Quote Originally Posted by jamessr
Gypski,

Nice to find another patient with an open-ended authorization from Dr. Orvald. The head cheif of thcf says these are no good and are expired 1 yr after written. I am being charged criminally for having this document and relying on it to cover me. The court has said my document is no good and expired therefor I am guilty of a crime. I am taking it to trial. Care to be a witness on my behalf? I know there are at least 17 others in Wa. that this is happening to NO EXPIRATION DATES ON OUR DOCUMENTS( I watched the office manager janice brown pile all our medical records together to be sent to the state of Wa., she explicitly stated so)....we as PATIENTS will all loose if this don't get shut down......only we with open-ended (no expiration dates) can stand up for our rights here....no one else is in our shoes....:thumbsup:

Hope you are willing to stand up.
Back when I got mine, everybody was getting a non-expiring authorization. No where does it say I'm required to renew yearly, I still have the original condition for which it was written. With no provision in the state law, as far as I'm concerned mine is still good, regardless of THCF. And, I believe any court should back it up and honor it since expiration is not mentioned explicitly in the law. If you are being taken to court then its just prosecutorial or LEO gymnastics resulting in needless harassment and financial hardship. Especially with legalization bills up for purview. :thumbsup: