A resident cardholder shall not obtain more than a total of six (6) MMCEUs of allowable medical cannabis in a week from a dispensary or a combination of dispensaries. A resident cardholder shall not obtain more than a total of twenty-four (24) MMCEUs of allowable medical cannabis in thirty (30) days from a dispensary or a combination of dispensaries. Miss Code Ann. § 41-137-39.

Medicaid participants shall have a fifteen-dollar application fee and a fifteen-dollar card renewal fee. Medicaid, nor private insurance, pay for medical cannabis or medical cannabis products. Miss Code Ann. § 41-137-41.

If stopped, there will be a verification process to ensure you are a registered medical cannabis patient in our State. Miss. Code Ann. § 41-137-29.

No, they must be a licensed practitioner (MD, DO, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, or Optometrist) that has been registered with the Mississippi State Department of Health to certify you as having one of qualifying conditions included in the MS Medical Cannabis Act. This is only one step in the patient enrollment process. Patients seeking to participate in the medical cannabis program must also complete the application process with the MS State Department of Health. The MS State Department of Health actually issues the medical cannabis identification cards to patients.

The following medical conditions or their treatment qualify for participation in the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program:

Also qualifying is a chronic terminal or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:

Cachexia or wasting syndrome
Chronic pain
Severe or intractable nausea
Seizures
Severe and persistent muscle spasms including, but not limited to, those characteristic of multiple sclerosis Any resident of Mississippi may petition the MDOH to add serious medical conditions or their treatments to the list of debilitating medical conditions listed in Miss. Code Ann. § 41-137-3.

1. Have a debilitating medical condition.

2. Receive a certification that you are diagnosed with a qualifying medical condition by a credentialed and approved medical cannabis practitioner.

3. Apply for your Registry ID Card with the MSDH to be entered into the Medical Cannabis Use Registry.

4. Obtain a Medical Cannabis Use Registry Identification Card from MSDH via your patient portal which may be printed off or used digitally.

Follow the steps outlined on the MSDH Medical Cannabis web page. Here

Approval time: Upon completion of an application and supporting documents that meet regulatory requirements, there is a 30-day review and approval time. Upon approval of a patient application, patient identification cards are made available within five days. Please allow time for review and approval of patient applications and practitioner certification information. Applications are reviewed and determinations made in order of receipt of all required information.

The certification is good for one year unless the practitioner limits the timeframe. 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 22, Subpt. 2. (In the Program Registry and Registry Identification Cards Regulations).

A certification issued for a minor (under the age of 18) may only be issued by a physician (MD/DO). 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 22, Subpt. 2. Caregivers for minor patients MUST be the child’s primary custodial parent or legal guardian. Documentation of custody will need to be uploaded with caregiver application in the form of a birth certificate or legal documents designating custody

Yes. They must medically qualify and apply for a patient license just as a residents do.Applications can be made up to thirty days before arriving in Mississippi, and cards are valid for fifteen days. See 15 Miss. Code Ann. Pt. 22, RR. 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, and 2.5.4.

There is no application fee, but there is a standard nonrefundable fee of $25.00 and a nonrefundable fee of $15.00 for Medicaid Participants. Include the disabled Veteran and first responder language here.

Please note that there is a cost associated with seeing a registered practitioner to certify the condition. MSDH does not refer to these registered practitioners or set the costs associated with these visits.