I dont think u "register" for the hardship. I think need to request permission for a hardship. Otherwise all you have is the medical card. & you were only "allowed" to grow because there were no dispensaries. This is the form canna care gave me to request info from the irs.... the salem address was pre-filled out. I was to send this in for a hardship request along with the info from canna care for my state registration #
so i went back & checked the dph site. Under the registration part it talks about applying for a hardship to avoid paing the 50$ registration fee... it lists a bunch of net family incomes & the % of a discount u get at the dispensary. Id imagine if they ok u for any discount, that they'd send u a varification of a hardship.
The other section i found info in was the final version of rules for patients & caregivers. Under hardships for cultivation, it listed financial as one reason & distance to the dispensary as another. Something about a "reasonable distance", no transportation, or the dispensary not delivering.
The site also listed a phone # for ?'s