Prescriptions overview
Why prescriptions are required for cannabis sales and how the iPad enforces them.
Overview
Thai cannabis dispensary compliance requires a valid medical prescription for regulated products. On the iPad, prescription validation runs at checkout โ if the active patient doesn't have an unexpired prescription with remaining allowance, the cart shows a warning. The Dashboard manages the list of prescribers (doctors, clinics, licenses); the iPad attaches existing paper prescriptions to a patient or generates new PDF prescriptions directly on the device.
Prescriptions are org-scoped and travel with the patient across branches.
When to use it
- Any cannabis sale to a new or returning patient
- Onboarding a new patient who walks in with a paper prescription
- Re-issuing a prescription for an existing patient whose last one expired
- Handling a red validation banner at checkout
How to use it
Video tutorial coming soon
The iPad handles three scenarios:
- Patient already has a prescription โ Attach it to their profile by uploading a PDF or photo.
- Patient needs a new prescription โ Generate a PDF using a prescriber on file.
- Validation warning at checkout โ Resolve the warning โ attach, generate, or continue anyway if policy allows.
Tips & gotchas
- Prescribers (doctors, license numbers, types) are managed in the Dashboard โ add them there before the iPad can generate PDFs.
- Daily dosage is capped at 1 g/day and prescription duration at 30 days at generation.
- Prescriptions are organization-wide โ a prescription attached at one branch is visible to every other branch.
- Every warning has a Continue Anyway option, but bypassing prescription compliance is legally risky โ only use it under manager direction.