New York Medical Marijuana Card

To get a certification as a medical marijuana patient in NY, a patient needs to qualify for any medical condition. To help overcome a medical disability, the physician should recommend a patient to have a cannabis treatment.

Firstly, a caregiver needs to prove his residency with valid Id proof or a Driver’s license. Along with that, a caregiver needs to be listed on the patient’s application to be approved. While a certified patient applies for a medical marijuana card, they may appoint up to two caregivers to help the patient obtain and administer medical marijuana.
To become a caregiver, an individual:
• Must be at least 21 years old,
• Must be a current citizen of New York State,
• Must not be a patient’s certifying physician.
• Must have a legitimate New York State issued driver’s license or a New York State ID card;
• Must pay the $50 application fee,
Once the patient application is confirmed, each caregiver must sign up with the DOH to acquire a registered ID card that the caregiver can use to get marijuana on behalf of the patient.
A caregiver can follow the same registration instructions that are available for patients.

Each assigned caregiver must also fulfill the following requirements of a patient:
• They must get a registry ID card for each certified patient;
• A caregiver must not provide care to more than five accredited patients at a time;
• Must not possess at any one time an increasing quantity of medical cannabis that exceeds the amount allowed for each certified patient;
• A caregiver must not include any form of medical marijuana other than the forms that are specifically recommended for the use of certified patients,
• A caregiver is not supposed to share, sell, trade, or otherwise deliver medical cannabis to anyone who is not a registered patient.

New York Medical Marijuana Possession/Use Limits: 
Patients or caregiver is qualified to possess only up to 2 ounces of cannabis in various forms in 30 days. The state has up to eight dispensaries that supply multi-level CBD and THC products like a tincture, vape pens, and powder.

Cultivation Limits
The cultivation of cannabis is completely prohibited in New York State. The use of cannabis within the state borders in any form is a punishable crime.