Obtaining License
How do you take out a license for Medicinal Cannabis?
All matters of medicinal cannabis are under the control and supervision of the Ministry of Health. The use of medicinal cannabis can only be effected by means of a license issued by the Ministry of Health. An application signed by a special physician (not a General Practitioner) is required in order to take out a medicinal cannabis license.
The application form can only be filled out online through the Ministry of Health website at the URL: www.health.gov.il. Using the key word search utility in the top left hand corner of the home page, enter the word “cannabis” and the first result to appear is the application form for the approval of the use of medicinal cannabis. The specialist doctor is to fill out the application online and only then to print it.
For which illnesses can a Medicinal Cannabis license be taken out?
The Ministry of Health decides which illnesses are eligible for a medicinal cannabis license and the list of illnesses changes from time to time. However, besides extraordinary cases, a period of “exhausting treatment options” is required.
That is, an effort to treat the illness using all the standard pharmaceuticals on the market must be attempted prior to the treatment with medicinal cannabis being approved.
Both the doctor and the patient are to sign the form clearly. The application will then be faxed to the Ministry of Health at fax no. (02) 647-4810 and, should the application be approved, the license is dispatched to the vendor within a period of two months. The vendor then contacts the patient and the treatment can commence. If the application is turned down, the refusal is dispatched to the doctor.
It is highly recommended to request a duplicate copy of
the application from the doctor, which you would submit tothe requested vendor for follow up. Should the requested vendor be Cannabliss, please fax the application to fax no. (072) 261-7898.
