How to get a medical card in Alabama

• Per the AMCC, you must be an Alabama resident and at least 19, or have a parent or legal guardian serve as your registered caregiver.
• You need a qualifying medical condition and a recommendation from an Alabama physician certified by the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners to make medical cannabis recommendations.

1. See a registered certifying physician about a qualifying condition.
2. If the physician recommends medical cannabis, the physician enters your information and recommendation in the patient registry system (AMCC).
3. Create an account in the AMCC portal and complete your patient registration and card application.
4. If you need or choose a caregiver, the caregiver completes a separate application. Patient and caregiver registrations need a physician record first.

• The AMCC fee schedule lists a patient registration fee of $50 (physical card) or $40 (virtual card), the same amounts for annual renewal, and $25/$20 for a replacement card.

• Registration renews annually, according to the fee schedule.

• The commission’s pages list registry enrollment and the physician recommendation as requirements; check the AMCC site for current dispensing status before you plan a purchase.

A state card does not change federal workplace testing. For DOT-regulated jobs, a Medical Review Officer must not verify a test as negative because of a state medical recommendation (49 CFR § 40.151(e)).

See cannabis employment law by state for the states we have sourced.