Get your medical marijuana card online in minutes.

Medical marijuana certificate on its own = $149 at Leafwell

State application fee = $50, or $25 for those in receipt of SNAP, Medicaid/Medicare or Veteran’s Disability.

Renewal fee = $149

Plus, now you can sign up with a friend and each save 10% on your consultation with Leafwell.

In Rhode Island, the following conditions may qualify you for a medical marijuana certificate and card:

• AIDS/HIV
• Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Cachexia, or Wasting Syndrome
• Cancer or the treatment of cancer, inc. side-effects of chemotherapy
• Crohn’s Disease
• Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders
• Glaucoma
• Hepatitis C
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• Severe, debilitating, chronic pain
• Severe Nausea
• Severe and Persistent Muscle Spasms, such as those associated with Parkinson’s Disease (PD)

There are four simple steps to seeing a Leafwell provider in Rhode Island:

1. Register with Leafwell and speak to a Rhode Island licensed physician online.
2. Get approved and download a copy of your doctor’s certificate immediately. You’ll receive the practitioner form by mail within 5-7 days.
3. Complete the patient application form and submit it to Rhode Island’s Department of Health by mail.
4. Receive your medical card within 2-4 weeks and legally purchase cannabis from a licensed dispensary.

You must be at least 18 years of age in order to apply for a Medical Marijuana Card in Rhode Island. Caregivers must be 21 years of age.

Yes, medical marijuana patients in Rhode Island can have a caregiver. A primary caregiver must be at least 21 years of age and a resident of Rhode Island. A primary caregiver can assist no more than five patients with their use of medical marijuana. Patients are limited to one caregiver.

To apply as a caregiver, follow this process:

1. Get Designated. Work with the patient to determine who is/are the most appropriate caregiver(s). Note that caregiver information is always provided by the patient. The application includes information on required background checks and application fees for caregivers. https://health.ri.gov/forms/registration/MedicalMarijuanaNewApplication.pdf
2. Application form and certification form is filled out, Caregiver is designated.
3. Once approved, patient and caregiver will be sent a medical marijuana identification card.

Patients must indicate on their application whether they plan to grow medical marijuana plants for themselves. Patients who will grow marijuana and all primary caregivers must register their grow location with the Rhode Island Department of Health.

Everyone who grows marijuana, whether a patient or primary caregiver, must purchase plant tags from the Department of Business Regulation and is subject to their rules and regulations for tag use.

Before you start, have these supporting documents ready:

• Your Practitioner Form from Leafwell – mailed within 5-7 days
• A check or money order – application fee is $50 but the following patients may qualify for the discounted $25 fee
  • Recipients of Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), Federal Railroad Disability benefit or Veterans’ Disability

Getting Your Rhode Island Medical Marijuana Card

1. Download and print the Patient Application Form
2. Complete the Patient Application Form and sign it by hand
   1. Designate a caregiver (if applicable)
   2. Designated an authorised purchase (if applicable)

1. Send the completed application (with the check or money order payable to the Rhode Island General Treasurer) to:

   Rhode Island Center For Professional Licensing

   Room 105A – 3 Capitol Hill

   Providence, RI 02908-5097

2. Receive your medical marijuana card in the mail in 2-4 weeks
3. Legally purchase medical marijuana
   1. To purchase medical cannabis, you must bring your medical cannabis card and a valid form of photo identification, such as a driver’s license, with you to the pharmacy.