I just got my first scrip from a doc in Vernon, BC when I was out there for the month of August helping my 89yo mom downsize.
No charge at all. He just billed my Alberta medical for 2 unspecified office visits. A regular walk-in clinic too and not specifically for pot. The day before my first visit I walked into my first ever compassion club to chat with the owner and he turned me on to the doc. Bought my first legal pot at that club too.
I went to the clinic on a Saturday morning for my initial visit then was told I had to have 2 visits to be rated as a patient and not just a walk-in. Supposedly that's the legal way to do it now. Went back the following Tuesday. We never even discussed daily amounts but I told him that I have been using pot for close to 50 years and was into hi-CBD strains as since I had a little stroke about 4 years ago I get so wasted from just a couple tiny tokes that I wasn't enjoying the buzz much anymore but wanted the medicine.
Once he understood he wasn't going to have to explain pot usage to me he quickly filled out the paper. One sheet is all it was. Then I asked about the limit and he stuck his finger on the sheet and it said 8g/day. I was happily surprised as the only pot doc anywhere around here in northern Alberta gave my friend 1 1/2g/day and she had to bitch to get the extra half gram and paid $100 for her paperwork.
I'm not applying to Hellth Canada for a permit to grow as I don't want to be on their hit list in case the new laws next year forbid home growing and they sic the Gestapo on us. I'll just keep growing as I always have but on a larger scale. Got 6 plants going since June and plans to sprout another 40 - 50 beans this week.
I could have got on the old MMAR years ago but refused to pay $400 for a scrip and another $400 for getting grow papers filled out as a matter of principle.
The papers to apply for a grow permit from Hellth Canada aren't hard to figure out so I can't see paying a clinic to that for you. Fill 'em out yourself and send them in with the original copy of your scrip. I got 4 notarized copies made of mine in case I do need to send the original somewhere. I for the glove box in the car and the rest in my safe.