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Application - Renewal with changes

Making Changes to your Authorization and/or Licence to Produce during the Renewal process

You may use the renewal process to make changes to your application and/or licence to produce marihuana for medical purposes, including changes to your source of supply of marihuana. The following chart outlines the necessary forms required for any changes you may need to make during the renewal process:

Renewing Your Application with Changes
Name Change OR
  • Form R
  • Legal name change document or marriage certificate
Physical and/or Mailing Address Change
Changing source of marihuana (Health Canada supply or Production Licence)
Change in Medical Practitioner
  • Form A
  • Form B1 or Form B2
  • New applicant photographs signed by the new medical practitioner
  • Source Form (Form E1 (Health Canada supply) or Form C, (Personal Use Production) or Form D (Designated Person Production)
  • All other supporting documents if applicable (Form F, proof of signing authority, CRC, DP photographs)
Change in daily amount (increase or decrease)
  • Form A
  • Form B1 or Form B2
  • Source Form (Form E1 (Health Canada supply) or Form C, (Personal Use Production) or Form D (Designated Person Production)
  • All other supporting documents if applicable, Form F, proof of signing authority, CRC, DP photographs)
Change in delivery instruction for Health Canada Supply
Change to Production Licence: production site/mode of production/storage site
  • Form R
  • Form C or 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

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.