Qualifying condition
Tourette's Syndrome and the Georgia Medical Cannabis Card
A neurological disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics.
What Georgia law says
“Tourette's syndrome”
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
Neurology or psychiatry notes naming the diagnosis, tic severity assessments, and treatment history.
- Tourette's syndrome is a clinical diagnosis, typically made by neurology, movement disorders neurology, or child and adolescent psychiatry. The diagnostic criteria require multiple motor tics and at least one vocal tic persisting more than a year with onset before age 18, and the note that documents those features and names the diagnosis is the record to obtain.
- Because onset is in childhood, adult patients often have older pediatric neurology or developmental records establishing the diagnosis. Current records supporting it include tic severity assessments such as the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale, and treatment history — alpha-2 agonists such as guanfacine or clonidine, antipsychotics such as aripiprazole, botulinum toxin injections, or comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics.
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.
Tourette's Syndrome: common questions
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