Meet with a Missouri-licensed physician or nurse practitioner by video. Get certified, then let us guide you through the state Patient ID card that follows.
The facts, condensed, before you commit to a visit.
Book an AppointmentRoot 66's South Grand location sits directly along Shaw's own eastern border — a short walk or drive once you're certified.
Some Missouri dispensaries offer direct delivery to certified patients — worth asking once your card is active.
Pick a time that works for you and book your telehealth visit in just a few minutes.
A Missouri-licensed practitioner reviews your history in a real conversation, then decides on certification.
Submit your state application within 30 days. Once DHSS approves it, your card is valid for three years.
Practitioner took the time to actually explain things instead of rushing through a checklist.
Booked in the evening, done within the week. Simple process from start to finish.
Answers grounded in Missouri DHSS policy.
No. It's what lets you apply for the state Patient ID card, and it's that card — not the certification — that a dispensary checks.
Named conditions like cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD, plus practitioner discretion for other chronic or debilitating conditions.
In most cases, yes. A genuine telehealth evaluation by video or audio with a licensed practitioner typically satisfies Missouri's requirement.
$28.14 for the Patient ID card, under the current DHSS schedule. Your practitioner's evaluation fee is separate.
Three years from issue — a longer window than most states provide.
No. Missouri removed its residency requirement, so your home address doesn't affect eligibility.
Missouri-licensed MDs, DOs, and nurse practitioners. Physician assistants are not authorized certifiers under this program.
6 ounces per month by default, with room for a practitioner to note a higher amount when clinically appropriate.
For informational purposes only.
Missouri names chronic conditions involving severe, persistent pain as a qualifying category, comparable to conditions like multiple sclerosis. Your practitioner evaluates whether your case fits.
Missouri specifically requires this diagnosis to come from a state-licensed psychiatrist to count under the named list. Bring any documentation you have.
Missouri's psychiatric-disorder category isn't limited to PTSD. Your practitioner determines whether a given diagnosis qualifies during your visit.
Not a named condition, but a common topic in these conversations that may be addressed under a practitioner's broader discretion.
Missouri allows practitioners to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions beyond the list — ALS, Crohn's disease, and hepatitis C have all qualified this way.
Shaw takes its name from Henry Shaw, an English-born merchant who bought land here in 1840 and went on to found the Missouri Botanical Garden on it in 1859 — still the oldest continuously operating botanical garden in the country.
In 1868, Shaw donated 276 acres of his own estate to the city, land that became neighboring Tower Grove Park — a gift that still shapes the neighborhood's character today.
This private boulevard, laid out between 1897 and 1901, remains one of the neighborhood's most distinctive architectural features, lined with homes from the era.
Shaw has been a Certified Local Historic District since 1985, with an architectural mix spanning Victorian, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Art Deco homes built between 1890 and 1924.
This site is centered on Shaw, but Missouri's certification process is identical throughout the state, and residency isn't required to apply.
Shaw began as a French clearing called Prairie des Noyers before Henry Shaw purchased land here in 1840, eventually founding the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1859 and donating land for Tower Grove Park in 1868. Bounded by Interstate 44, Magnolia Avenue, South Grand Boulevard, and Tower Grove Avenue, the neighborhood has been a Certified Local Historic District since 1985, known for Flora Place and a rich architectural inventory from the 1890s through the 1920s. For medical cannabis access, Shaw residents follow the same statewide Missouri process as anywhere else.
Missouri doesn't treat a physician certification as sufficient on its own. After an MD, DO, or nurse practitioner issues a certification under Article XIV of the Missouri Constitution, the patient must separately apply for a state Patient ID card through DHSS's Complia portal — and it's that card, not the certification, that a dispensary checks at the point of sale.
Missouri's qualifying conditions list includes cancer, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, and psychiatrist-diagnosed PTSD, among others, with practitioners also able to certify other chronic or debilitating conditions case by case. Full detail is maintained at the Missouri DHSS medical marijuana program page.