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The MEDICAL patient type pertains primarily to medical patients in California and is for for medical patients who have a Physicians recommendation to use cannabis in their state but are not registered with the State Licensing agency. Patients using this type will be required to have the permit_expiration field filled out indicating the date their recommendation paperwork expires (typically 1 year from date of issuance). They are not required to have the state_medical_id value filled in. In California, the MEDICAL patient type allows for increased purchase limits but is not exempt from California State Sales Tax.

The MEDICAL_MMID pateint_type is for medical patients in any state that issues state ID cards for medical cannabis users. Patients using this type will be required to have the permit_expiration and state_medical_id fields filled out. In States that track purchase limits through their state mandated Tack and Trace platform (METRC), the state_medical_id is used to validate the patients available purchase limits. In California, this patient type is allowed increased purchase limits and is exempt for California State Sales tax when configured as such in the retailers Tax Configuration.