Medical Marijuana FAQ's Arkansas Department Of Health

Q. Where are the dispensaries located?
The Arkansas Department of Health does not have dispensary information. Click here for the dispensary details.
Q. Where can I check out the Medical Marijuana Amendment?
Click here.
Q. What details and types are required when a client gets a Medical Marijuana ID card?
The following are required when submitting your application:
— The application form.
— The finished Physician Written Certification.
— Photocopy of your Arkansas released motorist’s license or state ID (keep in mind: name and address must match what is listed on your Arkansas driver’s license or ID).
— The nonrefundable $50 application fee.
Q. How long is my ID card valid?
Your pc registry identification card from the Arkansas Department of Health will be valid for one year from the date it is released OR the amount of time designated by the physician.
Q. When can I renew my ID card?
We recommend renewing your card no less than 30 days prior to the expiration date.
Q. What is needed for renewal?
If applying online you will need an upgraded Physician Written Certification, most recent copy of your Arkansas chauffeur’s license or recognition card and credit/debit card.
If applying through the mail you will need a Patient Registry Application, upgraded Physician Written Certification, newest copy of your Arkansas motorist’s license or recognition card and a check/money order for $50 for patient applications and $87 for caretaker applications.
Q. How long will it consider my renewal to be approved once I send it?
It might use up to 14 days to process your renewal.
Q. I reside in another state and have among the eligible debilitating medical conditions. Can I apply?
You may use as a visiting patient. Click on this link and use using the Visiting Patient application form.
You will require your home state medical cannabis card or equivalent.
A visiting patient application is $50.00 (non-refundable). If approved a checking out patient might buy medical cannabis in Arkansas for a 30-day period, per application.
Dispensary details can be discovered here.
Q. Is my confidentiality safeguarded when I use and if I am authorized for the use of medical cannabis?
Yes. The following information got and records kept by the Arkansas Department Health Medical Cannabis Educational Center Marijuana Section undergo all applicable federal privacy laws, are personal, are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act and are not subject to disclosure to any specific or public or personal entity, except as needed for authorized workers of the department to perform main tasks for the medical cannabis program. Law enforcement will have the capability to confirm just the credibility of an ID card.
Q. Can I utilize medical cannabis throughout Arkansas?
No. Using medical cannabis is forbidden in a school bus, on the premises of any preschool or primary or secondary school, in any reformatory, in any automobile, in a private residence used at any time to provide licensed child care or other comparable social service care on the facilities and in any public place where an individual could fairly be expected to be observed by others. A public location includes all parts of buildings owned in a whole or in part, or rented, by the state or regional system of federal government. A public place does not consist of a private house unless the personal residence is used to offer licensed child care, foster care or other comparable social service care on the premises. Using medical cannabis is also restricted in a healthcare center or any other location where cigarette smoking is forbidden by the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006 and knowingly in close physical proximity to anyone under the age of 18.
Q. Are pc registry identification cards from other state medical cannabis programs legitimate in Arkansas?
A going to certifying client may acquire cannabis from a dispensary with approval as a checking out client.
Complete the going to client application here.
A going to patient application is $50.00 (non-refundable). If approved, a checking out patient might acquire medical cannabis in Arkansas for a 30-day period, per application.
Q. May I get a competent client or designated caregiver computer system registry ID card if I belong to Arkansas National Guard or Unites States military?
Legislation passed in 2017 forbids members of Arkansas National Guard and United States military from getting a qualified patient or designated caretaker pc registry ID card.
Q. How long does it take to process my application?
Processing time is 10 to 14 days
Q. Will I be given a temporary card while my application is being processed?
The Arkansas Department of Health does not issue momentary medical cannabis cards.
ID Card concerns:
Q. If my registry recognition card is lost, stolen or damaged what do I do and exists a cost to change the card?
If the application was submitted online, you might print you own card or reprint your own card utilizing your AMMsys account. Each reprint voids the prior card credibility.
Or if used by mail, please complete the CHANGE OF ADDRESS/LOST CARD form. Submit the kind to us and a replacement card will be released. There might be a delay in receiving a replacement card as replacement cards will be processed after all brand-new candidates have actually been processed and provided cards.
Q. I got my windows registry identification card, but my name is misspelled (or has other incorrect information). What do I do?
If the application was completed online you might finish the modification type and submit.
If you finished a paper application, complete the change form and mail to the office.
A corrected replacement card will be sent as quickly as possible. Once a replacement card is provided, the previous card is no longer legitimate.
