Patient Information
Becoming an Ohio Medical Marijuana Patient.
Before You Visit Us
We can only accept you as a patient after you successfully register as an Ohio Medical Marijuana Patient and complete our New Patient Intake Form. Once we have all your details, we look forward to serving you!
Look through the information posted below to find out how to register as an Ohio Medical Marijuana Patient and other key information you’ll need to know to get started.
Getting Started
The first step towards eligibility in the Ohio Medical Marijuana Program is to make an appointment with a Certified Physician. An evaluation with a certified physician is required at least once per year. The cost of the evaluation may vary from physician to physician. Appointments may be in person or have a telemedicine alternative.
Once the patient is registered with the state, they should receive an email with a link to their Medical Marijuana Registry Account where they will complete their registration. Effective May 15, 2024, the DCC eliminated the medical marijuana patient and caregiver registration fee.
Most recommendations are written for 12 months. The recommendation start date begins on the same day that the recommendation was written.
The Medical Marijuana Card is valid for one (1) year and requires renewal annually.
Ohio does not currently accept medical marijuana registry cards from out-of-state.
Qualifying Conditions
There are currently 26 qualifying conditions used to determine a patient’s eligibility for participating in the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program. Certified physicians may recommend medical marijuana only for the treatment of a qualifying medical condition listed below:
- AIDS
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Cachexia
- Cancer
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
- Crohn’s Disease
- Epilepsy or another seizure disorder
- Fibromyalgia
- Glaucoma
- Hepatitis C
- Huntington’s Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Pain that is either chronic and severe or intractable; including Arthritis, Chronic Migraines, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Parkinson’s disease
- Positive status for HIV
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Spasticity
- Spinal Cord Disease or Injury
- Terminal Illness
- Tourette Syndrome
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Veteran & Indigent Information
Registering With Indigent or Veteran Status (& Qualifications)
To receive a discount on registration fees on behalf of a Veteran patient (these are also the documents needed for Vet Status with the Board of Pharmacy):
Submit (any of) the following documents:
- Department of Defense ID Card
- Veterans ID card from the VA
Veteran discharge status must be honorable, general, general under honorable conditions, or discharge or release under conditions other than dishonorable.
To Qualify for Indigent Status:
Patients are enrolled in federal SSI or SSDI disability programs or receiving monthly disability or other state retirement benefits.
If you have any questions about registering with indigent or veteran status, please call the Ohio Medical Marijuana Toll-Free Helpline at 1-833-4OH-MMCP (1-833-464-6627), or contact the MMCP Registry via email at MMCPRegistry@com.ohio.gov.
Renewing Your Card
In the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, patients renew their registration by completing a two-step process. Patients will receive an automated email from the Registry with a link to renew their registration.
Our team will then be able to verify your information and create your patient profile in our system.
STEP ONE: RECEIVE A NEW RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUR PHYSICIAN:
Patients need to receive a new recommendation from their recommending physician.
STEP TWO: LOG INTO REGISTRY TO RENEW CARD:
Within 30 days of the registration expiration date, or after receiving a new recommendation if the current registration is expired, patients can visit www.ohiomedicalmarijuanaregistry.com and sign in using their email address and the password they created when they activated their Registry account.
STEP THREE: CONFIRM
After the new recommendation is issued, the “RENEW CARD” button will appear in the Registry account, and the patient can complete the renewal process.
Once they log into their Registry account, patients can click the red button labeled “RENEW CARD” to renew their registration.
Caregivers must also renew their registration with the Ohio Medical Marijuana Registry.
If you have any further questions about renewing registrations, please contact the DCC via email at MMCPRegistry@com.ohio.gov.
When You’re Ready
Our team will then be able to verify your information and load your new profile into our system.
