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30+1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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34+SENATE BILL 437 By: Garvin of the Senate
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1448 An Act relating to me dical marijuana; amending 63
1549 O.S. 2021, Section 420, as amended by Section 1,
1650 Chapter 251, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section
1751 420), which relates to medical marijuana patient
1852 license; prohibiting colocation of recommending
1953 physicians for minor patien t; requiring certain
2054 attestation; clarifying certain requirement;
2155 directing promulgation of certain rules; requiring
2256 qualifying medical conditions for recommendations;
2357 requiring in-person physical examination; providing
2458 exception; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 421, 422,
2559 and 423, as amended by Sections 1, 2, and 3, Chapter
2660 332, O.S.L. 2022, and 424 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022,
2761 Sections 421, 422, and 423), which relate to
2862 licensing requirements for medica l marijuana
2963 dispensaries, commercial growers , processors, and
3064 transporters; providing for temporary and annual
3165 licenses; updating language; amending 63 O.S. 2021,
3266 Section 427.2, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter
3367 317, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 427.2),
3468 which relates to definitions; modifying definition;
3569 amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 42 7.8, which relates
3670 to municipal and county zoning rights; updating
3771 statutory references; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section
3872 427.10, as amended by Section 12, Chapter 251, O.S.L.
3973 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 427.10), w hich
4074 relates to physicians who may provide a
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41101 recommendation; directing creation of certai n
42102 registry; requiring registration by physicians;
43103 requiring compliance with medical education and
44104 continuing medical education requirements; directing
45105 promulgation of certain rules in consultation with
46106 specified boards; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section
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49107 427.14, as last amended by Section 5 of Enrolled
50108 House Bill No. 2095 of the 1st Session of the 59th
51109 Oklahoma Legislature (63 O.S. Supp. 2022 , Section
52110 427.14), which relates to medical marijuana business
53111 license; modifying scope of certain definition ;
54112 creating temporary and annua l licensing program for
55113 certain medical marijuana businesses; stating
56114 conditions for temporary licenses; requiring
57115 adherence to certain rul es and regulations;
58116 clarifying obligations of the Oklahoma Medical
59117 Marijuana Authority when issuing temporary license s;
60118 stating length of term of tem porary licenses;
61119 providing for extensio ns under certain circumstances;
62120 establishing fees for temporary lice nses and
63121 extensions; requiring submission of certain
64122 information to the Authority; prohibiting issuance of
65123 license until certain inspections are comp leted;
66124 authorizing rejection of applica tions; defining term;
67125 clarifying circumstances that allow for the is suance
68126 of annual medical marijuana business licenses;
69127 requiring current licensees to submit certain
70128 documentation prior to renewal; establishing
71129 timelines and procedures; requiring person issued a
72130 temporary and annual license to annually submit
73131 certain documentation when seeking renewal of the
74132 license; requiring insurance verification for
75133 licensees transporting medical marijuana; requiring
76134 an applicant to submit verification of ownership or
77135 lease of a licensed medical marijuana busin ess
78136 premises; prohibiting multiple licenses at same
79137 location; providing exception; amending Section 3,
80138 Chapter 328, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section
81139 427.14b), which relates to credentials required for
82140 employees to work in licensed medical marijuana
83141 business; requiring dispensary em ployees to comply
84142 with education and continuing education requirements;
85143 directing promulgation of certain rules; authorizing
86144 the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to require
87145 certain application for transfer of license;
88146 prohibiting transfer without appro val; allowing
89147 Authority to revoke license or forbid future
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90174 licenses; establishing fee for application; providing
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93175 for promulgation of rules; prohibiting transfers
94176 during certain investigations; allowing for only one
95177 transfer per year; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section
96178 427.16, as last amended by Section 7 of Enrolled
97179 House Bill No. 2095 of the 1st Session of the 59th
98180 Oklahoma Legislature (63 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section
99181 427.16), which relates to medical marijuana
100182 transporter license; creating temporary licensing
101183 program for medical marijuana transporters;
102184 specifying certain requirements; providing exception
103185 under certain circumstances; allowing the Okl ahoma
104186 Medical Marijuana Authority to revoke exception;
105187 directing promulgation of rules to impose limits on
106188 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) potency of medical
107189 marijuana and medical marijuana products; setting
108190 certain limits on potency; prohibiting licensed
109191 medical marijuana dispensary from selling medical
110192 marijuana or medical marijuana product that exceeds
111193 potency limits; amen ding 63 O.S. 2021, Section
112194 427.21, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 329, O.S.L.
