Williamsport · Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
New card or renewal, handled on time.
A Pennsylvania Department of Health–approved physician can certify — or recertify — your serious medical condition. Here's exactly when each step happens.
A Pennsylvania Department of Health–approved physician can certify — or recertify — your serious medical condition. Here's exactly when each step happens.
Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Program is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Sign up in the state registry with your Pennsylvania driver's license or state ID.
An approved physician certifies your serious medical condition, for up to one year.
$50 within 60 days of certification, or $0 with Medicaid, PACE/PACENET, CHIP, SNAP, or WIC.
Your card is mailed. Bring it and a photo ID to any Pennsylvania dispensary.
Certifications and cards last up to a year. Here's how the Department of Health's renewal process works, so there's no gap.
The state emails you that it's time for a new certification. See an approved physician.
You'll get an email with instructions to pay $50, or $0 if you qualify for a reduction.
Once you're recertified and paid up, a new card is mailed to your profile address.
Keep using your current card until the new card's issue date.
You don't have to see the same doctor who certified you the first time.
Your renewed card starts after your current card expires, so renewing early doesn't cost you days.
Update "profile settings" in the registry so your new card reaches you.
Summarized from the Department of Health's renewal page. Pay the annual fee by its due date to avoid a lapse.
*Under specific criteria. Traumatic brain injury and Type II diabetes are approved for research purposes only. See the official list.
On the Golden Strip, serving patients with a Pennsylvania medical marijuana ID card. Confirm current hours before you go.
See all locations on the Department of Health dispensary list.
A paved trail along the levee of the West Branch, with river views and easy access from downtown.
“I missed my renewal once and went weeks without a valid card. Now I book as soon as the 60-day email arrives.”
— Brenda S., Williamsport“I didn't know I could see a different physician to renew. That made it much easier this year.”
— Dale H., MontoursvilleWhen the state's 60-day email arrives. Your new card begins after the current one expires, so renewing early is fine.
No. Any Department of Health–approved physician can recertify you.
About 30 days before it's due, you'll get an email with payment instructions. The fee is $50, or $0 if you qualify for a reduction.
Yes, until the new card's issue date.
No. As of 2026, Pennsylvania allows medical marijuana only.
On the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Medical Marijuana Program pages.
Williamsport, the seat of Lycoming County, once called itself the Lumber Capital of the World, and the timber barons' Victorian mansions still line Millionaires' Row. Today it's home to Pennsylvania College of Technology and Lycoming College, the Susquehanna Riverwalk, and each August, the world's attention for Little League baseball in neighboring South Williamsport. Williamsport residents follow the same statewide rules as every patient in Pennsylvania's Medical Marijuana Program.
The program operates under the Medical Marijuana Act (Act 16 of 2016) and is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, which approves physicians, issues ID cards, and licenses dispensaries.
Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Pennsylvania, and cannabis remains illegal under federal law. See the Department of Health for current rules.
Appointments with Department of Health–approved physicians.