Step 1: Schedule an appointment with a healthcare practitioner who can authorize the use of medical cannabis. Unfortunately, we don’t have a list of which specific providers chose to authorize the medical use of cannabis. A list of provider types that are allowed to authorize is below. If they determine you qualify, they may provide you with a medical cannabis authorization (PDF).
Naturopathic physician (ND)
Osteopathic physician (DO)
Medical doctor (MD)
Physician assistant (PA)
Advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP)
Step 2: Call a medically-endorsed store and schedule an appointment with a certified medical cannabis consultant who may register you into the medical cannabis database and issue you a recognition card. Bring your Authorization and government or state-issued identification to the appointment. The law requires you to pay a minimum $1 fee for the card. Retailers are not prohibited from charging more than $1 (RCW 69.51A.230).
Step 3: Use the card to purchase medical cannabis products excise and sales tax free.
Step 4: Repeat steps 1-3 to renew both the authorization and card before expiration.