Maryland would allow midwives, nurses, dentists and foot doctors to certify patients for medical-marijuana under a bill the state House of Delegates passed Friday.

Current state law restricts such authority to physicians, but the House voted 110 to 21 to extend it to other types of health-care providers.

The legislation, sponsored by Del. Dan K. Morhaim (D-Baltimore County), will now move to the Senate for consideration. It would allow nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, dentists and podiatrists to certify patients for medical-marijuana purchases.

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Under the bill, those care providers would be required to have an active, unrestricted license to practice in their fields; be in good standing with their respective boards; and have a state controlled dangerous substances registration.

Maryland legalized medical cannabis in 2013, but the state commission charged with overseeing the industry is still working to issue its first licenses for growers, processors and dispensaries after a series of changes to the program and a flood of applications that require careful vetting. Sale of the products is not expected to begin until 2017.

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Only 85 physicians have registered to certify patients for the drug, according to the commission.

Morhaim, who is a physician, has proposed four bills this year that would eliminate criminal penalties for low-level possession of narcotics and increase the state’s focus on addiction treatment.