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DocCrow · 11-07-2012, 05:31 AM

I am moving back to Maine. I am considering getting set up as a caregiver. How difficult is it to get approved as a caregiver? How long does it take. I know how much $ it is. Is it hard to find patients? Just looking for some insight.

f64 · 11-07-2012, 02:53 PM

Not sure the total expense involved but here in Maine it seems that in order to be designated as a legal cannabis caregiver it helps (in fact it may be required) to have been selected by a legal cannabis patient to fulfill that role for them. In fact, being selected by a patient to be their caregiver may be the singular initial requiring factor, besides, of course, the application fees and criminal background check.

Buddle · 01-11-2013, 05:58 PM

LOTS of folks following suit doc..

wildgrow · 01-11-2013, 06:16 PM

There was some kind of expo in Portland a month or two ago and apparently (I didnt go - didnt know about it - and I was in Portland that day - Arg!) DHS was there taking caretaker applications.

The guy I know who went, said there were lots of people looking for/wanting to become a caregiver.

I do believe its correct that you need to have someone who wants you to be their caregiver prior to applying.

coldcanna · 02-13-2014, 09:51 PM

I haven't heard it being all that difficult to get the license, the one thing that DHHS is looking for would be drug related felonies on your record. It will prob take a month or 2 to have everything come back to you from the state, and from what I've been told by a few caregivers there are plenty of patients out there, if anything there's a shortage of caregivers. Google "maine caregivers" and it will come up with a couple trade organizations that help you find patients. I was told you do have to have 1 patient designate you to get the paperwork rolling, but when you fill it out you can buy all 5 tags and just find people later

supermanlives · 02-14-2014, 12:54 AM

hmmmmmm don't sound too bad....plenty of water too lol

hippie_lettuce · 02-21-2014, 07:00 PM

Just a few quick questions on the application process. You can send in the application with the patient slots empty and they won't process the paperwork until you have at least one patient? Or they will start the process but won't give you your license until you have at least one patient?

Would it be better to go to expos and find a patient first and then send in the application?

wildgrow · 02-21-2014, 10:00 PM

I think you have to find someone willing to make you their caregiver 1st.

hippie_lettuce · 03-16-2014, 11:12 PM

How difficult is it to find patients? I am wondering if the caregiver organizations really do help.

donny darko · 03-18-2014, 12:16 AM

Can you still be a unregistered caregiver for 3 patients plus yourself

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f64 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Longfellow Mnts. Posts: 7	Not sure the total expense involved but here in Maine it seems that in order to be designated as a legal cannabis caregiver it helps (in fact it may be required) to have been selected by a legal cannabis patient to fulfill that role for them. In fact, being selected by a patient to be their caregiver may be the singular initial requiring factor, besides, of course, the application fees and criminal background check.
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Buddle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,946	LOTS of folks following suit doc.. __________________ Looking for that awesome smoke from Hawaii I purchased from a surfer in 1991.No pun intended.Miss that weed.
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wildgrow Frosty Half-Ginger Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: High, up on the Maine Posts: 4,864	There was some kind of expo in Portland a month or two ago and apparently (I didnt go - didnt know about it - and I was in Portland that day - Arg!) DHS was there taking caretaker applications. The guy I know who went, said there were lots of people looking for/wanting to become a caregiver. I do believe its correct that you need to have someone who wants you to be their caregiver prior to applying. __________________ *Mental Floss x Blockhead Test Grow* https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....70#post7677770 *SSC Lot M69 F2???* https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=325523 *The Crap I Have to Deal with...* https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=268995
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02-13-2014, 09:51 PM	#5
coldcanna Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: high on a cold mountain Posts: 1,016	I haven't heard it being all that difficult to get the license, the one thing that DHHS is looking for would be drug related felonies on your record. It will prob take a month or 2 to have everything come back to you from the state, and from what I've been told by a few caregivers there are plenty of patients out there, if anything there's a shortage of caregivers. Google "maine caregivers" and it will come up with a couple trade organizations that help you find patients. I was told you do have to have 1 patient designate you to get the paperwork rolling, but when you fill it out you can buy all 5 tags and just find people later __________________ "I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." Thomas Jefferson "One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all"" Freedom begins between the ears
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supermanlives Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: gilligans island Posts: 13,142	hmmmmmm don't sound too bad....plenty of water too lol
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02-21-2014, 07:00 PM	#7
hippie_lettuce Garden Nymph Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,746	Just a few quick questions on the application process. You can send in the application with the patient slots empty and they won't process the paperwork until you have at least one patient? Or they will start the process but won't give you your license until you have at least one patient? Would it be better to go to expos and find a patient first and then send in the application? __________________ Categorizing Cannabis Smoke/Effects Peat's Sour Rhino
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02-21-2014, 10:00 PM	#8
wildgrow Frosty Half-Ginger Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: High, up on the Maine Posts: 4,864	I think you have to find someone willing to make you their caregiver 1st. __________________ *Mental Floss x Blockhead Test Grow* https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread....70#post7677770 *SSC Lot M69 F2???* https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=325523 *The Crap I Have to Deal with...* https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=268995
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03-16-2014, 11:12 PM	#9
hippie_lettuce Garden Nymph Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,746	How difficult is it to find patients? I am wondering if the caregiver organizations really do help. __________________ Categorizing Cannabis Smoke/Effects Peat's Sour Rhino
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03-18-2014, 12:16 AM	#10
donny darko Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 215	Can you still be a unregistered caregiver for 3 patients plus yourself
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