Seizure Disorders and the Georgia Medical Cannabis Card

“Seizure disorders related to a diagnosis of epilepsy or trauma-related head injuries”

Qualifier to note: This condition carries an origin qualifier. The statute does not name all seizures — it names seizure disorders related to a diagnosis of epilepsy or to trauma-related head injuries. The documentation should connect the seizures to one of those origins.

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.

Neurology or epilepsy center notes, EEG reports, brain MRI or CT, trauma records where relevant, and antiseizure medication history.

• Seizure disorders are documented by neurology, often at an epilepsy center. The core records are EEG reports, including routine, ambulatory or epilepsy monitoring unit studies, and brain imaging — MRI with an epilepsy protocol, or CT in trauma cases. A neurology note naming the seizure type and the epilepsy syndrome is the anchoring document.
• Where the origin is head trauma, the record should show that link: emergency department records from the injury, CT or MRI documenting the traumatic brain injury, and subsequent neurology notes connecting post-traumatic seizures to it. Treatment history is important corroboration in either case — levetiracetam, lamotrigine, valproate, carbamazepine or other antiseizure medications, along with any vagus nerve stimulator or surgical records.

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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