A Pennsylvania Department of Health–approved physician can certify your serious medical condition — and a registered caregiver can shop for you when you can't.
Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Program is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Sign up in the state registry with your Pennsylvania driver's license or state ID and get a Patient ID.
An approved physician confirms your serious medical condition, for up to one year.
Pay the ID card fee within 60 days of certification. Your card arrives by mail.
Use your card, with a photo ID, at any Pennsylvania dispensary.
Pennsylvania lets patients designate registered caregivers who can buy medical marijuana on their behalf. Here's what the Department of Health requires.
Caregivers must be at least 21, unless the Department authorizes otherwise.
Each patient can designate up to two caregivers.
One caregiver can serve more than one patient.
Caregivers pay the same card fee, with the same assistance-program waivers.
In these cases, the caregiver registers on the patient's behalf.
Summarized from the Department of Health's Patients & Caregivers page.
ID card fee for patients and caregivers, each year
If enrolled in Medicaid, PACE/PACENET, CHIP, SNAP, or WIC
To pay after certification, or it expires
*Under specific criteria. Traumatic brain injury and Type II diabetes are approved for research purposes only. See the official list.
In the historic Mann Building across from the Lebanon Farmers Market, with online pre-ordering and private consultations. Serving patients and caregivers from Myerstown to Mount Gretna. Confirm hours before you go.
See all locations on the Department of Health dispensary list.
A shady cottage village in the woods south of Lebanon, known for its summer arts, lake, and quiet walking paths.
“Mom has Parkinson's and can't get out much. I registered as her caregiver, and now I pick up her order after work.”
— Karen H., Lebanon“The background check took a few weeks, just like they said. Knowing the timeline ahead of time helped us plan.”
— Glenn W., MyerstownA Pennsylvania resident 21 or older who passes a background check with no drug-related conviction in the past five years, designated by the patient.
About three to four weeks after fingerprinting, according to the Department of Health.
Yes. A caregiver can serve more than one patient, and each patient can designate up to two caregivers.
$50 a year for patients and caregivers, or no cost if you're enrolled in Medicaid, PACE/PACENET, CHIP, SNAP, or WIC.
No. As of 2026, Pennsylvania allows medical marijuana only.
On the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Medical Marijuana Program pages.
Lebanon, the seat of Lebanon County, is known for its Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, its famous Lebanon bologna, and a downtown farmers market. Nearby are Mount Gretna's cottages and summer arts, the historic Cornwall Iron Furnace, and Lebanon Valley College in Annville. Lebanon residents follow the same statewide rules as every patient in Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Program.
The program operates under the Medical Marijuana Act (Act 16 of 2016) and is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, which approves physicians, registers patients and caregivers, issues ID cards, and licenses dispensaries.
Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Pennsylvania, and cannabis remains illegal under federal law. See the Department of Health for current rules.
Appointments with Department of Health–approved physicians.