Medical Marijuana Conditions for Utah – Are You Eligible?
Medical Marijuana Conditions for Utah
Medical Marijuana Conditions for Utah – Qualifying Conditions:
Medical Marijuana Conditions for Utah are as follows (Updated February 11, 2020).
QUALIFYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR UTAH
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CONDITIONS FOR UTAH – QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
House Bill 3001: Utah Medical Cannabis Act that was passed by Utah lawmakers in December 2018. While this fact sheet features certain parts of the Act, it is not intended to be comprehensive. For information about the cultivation and manufacturing of medical cannabis under HB 3001, please contact the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. A complete copy of HB 3001 is available on the Utah Legislature’s website.
Individuals with the following conditions are authorized under the Utah Medical Cannabis Act to receive a medical cannabis patientcard:
- HIV or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Cancer
- Cachexia
- Persistent nausea that is not significantly responsive to traditional treatment except for nausea related to:
- pregnancy,
- cannabis-induced cyclical vomiting syndrome, or CBD hyperemesis syndrome
- Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
- Epilepsy or debilitating seizures
- Multiple sclerosis or debilitating muscle spasms
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is being treated and monitored by a mental health therapist and that: has been diagnosed by a health care provider or
mental health provider by the VA and documented in the patient’s record; or has been diagnosed or confirmed by evaluation by a psychiatrist, doctorate
psychologist, a doctorate licensed clinical social worker, or a psych APRN - Autism
- Terminal illness when the patient’s remaining life expectancy is less than 6 months
- Condition resulting in the individual receiving hospice care
- Rare condition or disease that affects less than 200,000 individuals in the U.S., as defined in federal law and this is not adequately managed despite treatment
attempts using conventional medications (other than opioids or opiates) or physical interventions - Pain lasting longer than two weeks that is not adequately managed, in the qualified medical provider’s opinion, despite treatment attempts using conventional
medications other than opioids or opiates or physical interventions - If a patient does not have a qualifying condition specifically named, they may petition the Compassionate Use Board for approval of their medical cannabis card
Medical cannabis will only be available in the following forms under the Utah Medical Cannabis Act:
- Tablet
- Capsule
- Concentrated oil
- Liquid suspension
- Topical preparation
- Transdermal preparation
- Gelatinous cube
- Unprocessed cannabis flower in blister pack containing no more than 1 gram of flower pods in each individual blister
- If patient does not respond to two forms listed above, a qualified medical provider may recommend a wax or resin dosage form.
- Smoking of cannabis is not permitted but patients may purchase a medical cannabis device that warms cannabis material into a vapor without use of a flame and delivers cannabis to an individual’s respiratory system.
SMOKING OF MARIJUANA IS PROHIBITED. Edible products (besides gelatinous cubes) such as candies, cookies, brownies, and unprocessed flowers outside of blister packs are not permitted under Utah Code 26-61a-102 (29)
Most elements of the medical cannabis program, including the issuance of medical cannabis patient cards and the licensing of medical cannabis pharmacies, must be operational by March 1, 2020. Prior to January 2021, patients are not guilty of use or possession of medical cannabis if at the time of arrest:
- the individual had been diagnosed with a qualifying condition and had a pre-existing provider-patient relationship with a Utah-licensed APRN, physician, or a physician assistant who believed that the individual’s illness could benefit from the use in question; and
- the cannabis was in a medicinal dosage form and a legal quantity (58-37-3.7).
Compliance with the Utah Medical Cannabis Act may not protect patients from liability for violations under federal law or the laws of other states.
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