Qualifying conditions under the Utah Medical Cannabis Act are listed below:
HIV or acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Alzheimer’s disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Cancer
Cachexia/malnutrition
Chronic nausea that is not significantly responsive to traditional treatment, except for nausea related to: pregnancy, cannabis-induced cyclical vomiting syndrome, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
Epilepsy or debilitating seizures
Multiple sclerosis or persistent and debilitating muscle spasms
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that is being treated and monitored by a licensed
Health therapist (defined here), and that:
has been diagnosed by a healthcare provider by the Veterans Administration and documented in the patient’s record; or has been diagnosed or confirmed by evaluation from a psychiatrist, doctorate psychologist, a doctorate licensed clinical social worker, or a psychiatric APRN
Autism
A terminal illness when the patient’s life expectancy is less than six months
A condition resulting in the individual receiving hospice care
A rare condition or disease that affects less than 200,000 individuals in the U.S., as defined in federal law, and that is not adequately managed despite treatment attempts using conventional medications (other than opioids or opiates) or physical interventions
Pain lasting longer than two weeks that is not adequately managed, in the qualified medical provider’s opinion, despite treatment attempts using conventional medications other than opioids or opiates or physical interventions
A condition that the compassionate use board approves (once established) on a case-by-case basis