113195 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 427.21), which
114196 relates to advertising; prohibiting certain types of
115197 events to be hosted or advertised; providing for the
116198 promulgation of rules for certain events; directing
117199 licensed medical marijuana processors and licensed
118200 medical marijuana commercial growers to sell certain
119201 medical marijuana products in pre -packaged form;
120202 providing requirements for packaging; allowing for
121203 the display and smell ing of marijuana; amending
122204 Section 2 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 913 of the 1st
123205 Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature , which
124206 relates to medical marijuana bond requirement;
125207 providing for promulgation of rules; providing for
126208 codification; providing effectiv e dates; and
127209 declaring an emergency.
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131-SUBJECT: Medical marijuana
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133214 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPL E OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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136215 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 420, as
137216 amended by Section 1, Chapter 251, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022,
138217 Section 420), is amended to read as follows:
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140244 Section 420. A. A person in possess ion of a state-issued
141245 medical marijuana patient license shall be able to:
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143246 1. Consume marijuana legally;
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145247 2. Legally possess up to three (3) ounces or eighty -four and
146248 nine-tenths (84.9) grams of marijuana on their person;
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148249 3. Legally possess six mature mar ijuana plants and the
149250 harvested marijuana therefrom;
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153252 5. Legally possess o ne (1) ounce or twenty -eight and three-
154253 tenths (28.3) grams of conc entrated marijuana;
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156254 6. Legally possess seventy -two (72) ounces or two thou sand
157255 thirty-seven and six-tenths (2,037.6) grams of edible marijuana;
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159256 7. Legally possess up to eight (8) ounces or two hundred
160257 twenty-six and four-tenths (226.4) grams of marijuana in their
161258 residence; and
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164260 marijuana.
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166261 B. Possession of up to one and one -half (1.5) ounces or forty -
167262 two and forty-five one-hundredths (42.45) grams of marijuana by
168263 persons who can state a medical condit ion, but are not in possession
169264 of a state-issued medical marijuana patient license, shall
170265 constitute a misdemeanor offense not subject to imprisonment but
171266 punishable by a fine not to exceed Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00).
172267 Any law enforcement officer who c omes in contact with a person in
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173294 violation of this subsection and who is sa tisfied as to the identity
174295 of the person, as well as any other pertinent information the law
175296 enforcement officer de ems necessary, shall issue to the person a
176297 written citation contai ning a notice to answer the charge against
177298 the person in the appropriate co urt. Upon receiving the written
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180299 promise of the alleged violator to answer as specified in the
181300 citation, the law en forcement officer shall release the person upon
182301 personal recognizance unless there has been a violation of another
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185303 C. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall be
186304 established which shall receive applications for medical marijuana
187305 patient and caregiver license recipients, dispensaries, growers and
188306 processors within sixty (60) days of the passage of this initiative.
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190307 D. The Authority shall, within thirty (30) days of passage of
191308 this initiative, make available on its website, in an easy -to-find
192309 location, an application for a medical marijuana patient license.
193310 The license shall be valid for two (2) years. The biannual
194311 application fee shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or Twenty
195312 Dollars ($20.00) for individuals on Medicaid, Medicare or SoonerCare
196313 or one hundred percent (100%) disabled veterans. The methods of
197314 payment shall be provided on the website of the Authority. R eprints
198315 of the medical marijuana patient license shall be Twenty Dol lars
199316 ($20.00).
