According to OCGA §31-2A-18, the Low THC Oil Registry allows physicians fully licensed to practice in Georgia to certify and manage patients who have a qualifying condition to obtain Low THC Oil legally. Physician certification is the only way patients and their caregivers* can access Low THC Oil in the state.
In Georgia a caregiver is defined as:
- legal guardian of an adult who has one or more of the conditions specified in the law; or
- parents, guardian, or legal custodian of a minor who has one or more of the conditions specified in the law
Patients who have the following medical conditions may be eligible to legally obtain THC Oil in Georgia:
- Cancer, when such diagnosis is end stage or the treatment produces related wasting illness or recalcitrant nausea and vomiting
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage
- Seizure disorders related to diagnosis of epilepsy or trauma related head injuries
- Multiple sclerosis, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage
- Crohn’s disease
- Mitochondrial disease
- Parkinson’s disease, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage
- Sickle cell disease, when such diagnosis is severe or end stage
- Tourette’s syndrome, when such
- syndrome is diagnosed as severe
- Autism spectrum disorder, when (a) patient is 18 years of age or more, or (b) patient is less than 18 years of age and diagnosed with severe autism
- Epidermolysis bullosa
- Alzheimer’s disease, when such disease is severe or end stage
- AIDS when such syndrome is severe or end stage
- Peripheral neuropathy, when symptoms are severe or end stage
- Patient is in hospice program, either as inpatient or outpatient
- Intractable pain
- Post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from direct exposure to or witnessing of a trauma for a patient who is at least 18 years of age
{Information credit to site below} https://dph.georgia.gov/low-thc-oil-registry
