Medical cannabis certification for Portage
A private video evaluation with a Michigan-licensed physician. About fifteen minutes, from wherever you are in Kalamazoo County — no drive, no waiting room.
Book your evaluationWhy patients in Portage use telehealth for this
Portage runs on regulated manufacturing — medical devices built to documented specification, validated processes, audits, quality systems in which a decision that wasn't written down didn't happen. People who work that way every day arrive at a medical evaluation with a particular set of questions, and none of them are about convenience. What criteria are being applied. Who applies them. What gets recorded, and where the record goes. Those are the right questions and they have concrete answers.
Here they are. A Michigan-licensed physician conducts the evaluation and makes an independent clinical judgement against the qualifying-condition criteria the state currently has in force. The encounter is documented as any clinical visit is. If the physician certifies you, that certification is filed with the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency, which issues the card on its own timeline — that step belongs to the state and no clinic controls it. If the physician does not certify you, that judgement is documented too, with the reasoning. You have the right to access your record and to request an amendment.
How the evaluation works
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Book a time
Pick a window that works, including evenings. You'll get a secure link by email or text.
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Complete intake
A short form covering your history and current medications, before you meet the physician.
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Meet the physician
A real conversation about your symptoms and history, weighed against Michigan's criteria.
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Get their decision
You'll know where you stand by the end of the call. If certified, we file with the CRA for you.
Who actually issues the card
We don't. The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) does. Michigan's medical marijuana program is administered by the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, which took over the functions previously handled under LARA. The state — not this clinic — issues the registry card and sets its own processing times. If the physician certifies you, we file the certification on your behalf — but we can't promise a date, and nobody who tells you otherwise can either.
Questions from Portage patients
Who performs the evaluation, and under what licence?
A physician licensed in Michigan, conducting a Michigan telehealth encounter. The clinical judgement is theirs and is made against the state's current qualifying-condition criteria, not against an internal target.
Can I get a copy of what was recorded about the visit?
Yes. You have a right of access to your own record and a right to request an amendment to it. Our Notice of Privacy Practices sets out how to make that request and what we're required to do with it.
The airport is inside the city. Can I fly with cannabis if I hold a card?
No. Airports and air travel are federally controlled and cannabis remains Schedule I under federal law. A Michigan registry card has no standing there at all. Don't plan a trip around the assumption that it does.
I was certified through another clinic. Can I renew here?
Yes, and you don't need records from the previous clinic to do it. It's a fresh independent evaluation rather than a transfer of paperwork, which also means a prior certification doesn't guarantee another one.
Other services available across Michigan
Certification is one part of what we do. Patients in Portage also use us for medically supervised weight management, testosterone replacement therapy, peptide therapy, ketamine care and anxiety and stress support.
Nearby in Southwest Michigan
Every visit happens over video, so these pages differ only in the local rules and circumstances that apply where you live. We serve patients across all 36 — see the full list on the Michigan page.
This page is general health information, not medical advice, and reading it does not create a physician–patient relationship. Certification under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MCL 333.26421 et seq.) requires a qualifying condition, determined by a licensed physician exercising independent clinical judgement. No one can promise you will qualify, and your fee pays for the physician's time and judgement rather than for any particular outcome. Michigan's program rules change; confirm current requirements with the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA). Cannabis remains a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law, and a state registry card does not change federal law, override an employer's policy, or affect federally regulated testing requirements. In a medical emergency call 911. For mental health crisis support, call or text 988.