Ohio has no paper recommendation form: a physician holding a Certificate to Recommend registers the patient, and any caregiver, in the Ohio Medical Marijuana Registry and records the recommendation for a qualifying condition. The patient then activates the registration and pays. Recommendations are renewed annually, and the Department of Commerce's Division of Cannabis Control has run the program since 2024.
An Ohio-licensed MD or DO with an active Certificate to Recommend from the State Medical Board of Ohio, or a delegate, completes the electronic registration and recommendation. The patient completes activation and payment.
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Medical Marijuana Recommendation (Ohio Medical Marijuana Patient & Caregiver Registry)
Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Cannabis Control (with the State Medical Board of Ohio) 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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Only an Ohio-licensed MD or DO who holds an active Certificate to Recommend from the State Medical Board of Ohio, issued under rule 4731-32 of the Ohio Administrative Code. A delegate can enter registry data for the physician, but the recommendation rests on the certificate holder.
Every year. Ohio recommendations are renewed annually in the Ohio Medical Marijuana Registry, and the Division of Cannabis Control publishes guidance on renewing recommendations. The renewal happens in the same registry the physician used for the patient's first registration.
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