Wouldn't it be nice if our Primary Care Docs would sign off on this? I saw my worker's comp doc 1-4 times per month for more than 2 years (legally, I HAD to do that), and he absolutely knew all about my injury (permanent nerve damage/chronic pain), but he would not sign the form. It wasn't even a "House Rule" of the medical office, it was just him, being a prick. He was always willing to prescribe vicodin -- even though I was clearly becoming hooked on it, and had terrible side effects. Sigh. Coincidentally, when I had my medical records faxed from that office to the MMJ Clinic, that doctor refused to treat me anymore. It's for the best. As I said before, he was a prick, and fairly creepy as well (He would ask me to scratch his back! And he was always asking me if I was still together with my boyfriend. Yeeeeucckkk.). The vicodin wasn't doing me any favors either.
On a pretty cool note, my Primary Care Doc at Kaiser (in California) signed off for MMJ many times, and this was 10 years ago. Then Kaiser set up their "House Rules" stating that no docs could sign for MMJ anymore, and that was that.
One of these days it will be a moot point.
Good luck with your appointment on April Fool's Day, Ganjamanotie!