We at Northbay Wellness Group encourage an increase in doctor / patient communication. The best way to approach the topic of a MEDICAL CANNABIS recommendation with your doctor is to be honest, to be open, and to ask. If your doctor is receptive to the idea, or if they have indicated to you that they are willing to write you a recommendation, they certainly can.

For a recommendation for MEDICAL CANNABIS to be valid in the State of California, it must contain these components:

• The recommendation must be written on the doctor's letterhead, and should be a typed formal letter and may NOT be simply a written memo or prescription.
• The recommendation must contain the disease / ailment, as well as the date that the recommendation expires.
• The doctor must sign the recommendation.
• The recommendation must contain the doctor's CA Medical License Number.

A recommendation containing these elements written by any doctor in the State of California is valid in a court of law, and it will allow a patient to gain access to a dispensary.