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The Department has added nine new conditions since 2009. There are 16 current qualifying conditions for medical cannabis: painful peripheral neuropathy, intractable nausea/vomiting, severe anorexia/cachexia, hepatitis C infection currently receiving antiviral treatment, Crohn??s disease, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Inflammatory Autoimmune-mediated Arthritis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig??s disease), cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with intractable spasticity, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and hospice patients.
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If your patient is applying to the program, fill out the ??Medical Provider Certification for Patient Eligibility? form (Patient Application Set) and attest that the patient has a debility resulting from a medical condition where the patient is likely to benefit from the use of medical cannabis.
Under current state law, the only qualifying conditions for the medical cannabis program are:
# Cancer
# Glaucoma
# Multiple Sclerosis
# Epilepsy
# Spinal Cord Damage with Intractable Spasticity
# HIV/AIDS
# painful peripheral neuropathy
# intractable nausea/vomiting
# severe anorexia/cachexia
# hepatitis C infection currently receiving antiviral treatment
# Crohn??s disease
# Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
# Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig??s disease)
# Severe Chronic Pain (this must be accompanied by two referrals, one from a primary care provider and a second from a specialist)