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Texas Officials Finalize Medical Marijuana Rules To Let Doctors Recommend New Qualifying Conditions And Prescribe THC Inhalation Devices

Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has now posted finalized rules

Texas officials have officially adopted rules further expanding the state’s medical marijuana program, allowing doctors to recommend new qualifying conditions for cannabis patients and creating standards for allowable low-THC inhalation devices.

Following a public comment period, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has now posted finalized rules in the Texas Register—responsive to a law enacted by the legislature earlier this year.

The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) under DSHS said part of the rule change, which will enable the department to “receive physician requests to add medical conditions to the list of qualifying conditions for which physicians may prescribe low-THC cannabis,” did not change from its initially proposed form following the comment period.

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