RECOMMENDING CANNABIS IN TEXAS
Physicians wishing to recommend low-THC cannabis must meet the following requirements:
- Licensed to practice medicine in the state of Texas
- Dedicates a significant portion of his or her clinical practice to evaluate and treat epilepsy
- Is certified by either
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in:
- Epilepsy
- Neurology
- Neurology with special qualification in child neurology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology in
- Neurophysiology
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in:
Physicians meeting these requirements must register with the DPS as a prescriber for the specific patient. That information must include:
- Physician’s name
- patient's name and date of birth
- Prescribed dosage
- means of administration
- A total amount of low-THC cannabis to fill the prescription
Physicians are also required to maintain a patient treatment plan that tracks:
- dosage, means of administration, and duration of treatment
- plan for monitoring symptoms
- plan for monitoring indicators of tolerance or reaction to cannabis.
Eligible Medical Conditions:
- Epilepsy
- Seizure disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Spasticity
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Autism
- Terminal cancer
- An incurable neurodegenerative disease
Medical professionals have a legal right to recommend cannabis as a treatment in any state, as protected by the First Amendment. Established by a 2004 United States Supreme Court decision to uphold earlier federal court rulings that found doctors and their patients have a fundamental Constitutional right to freely discuss treatment options.
More resources for medical professionals can be found here.
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