CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Beginning Thursday May 28, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health will accept physician registrations for the Medical Cannabis program.
The registration application and mandatory four-hour physician education course are online here on May 28, 2020. All submissions must be electronic, no paper applications will be accepted.
The registration application period will be open indefinitely. There is no limit on physician participation.
“Physician registration and training are essential steps to make medical cannabis available to West Virginians with serious medical conditions,” said Jason Frame, Director of the Office of Medical Cannabis. “The Office of Medical Cannabis continues to work during the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of providing eligible state residents with the ability to procure quality-tested medical cannabis as soon as possible. We have been able to maintain previously established timelines by utilizing alternative work platforms in keeping with the Governor’s social distancing directive.”