Important Guidelines for Growing Cannabis for Medical Use
We would like to remind patients and primary caregivers of the State of Hawaii’s regulations concerning growing cannabis for personal medical use. It is important to understand that a grow site cannot act as a caregiver. This means that a grow site cannot cultivate cannabis for you, cannot process cannabis or manufactured cannabis products for you, and cannot sell cannabis or manufactured cannabis products to you. Purchasing cannabis or manufactured cannabis products from a grow site is not protected under the Hawaii medical cannabis laws. Only your primary caregiver may assist you with cultivating and processing your cannabis for medical use.
If you are growing cannabis, please ensure you comply with the following requirements:
- A patient must designate a single grow site on the patient’s application.
- The grow site can be only one of the following locations: patient’s residence, registered primary caregiver’s residence, or another site that the patient or primary caregiver owns or controls.
- The patient must declare, under perjury of law, that they or their primary caregiver resides at, owns, or controls the grow site.
- The patient and primary caregiver are allowed to grow up to 10 cannabis plants total. This limit includes plants at any stage of maturity. A clone or immature plant count as one plant.
- Each cannabis plant at the grow site must be individually tagged with the patient’s valid registration number and registration expiration date. The tag must be physically attached to the plant.
- Only the patient or the primary caregiver named on the patient’s 329 registration card are allowed to handle that patient’s cannabis plants. No other person may care for, touch, water, or harvest a patient’s cannabis plants.
- A patient may not assign their right to grow, handle, or process cannabis plants to a grow site or a third party. Only a patient’s registered primary caregiver may assist with growing a patient’s cannabis plants.
It is important to adhere to these requirements to maintain the validity of your registration. Non-compliance poses the risk of having the grow site revoked or the patient’s 329 card voided. Please be advised that the Department of Health may contact patients or their primary caregivers to verify your grow site information, including performing plant count checks and tag inspections at the designated grow site.
If you are registered to grow cannabis and wish to update information on your application, please log into your account at https://medmj.ehawaii.gov to make the change electronically OR complete a change request form at https://health.hawaii.gov/medicalcannabisregistry/329-forms/ and mail it to:
Medical Cannabis Patient Registry
4348 Waialae Avenue, #648
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
If you have questions, please call 808-733-2177 or email [email protected].
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If you are planning on acquiring medical cannabis from a dispensary, you must have 1) your valid 329 card, and 2) valid state ID, valid state driver’s license, or valid passport on your person to gain entry.
The Hawaii Department of Health is responsible for administering two distinct but related medical cannabis programs.
- Medical Cannabis Patient Registry Program
- Medical Cannabis Dispensary Program
Both are designed to ensure medical cannabis is accessible for Hawaii’s patients, while making patient safety and public safety its ultimate priorities.
Please click on the Blue Button below for more information about each program.
In an effort to consolidate oversight of access to cannabis and hemp derived products by patients and consumers of Hawaii, the Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation (OMCCR) has been tasked by the Department of Health to regulate the hemp processing industry for the State of Hawaii.
Act 263, was enacted in July 2023 and amended the states Hemp Processor law (Chapter 328G, Hawaii Revised Statute). OMCCR is working to amend interim rules (Chapter 11-37, Hawaii Administrative Rules), to reflect the changes brought by Act 263. These interim rules will be forthcoming.