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Medical Cannabis Advisory Board

The Medical Cannabis Act established the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board within the Bureau for Public Health. The Board has the following duties:

• Examine and analyze the statutory and regulatory law relating to medical cannabis within this state.
• Examine and analyze the law and events in other states and the nation with respect to medical cannabis. 
  
• ​Accept and review written comments from individuals and organizations about medical cannabis.
• Issue written report to the Governor, the Senate and the House of Delegates that includes recommendations on:
  
• ​​Whether there should be changes to the types of medical professionals who can issue certifications to patients.
• Whether to change, add or reduce the types of medical conditions which qualify as serious medical conditions.
• Whether to change the form of medical cannabis permitted.
• Whether to change, add​ or reduce the number of growers, processors or dispensaries.
• How to ensure affordable patient access to medical cannabis.
• Whether to permit medical cannabis to be dispensed in dry leaf or plant form for administration by vaporization.​
  

​Past Meetings

• 6-16-2023 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Health and Medical Workgroup​ | Recording​
  
• 3-23-2023 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board | Recording 
  
• 3-23-2023 agenda virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board | Agenda 
  
• 9-8-2022 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board | Reco​rding
  
• 8-16-2022 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Health and Medical Workgroup | Recording​
  
• 6-16-2022 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board | Recording​
  
• 6-1-2022 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Policy and Program Workgroup | Recording​
  
• ​3-17-2022 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board | Recording​ 
  
• 3-2-2022 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Policy and Procedure Workgroup | Recording
  
• 12-16-2021 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board | Recording​​
  
• 12-8-2021 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Health and Medical Workgroup​ | Recording​
  
• 12-1-2021 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board Program and Policy Workgroup​ | Recording
• 9-2​3-2021 virtual meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board | Agenda ​​​