Qualifying condition
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Georgia Medical Cannabis Card
Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and related inflammatory bowel conditions.
What Georgia law says
“Inflammatory bowel disease”
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.
What documentation usually looks like
Gastroenterology notes, endoscopy and colonoscopy reports with biopsy pathology, and treatment history.
- Inflammatory bowel disease is documented by gastroenterology. The defining records are the colonoscopy or upper endoscopy report and the accompanying biopsy pathology, which together establish whether the disease pattern is Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis or indeterminate colitis. Cross-sectional imaging such as CT or MR enterography often accompanies them.
- Supporting laboratory records are common in the chart: fecal calprotectin, C-reactive protein, and serologic panels. Treatment history also evidences the diagnosis — prescriptions for mesalamine, immunomodulators or biologic therapies such as infliximab, adalimumab, vedolizumab or ustekinumab appear in gastroenterology notes and are strong corroboration.
How certification works for this condition
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.
If you don't have records yet
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.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: common questions
Other qualifying conditions
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