The Michigan Medical Marijuana Act defines a "qualifying patient" as: a person who has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition. 

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Specific Medical Conditions listed in Statute: “Debilitating medical conditions" [Section 3 (a) (1)] means any of the following conditions and/or their treatments:

• Cancer

• Glaucoma

• Positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 

• Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

• Hepatitis C

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS - Lou Gehrig's Disease)

• Crohn's disease

• Agitation of Alzheimer's disease

• Nail patella

• PTSD

 

General diseases, medical conditions, and treatment not listed but authorized in Statute: A patient can also qualify under the statute [Section 3 (a) (2)] if he/she experiences any chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition, or it's treatment, which produces one or more of the following symptoms or side effects:

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• Cachexia or wasting syndrome;

• Severe and chronic pain

• Nausea

• Seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy;

• Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis