Renew Your Des Moines Medical Marijuana Card Online

First, you need to meet with a provider to obtain a Healthcare Practitioner Cerification Form. At Elevate Holistics, you can have your appointment & form in the same day! After you will apply with the state, they will issue your card within 1-2 weeks.

To complete the Adult Patient application, you will need a Healthcare Practitioner Certification Form, signed by a healthcare practitioner, a photo ID & pay the state fee. A copy of your photo ID can be either: – A valid Iowa driver’s license – A valid Iowa non-operator’s identification card The state fee is $100, unless you are applying for the reduced fee of $25. Then, you need to provide one of the following: – Copy of Social Security Disability Benefit notice (SSDI notice) – Copy of proof of receipt of Supplemental Security Income Payment (SSI receipt) – Copy of Iowa Medicaid member card – Copy of Hawk-I member card

There are 2 costs associated wtih getting your MMJ card in Iowa. The first is your appointment cost for obtaining your Healthcare Practitioner Certification Form, which varies depending on where you get it. At Elevate Holistics, first time patient appointments are $130 and renewals are just $80! Next, you’ll pay the $100 state fee, unless you qualify for a reduced fee of $25.

An Iowa MMJ card is valid 1 year from the date that it’s issued by the Iowa HHS. You will be notified by a letter or email 60 days prior to your card expiring.

Yes! After a patient’s healthcare practitioner certification form has been signed by their healthcare practitioner, with the caregiver indicated, caregivers should apply using the online caregiver application. All applications must include: 1. Completed Primary Caregiver Application 2. Healthcare Practitioner Certification Form, signed by the patient’s doctor with you designated as the primary caregiver. 3. A copy of your photo ID which can be either: – A valid driver’s license from Iowa or a state bordering Iowa (NE, MO, IL, WI, MN, SD) – A valid non-operator’s identification card 4. Payment of $25

Raw (flower) cannabis is not permitted in Iowa. Smoking is also not permitted. In most cases, patients can obtain cannabis preparations containing no more than at 4.5 grams of THC every 90 days. However, a practitioner can allow a specific, greater amount that the practitioner finds appropriate if either: 1) the patient has a terminal medical condition, with a life expectancy of under a year; or 2) the patient is not new to the program, and the practitioner determines 4.5 grams is insufficient for the patient.

You can click here to learn more about Iowa’s medical marijuana laws.

No, even medical marijuana cardholders cannot grow plants at home in Iowa since the raw (flower) form of cannabis is still illegal in Iowa.

Yes and no. While out-of-state cardholders cannot purchase medical cannabis from dispensaries, they are allowed to bring their own products and enjoy them in appropriate (legal) settings. However, you can only consume products that are legal in Iowa, meaning cannabis flower and edibles are not permitted for consumption.