Quote Originally Posted by Club420
All you really need is a note in your charts from your regular doctor.

From RCW 69.51A.010



That's ALL your doctor has to do: advise you in writing in your medical charts.

Save yourself $200.
That may be true from a legal standpoint, when using the medical marijuana law as an affirmative defense in court, but many (most?) people feel more comfortable having a standardized form on hand at all times that is familiar to law enforcement and which clearly displays the intent and signature of the physician.

All of which may be moot now that the WA Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a doctor's recommendation, in whatever form, does not prohibit LEO from searching and arresting a medical marijuana patient. They apparently have decided that the law as written only provides an affirmative defense for the patient once they reach a court, but provides no legal defense until that point.