MMJ card Wait?

[Nosmo33]

Pufferlungs, You're right, the dept. of health should not be issuing a 6 month denial based on a "mistake" on your application. You're also right about the Dr.'s cert, to resubmit you will need a new certification, otherwise it will be kicked back b/c it must be submitted w/in 60 days of the Dr's signature. I almost think it's time for a class action lawsuit against the CDPHE on the behalf of patients. I'm hearing a lot of folks saying these delays benefits the patients. I personally don't really think so.
As of Thurs., the dept. admits it's 6 months behind at this point. Hell, they were 6 months behind starting about Nov.! How behind are they really at this point? This is setting up yet again all kinds of murky legal scenarios. How many dispensaries are selling to patients who have due to these kinds of delays and situations you've described aren't technically legal? How can Law Enforcement verify Care Giver status if they stopped updating changes in Dec.? Were I as a patient to encounter LE 5 1/2 months after I applied for my card, I have to show them my Certification.They should not have access to that information and would not if I had my card.
This is the link to the entire budget request change from the Registry;

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite...&ssbinary=true

It's 25 pages, but interesting reading. I was struck by this in particular,

"While the department was aware that the number of applications was increasing at the time decision items were being prepared, staff hoped that legislative proposals would surface that would help the department manage the workload. At this time, those proposals do not appear to be geared toward reducing the number of applications submitted."

Do people realize once SB-109 is signed and they begin to refer Dr.'s to the Medical Board (and that will happen, make no mistake) any cert's that particular Dr. signed will be automatically denied for the 6 month period, and existing cards will be revoked b/c the Dr. will be under investigation. That's one way to manage the workload isn't it?
Hell, the Dept. is fully aware they are wide open to lawsuits. They fully expect and demand that patients and care givers meet the letter of the law and mandates of Amendment 20, and yet they are not held to the same standards.

[denverbear]

Finally,
Got my card in the mail on friday..the 2nd....sent it in on the 19 oct......5 and a half months but just in time for the convention.....and my new vaporizer

[esbrown1232]

has has anyone who sent their application in late october or early november received their cards yet? i really want to get mine but have been hearing that some people received their and were rejected 6 months after sending it in. i dont want that to happen and just want to know if any october or november applicants have recieved their yet. thanks

[dedliug]

I sent my paperwork in early October. It was kicked back due to the notary being the caregiver or something so it was then re-sent in November.

I received my red card last week.

It is dated 4/20/2010 and good until 4/20/2011 (funny)
So, basically the state is screwing itself out of fees by extending the times from when they process your card.

I read that they are changing this and the date on cards will now be when they RECEIVED your paper work. So if it takes 6 months to get it back, your card will only be good for 6 months.

I know i barely squeezed in before this so it will be interesting to see when it starts being dated differently.

[Reenster]

I read that they are changing this and the date on cards will now be when they RECEIVED your paper work. So if it takes 6 months to get it back, your card will only be good for 6 months.

I know i barely squeezed in before this so it will be interesting to see when it starts being dated differently.

Grats on your card. I got mine and it's dated 4/23 and was recieved 11/2. But my friend that is the least of our worries.

[telephone]

Hi.

I was just wondering if when rejected, the Health Dept just mails (as in standard USPS) back your packet with some sort of explanation as to why it was rejected.

The reason I'm asking is because when I applied for a CO title on my car back in Dec. it had to go thorough the state offices due to an error on my old title.

Long story short, 6 weeks after the state mailing the title it never arrived here or back at the state offices, so a new one had to be made that I got via mail within a week.

My big question is what if this sort of thing happened with a MMR rejection (i.e. lost in the mail) and you got pulled over with medicine (thinking that your card would one day arrive) and LE finds out that you had been sent a rejection (that you never knew about)?

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

has has anyone who sent their application in late october or early november received their cards yet?

Sent mine in Oct 30 or there about, just received it last week also.
Issue/Renew Date: 4/20

Sweeeet! At least it's easy to remember!

[COzigzag]

Issue/Renew Date: 4/20

Sweeeet! At least it's easy to remember!

Too funny! :S2:

[RockyMtnDezL]

Its up to 8-12 month wait, as of last friday, thats from some dude who answers the phone at cdphe...

[Vinceborg2050]

I applied for mine sometime in mid january, and was told 6-8 months