The Medical Cannabis Specialist Certification prepares professionals to understand the regulated cannabis industry and support safe, ethical, evidence-informed patient education and care coordination. The program integrates plant science, supply-chain literacy, compliance, laboratory interpretation, pharmacology, dosing principles, patient communication, privacy, law, documentation, and interprofessional collaboration. Eighty total learning hours include 48 guided instructional hours, approximately 28 hours of readings and applied assignments, and 4 hours of examinations. The 16-week curriculum covers cannabis policy, plant science, supply chain, cultivation, extraction, sales, compliance, the endocannabinoid system, cannabinoids and terpenes, lab results interpretation, consumption and dosing, patient communication, medical cannabis law, and the provision of cannabis care. **Important professional limitation:** This certification is education—not a medical license, prescriptive authority, a state cannabis recommendation credential, or legal advice. Learners must work within their existing license, job description, state law, and organizational policy.

Professionals in cannabis, health education, social services, care navigation, dispensary operations, compliance, quality, laboratory services, public health, or allied health seeking specialized medical cannabis knowledge.

No clinical licensure required. Designed for adult learners working or seeking work in cannabis, health education, social services, care navigation, dispensary operations, compliance, quality, laboratory services, public health, or allied health.

Graduates will be able to: explain cannabis policy and the dual legal system; describe cannabis plant science and cultivation fundamentals; analyze the supply chain from seed to sale; interpret laboratory results and labels; explain the endocannabinoid system and pharmacology of cannabinoids and terpenes; apply dosing principles and consumption methods; communicate effectively with patients about cannabis care; navigate medical cannabis law; and coordinate evidence-informed patient education and care.

Medical cannabis specialist, patient care coordinator, dispensary consultant, compliance specialist, cannabis industry educator, healthcare liaison, and cannabis care navigator roles.

Attendance of at least 85% of guided instruction. Completion of all weekly assignments and applied laboratories. Minimum 80% score on the 100-question final examination. Successful completion of the capstone cannabis-care simulation and remediation of critical safety errors.

Weekly applied assignments (25%), midterm examination (20%), capstone patient-care simulation (25%), and 100-question final examination (30%). Minimum 80% score required on the final examination to receive certification.

16-week instructor and student course manual, weekly applied assignments, laboratory interpretation exercises, capstone cannabis-care simulation, and 100-question final examination.