According to the Division of Medical Marijuana in the North Dakota Department of Health, a patient must obtain a written certification from their health care provider who must be licensed in North Dakota and have a license in good standing.
The written certification process should go in the following steps:
- Patient talks with their health care provider and then starts a patient application via the ND Medical Marijuana registration system
- As part of the patient application, the patient enters the name and email address of the health care provider.
- The health care provider receives a notification via email that they are requested to complete a written certification for the patient.
- Via the registration system, the health care provider completes the written certification.
- The registration system links the written certification to the patient application. The Division of Medical Marijuana reviews the application.
- The patient is issued a registry ID card if approved.
Debilitating Medical Conditions Eligible For written certification
- Agitation of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia
- AIDS
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety disorder
- Autism spectrum disorder
- A brain injury
- Bulimia nervosa
- Cancer
- Crohn’s disease
- Decompensated cirrhosis caused by hepatitis C
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Endometriosis
- Epilepsy
- Fibromyalgia
- Glaucoma
- HIV
- Interstitial cystitis
- Migraine
- Neuropathy
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Spinal stenosis or chronic back pain with an objective neurological
- indication of intractable spasticity
- A terminal illness
- Tourette syndrome
- A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or treatment for
- such disease that produces
- Cachexia or wasting syndrome
- Severe debilitating pain that has not responded to previously prescribed medication or surgical measures for more than three months or for which other treatment options produced serious side effects
- Intractable nausea
- Seizures, or
- Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristics of multiple sclerosis
Patients with cancer
For a patient with the medical condition of cancer, the health care provider may authorize an enhanced amount for dried leaves and flowers (6 ounces in a 30-day period compared to 2.5 ounces).
North Dakota state law does not require a health care provider to provide a written certification or otherwise recommend marijuana to a patient.
For more information read the information on the Division of Medical Marijuana website in this link