OFFICE OF MEDICAL CANNABIS
Reference Guide
Patient Registry: Caregiver Registration
You must complete your registration from a computer with internet access AND have the
following items:
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A photo, scanned or electronic copy of your government-issued photo ID. Image file type
must be JPG, GIF, TIF, or PNG AND smaller than 4 MB.
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A $15 check.
STEP 1: RETRIEVE EMAIL AND SUBMIT
BACKGROUND CHECK REQUEST FORM
1. Login to your email account and open the email notification with the subject line, (STG) MN
Dept. of Health: Application for Caregiver Status. A caregiver must pass a background check
and complete their registration in order to be approved as a caregiver.
To obtain your background check, click on the link in the red box below to access the MN
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Background Check Request form.
Move onto Step 2 if you have already mailed in your completed Background Check Request
form, $15 check with an envelope addressed to Office of Medical Cannabis (OMC). The
background check process normally takes 2 weeks.
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2. Click on “Designated Caregiver Background Check Informed Consent (PDF: 1 page)” as
shown in the picture below.
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3. If your computer is linked to a working printer and you would like to print this form now,
select “File” in the top left corner and then choose “Print.”
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4. Select “Print” on the next screen. On the printout, fill in the answers and sign the request
form.
Make your $15 check payable to the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Place a stamp on an envelope and address it to:
Office of Medical Cannabis
PO Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164-0882
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STEP 2: ACCESS YOUR REGISTRATION LINK AND
COMPLETE APPLICATION
1. Return to the same email and click on “MN Medical Cannabis Registry.”
2. On this screen, select “Create a new Account.”
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3. On the Create Account page, type in your email address and password.
In the Set your security questions section, select your 3 security questions and answers, and
click on “Next” when finished.
Both password and security answers are case sensitive. Write them down and keep it in a
secured area.
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4. On this Caregiver Enrollment page, type in your information into the corresponding fields
and click on “Upload” to attach your government-issued photo ID, driver’s license, state ID
or passport.
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5. On the next screen, locate and upload the image file of your government-issued photo ID.
If you saved your image file on the computer desktop (computer screen), click on “Desktop”
on the far left bar to locate items stored on your desktop.
If you took a photo of your ID with an iPad, a phone, camera or another source and would
like to upload it to the account, make sure to connect that source to the computer first.
Then select the appropriate source on the far left bar to view.
If you saved the image file in a different folder, be sure to locate it on the far left bar and
open it.
Next, select your image file to attach to the account.
Image file type must be JPG, GIF, TIF, or PNG AND smaller than 4 MB.
Click on “Open” to continue.
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6. The image selected will now appear in your account.
To remove an image file from your account, click on “Remove” as shown in the picture.
Check the boxes on the bottom left, read the acknowledgement and agreement in these
boxes then select “Agree.”
Click on “Submit” to continue.
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7. The message below will appear after you have successfully created your account.
The Office of Medical Cannabis will then process the application in the order it was
submitted when your background check arrives.
8. You will receive the following email notification once the Office of Medical Cannabis has
processed your application.
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