MONTGOMERY, ALA \u2014 Corresponding with the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission\u2019s issuing dispensary licenses, the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners is now accepting applications for physicians seeking a Medical Cannabis Certification Permit under Alabama law.<\/p>\n
Physicians must obtain an annual certification permit from the Board in order to certify or recommend patients for the use of medical cannabis in Alabama. To be eligible, physicians must hold an active, unrestricted Alabama medical license and meet additional requirements, including completion of a four-hour educational course related to medical cannabis offered by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.<\/p>\n
Applications are subject to review and approval by the Board of Medical Examiners.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Board\u2019s role is to administer the physician certification process and ensure compliance with the requirements established by the law. Physicians considering participation in the medical cannabis program should review the requirements carefully before applying for a certification permit,\u201d said William Perkins, Executive Director of the Board of Medical Examiners.<\/p>\n
John McMillan, Executive Director of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission, added, \u201cWith the issuance of dispensary licenses, Alabama\u2019s medical cannabis program has reached an important milestone. We appreciate a strong working relationship with the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners and look forward to having physicians certified to recommend patients for medical cannabis treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additional information on eligibility requirements and application materials is available on the Board\u2019s website at www.albme.gov <\/a>and the Commission\u2019s website at www.amcc.alabama.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n marijuana <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTGOMERY, ALA \u2014 Corresponding with the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission\u2019s issuing dispensary licenses, the Alabama Board of Medical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":{"0":"post-404405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}