How Do I Qualify for Medical Cannabis in Illinois? 

 

Effective January 1, 2020, the MCPP allows registered patients to grow up to five (5) cannabis plants for personal consumption. Persons under 21 years of age are prohibited from purchasing smokable medical cannabis, including vaping products, paraphernalia, and accessories. Patients and caregivers can register with the Illinois Medical Cannabis Patient Program.

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Qualifying conditions to become a medical marijuana patient in Illinois include:

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• HIV/AIDS

• Agitation of Alzheimer’s disease

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Lou Gehrig’s disease

• Arnold-Chiari malformation

• Cachexia (wasting syndrome)

• Cancer

• Causalgia

• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

• Crohn’s disease

• CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II)

• Dystonia

• Fibrous dysplasia

• Glaucoma

• Hepatitis C

• Hydrocephalus

• Hydromyelia

• Interstitial cystitis

• Lupus

• Multiple sclerosis

• Muscular dystrophy

• Myasthenia gravis

• Myoclonus

• Nail-patella syndrome

• Neurofibromatosis

• Parkinson’s disease

• Post-concussion syndrome

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

• Residual limb pain

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Seizures (including those characteristic of epilepsy)

• Sjogren’s syndrome

• Spinal cord disease (including but not limited to arachnoiditis)

• Spinal cord injury with an objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity

• Spinocerebellar ataxia

• Syringomyelia

• Tarlov cysts

• Tourette syndrome

• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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For a complete list of qualifying conditions and guidelines, please refer to the Illinois Medical Cannabis Debilitating Conditions

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The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act was temporary and is now a permanent fixture for residents of Illinois to secure legal access to medical marijuana. 

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The IDPH does not offer onsite assistance, but OMNI Medical is able to answer your questions or process your medical marijuana clinical evaluations, and paperwork. 

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In 2019 enacted on 6/25/19

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• Allows registered medical cannabis patients to grow up to 5 cannabis plants for personal consumption

• Allows Illinois schools to allow a school nurse or school administrator to administer a medical cannabis-infused product to a registered minor qualifying patient.

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How long does it take to receive an answer once I submit my forms to the program? 

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The Illinois Department of Public Health has 30 business days to review complete applications from the date the Department receives them.

 

The Department has 15 days after an application is approved to issue a registry identification card.

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Once you have obtained your physician certification from your physician, you are ready to apply for a medical cannabis registry card. You will need to gather the following documents:

 

• Government-issued ID: current Illinois driver’s license or state ID

• Visit a passport photo service for a 2” x 2” color passport photo

• If applying for a reduced fee – a copy of your Social Security Benefit Verification statement; Veterans will need a copy of their DD-214

• Application fee – credit or debit cards are accepted for online applications only

• Identification of a caregiver to assist with medical cannabis use, if appropriate.