Q. If my registry recognition card ended and I didn’t send my renewal application before the deadline, am I still eligible to acquire medical cannabis?
No. When your card expires, the legal security used by the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act is ended. You may still send your renewal application.
Q. Will my card be emailed/mailed to me immediately?
A physical card will be mailed automatically to you once your application has been approved. Cards will not be sent over e-mail. If you applied online, you can visit to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana System and print a copy of your card.
Questions about Medical Conditions:
Q. What are the qualifying conditions?
— Cancer
— Glaucoma
— Positive status for human immunodeficiency virus/ acquired immune deficiency syndrome
— Hepatitis C.
— Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
— Tourette’s syndrome.
— Crohn’s illness.
— Ulcerative colitis.
— Post-traumatic tension disorder.
— Severe arthritis.
— Fibromyalgia.
— Alzheimer’s disease.
— Cachexia or squandering syndrome.
— Peripheral neuropathy.
— Intractable discomfort which is pain that has actually not reacted to regular medications, treatment or surgical steps for more than six (6) months.
— Severe queasiness.
— Seizures including without limitation those particular of epilepsy.
— Severe and relentless muscle convulsions including without constraint those characteristic of multiple sclerosis.
— and any other medical condition or its treatment authorized by the Department of Health
Q. Can other medical conditions be contributed to the list?
Patients experiencing medical conditions may petition the department for consideration of an illness. After a hearing, the department will authorize or reject a petition within one hundred (120) days of submission of the petition. Click on this link for petition details.
Q. I have one of the debilitating medical conditions, am I automatically a certified patient?
A main physician written accreditation needs to be gotten from a medical physician and sent with the application.
Questions about Physicians:
Q. Which medical physicians can accredit me for medical cannabis?
The medical company must be a physician of medicine or osteopathy licensed in the state of Arkansas, have an illegal drugs license on file with the DEA, be in great standing to practice medicine in Arkansas, and have an authentic physician-patient relationship with the client they are licensing for medical cannabis.
Q. Is there a list of doctors in my location that can give me a Medical Marijuana accreditation?
The department does not keep a doctor list. Patients will be accountable for finding their own physician.
Q. Are physicians needed to complete the written accreditation type if I have a certifying incapacitating medical condition?
No, a doctor is not mandated to supply a patient with a certification.
Q. When does the doctor accreditation expire?
The doctor accreditation stands for 30 days. If a client gets an accreditation and fails to send it to the ADH within 30 days, they need to get a new accreditation.
Dispensary questions:
Q. Do I need to purchase my cannabis from one of the dispensaries?
Yes. To be safeguarded under the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act, your cannabis needs to be labeled from one of the Arkansas dispensaries.
Q. Can I grow my own medical cannabis?
No. Qualifying registered patients and their designated caretakers can not grow or cultivate medical cannabis. Marijuana-infused items must be acquired through the Arkansas medical cannabis dispensaries.
Q. How much medical cannabis may I have as a qualified signed up client?
Will my insurance or Medicaid spend for my cannabis?
Please contact your insurance coverage supplier or Medicaid official for a response.
Q. How do I end up being a grower of dispenser?
Please get in touch with the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission for information about licensure for cultivation. Please call the Arkansas Beverage Control Agency for info about dispensary licensure. Questions about growing and dispensing requirements need to be directed to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration— click here.
Designated Caregiver concerns:
Q. What is a designated caretaker?
A designated caretaker is an individual who is selected by a qualifying client as the individual authorized, on the certifying patient’s behalf, to have, obtain from a licensed medical cannabis dispensary, give and assist in the administration of medical cannabis. Caregivers must look for a pc registry card. A designated caregiver is provided a medical cannabis registry recognition card that permits him/her to have up to 2.5 ounces of medical cannabis on behalf of their client. It is not legal for caretakers to take in, by any means, medical cannabis that has actually been given on behalf of a registered qualifying client.
Q. How do I use to be a designated caregiver?
Complete the designated caretaker application here.
Q. Do I require a caregiver card to purchase MMJ for my child?
Yes. Qualified clients under 18 years of age can not acquire medical cannabis from a dispensary. The legal guardian or parent is needed to register as a caretaker to purchase medical cannabis for a small.
Q. Can a caregiver have more than one patient?
Yes. A caretaker may serve more than one client. A caregiver needs to get a registry card for each client and pay $50 for each windows registry card.
Q. Can a caregiver also be a signed up certifying patient?
Yes. A caregiver may be a registered qualifying patient.