The Arkansas Board of Health approves the following is a list of the current qualifying conditions:

• Cancer

• Glaucoma

• Positive status for HIV/AIDS

• Hepatitis C

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

• Tourette’s syndrome

• Crohn’s disease

• Ulcerative colitis

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

• Severe arthritis

• Fibromyalgia

• Alzheimer’s disease

• A chronic or debilitating disease/medical condition/treatment that produces one or more of the following:

  • Cachexia, or wasting syndrome​

  • Intractable pain, or pain that has not responded to ordinary treatment or surgical methods for more than six (6) months

  • Peripheral neuropathy

  • Seizures, including those characteristic of epilepsy

  • Severe nausea

  • Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis (MS)

• Any other medical condition or its treatment approved by the Arkansas Board of Health

FOR REFERENCE PLEASE VISIT THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO PLACE AN APPLICATION.

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