DC residents registering with the Medical Cannabis Program link their application to a practitioner's digital recommendation. After registering with the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA), the practitioner issues the recommendation in the myABCA Customer Portal, which generates a unique eight-digit recommendation number. The practitioner gives the number to the patient, who enters it on their own registration form.
A DC-licensed physician, APRN, PA, dentist or naturopathic physician in good standing who has registered with ABCA completes the whole electronic recommendation; the patient then completes the patient registration.
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Healthcare Practitioner Recommendation (myABCA portal)
District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA), Medical Cannabis Program takes this form through its online services or your EMR, so there is no PDF to fill. Vero Scribe writes the visit note it draws on, so the details are ready when you complete it.
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Two years from the issuance date. Recommendations are issued digitally through the myABCA Customer Portal, and each one generates a unique eight-digit number that the patient enters on their registration form to link the recommendation to their account.
No. ABCA states there is no fee for healthcare practitioners to register or to process recommendations. Practitioners register once through the Healthcare Practitioner Registration Application in the ABCA Customer Portal and, after staff review, receive a confirmation email with instructions for issuing recommendations.
DC-licensed advanced practice registered nurses, dentists, naturopathic physicians, physicians and physician assistants in good standing who have registered with ABCA. Registration requires a DC controlled substance license, except for naturopathic physicians, who are exempt from that requirement.