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How getting a medical marijuana card works for New York residents.
Sign Up
The very first step is to create your NYMarijuanaCard account. We only need your basic information and your current medical status overview. You’ll be able to sign up for your account within 5 minutes.
Meet Your Provider
As soon as your account is live, we will connect you with a state-licensed medical practitioner to book your appointment. This will hardly take 10 minutes and you’ll be able to decide the date and time of your appointment.
Get Your Certification
Make sure to be available on the specified date and time of your appointment so the medical practitioner can evaluate you for a medical marijuana recommendation. As soon as your doctor approves you, you’ll receive your medical marijuana certification.
Use It at New York Dispensaries
Don’t worry, your doctor will be submitting your medical marijuana certification to the New York medical marijuana program on your behalf. You can start purchasing medical cannabis with the issued medical marijuana certificate.
See a detailed step-by-step explainer on all the New York medical card requirements.
Wondering how a New York medical marijuanas card can transform your medical cannabis experience?
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The state of New York focuses on introducing reforms that allow more and more patients to apply for a medical marijuana card with great ease. This is shown in the state-specific steps you must follow to apply for your New York medical marijuana card.
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NY medical card patients save more as compared to others. Get your money back if not approved.
You no longer need to have certain medical conditions to get approved for a New York medical marijuana card.
Instead, it’s up to your healthcare provider to decide if medicinal cannabis has the potential to help you live a better, healthier life. Visit our medical conditions pages to see a wide range of conditions that the cannabinoids, terpenes, and flavonoids in cannabis may help improve.
Trusted, Top-Notch Care For Every Patient
As as soon as you sign up with us, we are going to match you with a state-certified medical practitioner for your medical marijuana evaluation. All of our doctors are trusted veterans with a core focus on prescribing what’s right for you in the long term.
As a general law, the patient must be 18 years or older to independently apply for a New York medical marijuana card.
Patients who are not yet 18 will be considered minors and are eligible to apply for a medical marijuana certification as long as they are accompanied by a designated caregiver.
Caregivers must be 21 years or older and have been designated by a registered patient. They are also required to submit proof of their identity and residence within the state of New York.
You’ll need to provide the following to apply for a New York medical marijuana card:
Your doctor will be submitting your medical marijuana recommendation directly to the state on your behalf. As soon as the document is approved, you’ll receive your medical marijuana certificate through us.
You also need to provide proof of your identity such as a copy of your NY driver’s license, NY state ID, or NY photo ID.
The state also requires you to submit proof of your residence within the state of New York such as a copy of your utility bills, property taxes, mortgage agreement, medical bills, or voter registration card, etc.
As soon as your medical marijuana recommendation is approved by your doctor, they will directly upload a copy of your recommendation to the New York medical marijuana program website on your behalf. As the state doesn’t issue plastic IDs anymore, you’ll receive a copy of your medical marijuana certificate from us as soon as the state accepts your application. Now, you can use this certificate to purchase medical cannabis from state-licensed dispensaries.
According to the updated state regulations, the process of applying for a card renewal is similar to that of applying for a medical marijuana card for the very first time. However, if your card was issued prior to March 20, 2023, you’ll still need to register yourself with the state for card renewal.
To apply as a designated medical cannabis caregiver, you must be 21 or older and have been nominated by a registered patient as a designated caregiver. The patient must designate the caregiver through their personal my.ny.gov account before the caregivers can register themselves with the MCDMS. An individual can act as a designated caregiver for up to 4 patients.
Unfortunately, the state of New York doesn’t offer medical marijuana reciprocity to medical marijuana card holders from other US states. However, individuals who are 21 or older can purchase recreational cannabis within the state.
