Patients in the Florida Medical Marijuana Use Registry (MMUR) should be familiar with specific terminology to understand their treatment, legal limitations, and purchasing options.
Key Terminology
OMMU/MMUR: The Office of Medical Marijuana Use, a branch of the Florida Department of Health that manages the state’s registry. The Medical Marijuana Use Registry is the online system used by physicians, patients, and dispensaries.
Qualified Patient: A permanent or seasonal Florida resident who has been diagnosed with a qualifying medical condition by a qualified physician and has an active MMUR ID card.
Qualifying Condition: Specific medical issues that make a patient eligible for medical marijuana, such as cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, PTSD, Crohn’s disease, or chronic nonmalignant pain.
Qualified Physician: A physician who has completed a specific training course and is registered with the OMMU to certify patients for medical marijuana use.
Physician Certification: The qualified physician’s authorization for a patient to receive marijuana and a delivery device from a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center. This is a recommendation, not a prescription. The Certification lasts 6 months. Certifications can’t overlap. You can recertify once you enter into the 35 day renewal period.
Medical Marijuana Treatment Center (MMTC): A state-licensed facility (dispensary) where patients or their caregivers can legally purchase medical cannabis products.
Caregiver: A Florida resident who is registered with the OMMU to assist a qualified patient (especially those under 18) with their medical use of marijuana, including purchasing and administration.
Identification Card (MMUR ID Card): A physical card issued by the OMMU that patients and caregivers must possess at all times when in possession of medical marijuana to prove their legal status. This license lasts a year and only the card displays the expiration date. You can use in Recreational states to get the medical rate for cannabis without the taxes and higher recreational rate.
THC (Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol): The primary psychoactive compound in cannabis that causes the “high” associated with the plant.
CBD (Cannabidiol): A non-psychoactive cannabinoid known for its therapeutic effects, such as reducing pain and inflammation, without producing a “high”.
Low-THC Cannabis: Products from cannabis plants whose dried flowers contain 0.8% or less of THC and more than 10% CBD.
Delivery Methods/Routes of Administration: The ways cannabis can be consumed. In Florida, these include inhalation (vaping, smoking), oral (tinctures, capsules, edibles), sublingual, topical (creams, patches), and suppositories.
Orders/Rolling Limits: The qualified physician places “orders” in the registry specifying the type (e.g., smokable flower, low-THC) and amount of product a patient can purchase over a specific period (e.g., the 35-day limit for smokable flower, the 70-day aggregate limit for other products).
Aggregate Limit: The combined total amount for all non-smokable products that a patient can have in their possession or purchase within a 70-day window.
RFE (Request for Exemption): An exemption form that can be submitted to exceed daily allowances of your medical cannabis. The form must be completed by your certifying physician.
SKC(Same kind of Class) A medical form of medical conditions that are similar to the medical conditions that have been approved to use Medical cannabis in the state of Florida.
ARF(Alternative Routines of Administration) A Form that must be completed to allow you to use the smokeable form of Medical Cannabis.