of the qualifying patient’s residential address, the card will be issued with the “Not Authorized to Cultivate” status. Additionally, when the application is approved, the Department will email the qualifying patient a list of all dispensaries. The registration identification card issued to the qualifying patient’s designated caregiver would also indicate that the designated caregiver is not authorized to grow marijuana.

$150 for an initial or a renewal registry identification card for a qualifying patient. Some qualifying patients may be eligible to pay $75 for initial and renewal cards if they currently participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

$200 for an initial or a renewal registry identification card for a designated caregiver. A caregiver must apply for a new card for every patient under their care (up to five patients).

$500 for an initial or a renewal registry identification card for a dispensary agent.

$5,000 for an initial dispensary registration certificate.

$1,000 for a renewal dispensary registration certificate.

$2,500 to change the location of a dispensary or cultivation facility.

$10 to amend, change, or replace a registry identification card.