How to Get your
IOWA
Medical Card
Certify for Medical Card in Iowa
To qualify for a medical cannabis card in Iowa, you need a health care provider certification.
With our telemedicine portal, it has never been easier to qualify for your medical card. Simply make a convenient appointment to meet with one of our licensed Iowa medical card doctors online.
At the end of your virtual visit, you get a completed Physician’s Certification and instructions on how to submit your application.
Best of all…
Get approved or your money back!
FOUR EASY STEPS TO GET YOUR MEDICAL CARD IN IOWA
Step 1 : Get Ready
- Make your appointment
- Take a picture of your ID
Step 2 : Meet Your Doctor
- Attend your appointment through a secure link to our HIPAA safe platform
- Discuss your health issues with a certified MMJ doctor
- Learn about medical treatment
Step 3 : Receive Your Certification
- After your appointment, you will receive a link to download your doctor’s note
- You’ll use your doctor’s note to complete an application with the state. Their website is located here!
Step 4: Visit a Dispensary
- After turning in your application, you’ll receive your medical card. The process can take up to three weeks.
- When you get your patient card, you’re able to shop at one of Iowa’s dispensaries.
Schedule Your Appointment
Benefits of Getting An Iowa Medical Card
- Being a medical patient is the only legal way to use the treatment in Iowa
- Save on medication! Being a medical card patient helps you save money in taxes
- There is no pathway to legal use in Iowa yet. It is several years away from being easily accessible
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Iowa Medical Program
- A government-issued ID like a driver’s license, state ID card or passport
- Proof of Iowa residency
- A qualifying medical condition (read more below)
- A health care provider certification (that’s what we give you!)
- A phone or digital device for your telemedicine appointment
- $140 for a New Patient Medical evaluation.
- Optional $40 paperwork assistance. Have us fill out your entire application for you, so all you have to do is click to submit!
- $120 for all Renewing Medical Card Patients
- After your appointment, you will apply to Illinois Medical Cannabis Patient Program.
- They charge $50/$100/$125 for a 1-, 2- or 3- year certification, though some discounts may apply with proof of financial hardship. This makes the cost $25/$50/$75 for 1-, 2- or 3- years
- After you get your doctor’s note, you’ll turn in an application to the state of Iowa
- It takes approximately 3 weeks for Iowa to issue your medical card after receiving your application.
Common qualifying conditions in Iowa include chronic pain, PTSD and migraines. Here is a complete list from the state of Iowa
- Cancer
- Seizures
- Crohn’s Disease
- Chronic Pain
- Multiple Sclerosis
- AIDS/HIV
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Parkinson’s disease
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Any terminal illness with a probable life expectancy of under one year – if the illness or its treatment produces one or more of the following: severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting, cachexia or severe wasting
- Ulcerative colitis
- Severe, intractable pediatric autism with self-injurious or aggressive behaviors
- Severe, intractable autism with self-injurious or aggressive behaviors
- Corticobasal Degeneration
To remain a medical patient in Iowa, you have to get certified by a doctor yearly.
That’s why we offer an affordable rate, and discounts for recertifications!
Medical Cannabidiol is currently available at five dispensaries across the state. The locations include:
- MedPharm Iowa – 5700 Sunnybrook Drive, Sioux City, IA 51106
- Mon: 11am-6pm
- Tues – Fri: 10am-6pm
- Sat: 9am-3PM
- Sun: Closed
- Iowa Cannabis Company West – 3615 9th Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
- Mon – Sun: 10am-6pm
- MedPharm Iowa – 7239 Apple Valley Drive, Windsor Heights, IA 50324
- Mon: 11am-6pm
- Tues- Fri: 10am-6pm
- Sat: 9am-3pm
- Sun: Closed
- Iowa Cannabis Company – 1955 La Porte Road, Waterloo, IA 50702
- Mon – Sun: 10am-6pm
- Iowa Cannabis Company East – 322 Highway 1 W, Iowa City, IA 52245
- Mon – Sun: 10am-6pm
