Cancer and the Georgia Medical Cannabis Card

“Any cancer except skin cancer, unless it is metastatic skin cancer”

Qualifier to note: This condition carries an explicit exclusion. Skin cancer does not qualify on its own — it qualifies only when it is metastatic. Every other cancer diagnosis is named without a severity qualifier following the 2026 changes.

Proof of a qualifying diagnosis is required. Certification is a clinical decision by the physician, and no outcome is promised. Certification is not a prescription.

Oncology consultation notes, the pathology report, staging summary, and treatment plan documentation.

• Cancer documentation is the most standardized of any qualifying condition because oncology records are built around the pathology report. The pathology report names the tumor type and, together with the staging summary, establishes both the diagnosis and its extent. Oncology consultation notes, tumor board summaries, and treatment plans for chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy or surgery all carry the diagnosis.
• If the diagnosis is a skin cancer, the record needs to establish metastasis, because that is what the statute requires. That evidence usually appears in the staging workup: imaging reports showing distant disease, a pathology report from a metastatic site, or an oncology note that states metastatic disease explicitly.

The process is the same for every qualifying diagnosis: you book and pay on the telehealth platform, complete your intake forms, and upload your diagnosis documentation and identification. Once that is complete your appointment is confirmed. You join by video, Dr. Shri Parimi verifies your identification and reviews your documentation and history with you, and makes a clinical decision. After a successful visit the State of Georgia emails you, you pay the state fee, and the card is mailed to you. See the six steps in detail or review the two separate fees.

Many patients do not have their documentation in hand, and that is workable. You can ask Dr. Shri Parimi to request records from your treating physician with your written permission, or bring what you already have — a discharge summary, a portal printout, a laboratory result — and discuss the rest at the visit. Proof of a qualifying diagnosis is required before any certification can be made, so the earlier you start gathering records, the smoother the visit.

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