How to Make Changes to your Existing Authorization and/or Licence to Produce

There are different types of changes that you may make to your existing Authorization to Possess and/or your Licence to Produce (either your licence or the licence of the person you have designated to produce your supply of dried marihuana). As dictated by the  Marihuana Medical Access Regulations, some of these changes require the use of one or more forms, while others require a different procedure, as explained below.

• Corrections or Lost or Stolen Documents
• Changes to your Authorization to Possess
• Changes to your Personal-Use Production Licence
• Changes to your Designated-Person Production Licence
• Changes to your source of marihuana (Health Canada supply or production licence)
• Changes to your Health Canada supply

Corrections or Lost or Stolen Documents

• In the case of a correction to an error made to your authorization and/or licence (for example, name or address misspelled), you can send a letter indicating the error to the MMAP to the following address:

  Marihuana Medical Access Program
  Health Canada
  AL: 0300A
  Ottawa, ON
  K1A 1B9

• To declare lost or stolen documents and to request replacement documents, please send a letter to the MMAP indicating the loss and include the police report number.  Mail it to:

  Marihuana Medical Access Program
  Health Canada
  AL: 0300A
  Ottawa, ON
  K1A 1B9

Changes to your Authorization to Possess

Name Change	Form A Legal name change document or marriage certificate
Change of address (if your source option is Health Canada supply or a Designated Person Person Production)	Form A
Increase in daily amount	Form A - IF your daily amount will be above 5 grams/day Form B1 or Form B2 completed by your supporting physician
Revoking your Authorization	A letter from you stating that you wish to revoke your Authorization to Possess.

Changes to your Personal Use Production Licence

Change of Address	Form A If production will be affected by the address change: Form C Form F if the production site is not the applicant's or designated person's ordinary place of residence and is not owned by the applicant or designated person. Proof of signing authority if the property owner named is a Corporation
Change of production location	Form C Form F if the production site is not the applicant's or designated person's ordinary place of residence and is not owned by the applicant or designated person. Proof of signing authority if the property owner named is a Corporation
Change of storage location	Form C
Change in mode of production (indoor/outdoor)	Form C

Changes to your Designated-Person Production Licence

Change of Designated Person's address	Form D Form F if the production site is not the applicant's or designated person's ordinary place of residence and is not owned by the applicant or designated person. Proof of signing authority if the property owner named is a Corporation
Change of production location	Form D Form F if the production site is not the applicant's or designated person's ordinary place of residence and is not owned by the applicant or designated person. Proof of signing authority if the property owner named is a Corporation
Change of storage location	Form D
Change in mode of production (indoor/outdoor)	Form D

Change to your source of marihuana (Health Canada supply and Production Licenses)

From Health Canada Supply to Personal-Use Production	Form A OR signed written letter indicating change Form C Form F if the production site is not the applicant's or designated person's ordinary place of residence and is not owned by the applicant or designated person. Proof of signing authority if the property owner named is a Corporation
From Health Canada Supply to Designated-Person Production	Form A OR signed written letter indicating change Form D Original CRC of the Designated-Person 2 Designated-Person photographs at least one signed by AP Form F if the production site is not the applicant's or designated person's ordinary place of residence and is not owned by the applicant or designated person. Proof of signing authority if the property owner named is a Corporation
From Personal-Use Production to Health Canada Supply	Signed written letter revoking PUPL Form A indicating Health Canada Supply as source Form E1 if no dried supply previously)
From Personal-Use Production to Designated-Person Production	Signed written letter revoking PUPL Form A indicating new Designated-Person Production source Form D Original CRC of Designated-Person 2 Designated-Person photographs at least one signed by AP If applicable: Form E1, Form E2, and Form F (and proof of signing authority when the owner is a corporation)
From Designated-Person Production to Health Canada Supply	Signed written letter from Designated Person revoking Designated-Person Production Licence Form A indicating Health Canada Supply as source Form E1 (if no dried supply previously)
From Designated-Person Production to Personal-Use Production	Signed written letter from Designated-Person revoking Designated-Person Production Licence Form A indicating PUPL as source Form C If applicable: Form E1, Form E2, or Form F (and proof of signing authority when the owner is a corporation)

Changes to your Health Canada Supply

Add Seeds	Form E2 If you have previously applied for seeds: Letter explaining why more seeds are required
Add interim supply	Form E1 If you have previously applied for interim supply: Letter explaining why an interim supply is required
Add seeds and interim supply	Form E1 Form E2 If you had previously applied for seeds/interim supply: Letter explaining why more seeds/interim supply are required

The MMAP strives to meet its service standards for pprocessing complete applications within 10 weeks of receiving the application, including new applications, applications to renew, or applications to amend an existing authorization/licence. Please note that the service standard only applies once applications are fully completed. Incomplete applications are returned to the applicant with instructions on what is missing and how to fill in missing information. Applications from people with symptoms being treated within the context of compassionate end-of-life care will continue to be given immediate priority.