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201343 E. A short-term medical marijua na patient license application
202344 shall also be made available on the website of the Authority. A
203345 short-term medical marijuana patient license shall be granted to any
204346 applicant who can meet the requirements for a two-year medical
205347 marijuana patient license, b ut whose physician recommendation for
206348 medical marijuana is only va lid for sixty (60) days. Short -term
207349 medical marijuana patient licenses sha ll be issued for sixty (60)
208350 days. The fee for a short -term medical marijuana patient license,
209351 reprints of the shor t-term medical marijuana patient license and the
210352 procedure for extending or renewing the license shall be determined
211353 by the Executive Directo r of the Authority.
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213354 F. A temporary medical marijuana patient licens e application
214355 shall also be available on the we bsite of the Authority for
215356 residents of other states. Temporary m edical marijuana patient
216357 licenses shall be granted to medical marijuana lic ense holders from
217358 other states, provided that such states have state -regulated medical
218359 marijuana programs and appli cants can prove they are members of such
219360 programs. Temporary medi cal marijuana patient licenses shall be
220361 issued for thirty (30) days. The c ost for a temporary medical
221362 marijuana patient license shall be One H undred Dollars ($100.00).
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224363 Renewal shall be gra nted with resubmission of a new application. No
225364 additional criteria shall be required. Reprints of the temporary
226365 medical marijuana patient license shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00).
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228392 G. Medical marijuana pati ent license applicants shall submit
229393 their applications to the Authority for approval. The applicant
230394 shall be a resident of this state and shall prove residency by a
231395 valid driver license, utility bills, or other accepted methods.
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233396 H. The Authority shall re view the medical marijuana patient
234397 license application; approve, reject or deny the application; and
235398 mail the approval, rejection or denial letter stating any reasons
236399 for the rejection or denial to the applicant within fourteen (14)
237400 business days of receip t of the application. Approved applicants
238401 shall be issued a medical marijuana patient license which shall act
239402 as proof of his or her approved status. Applications may only be
240403 rejected or denied based on the applicant not meeting stated
241404 criteria or improper completion of the application.
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243405 I. The Authority shall make available, both on its website and
244406 through a telephone verification system, an easy method to validate
245407 the authenticity of th e medical marijuana patient license by the
246408 unique 24-character identification number.
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248409 J. The Authority shall ensur e that all medical marijuana
249410 patient and caregiver records and inf ormation are sealed to protect
250411 the privacy of medical marijuana patient lic ense applicants.
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252412 K. A caregiver license shall be made available for qualified
253413 caregivers of a medical marijuana pa tient license holder who is
254414 homebound. As provided in Section 427 .11 of this title, the
255415 caregiver license shall provide the caregiver the sa me rights as the
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256442 medical marijuana patient licensee including the ab ility to possess
257443 marijuana, marijuana products and mature and immature plants
258444 pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Ma rijuana and Patient Protection
259445 Act, but excluding the ability to use mariju ana or marijuana
260446 products unless the caregiver has a medical marijua na patient
261447 license. Applicants for a caregiver license shall submit proof of
262448 the license status and homebound st atus of the medical marijuana
263449 patient and proof that the applicant is the d esignee of the medical
264450 marijuana patient. The applicant shall also submit proof that he or
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267451 she is eighteen (18) ye ars of age or older and proof of his or her
268452 state residency.
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270453 L. All applicants for a medical marijuana patient license shall
271454 be eighteen (18) years of age or older. A special exception shall
272455 be granted to an applicant under the age of eighteen (18); howe ver,
273456 these applications shall be signed by two physicians and the parent
274457 or legal guardian of the applicant . The two physicians shall not be
275458 located at the same physical address. At least one of the
276459 physicians shall attest that the minor applicant has be en under the
277460 routine care of the physician for not less than one ( 1) year, or not
278461 less than five (5) years if the minor patient has only been seen by
279462 the physician through telemedicine, or that the minor appli cant was
280463 referred to the physician by a physici an whose care the minor
281464 applicant has been under for not less than one (1) year or not less
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282491 than five (5) years if the minor patient has only been seen by the
283492 physician through telemedicine .
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285493 M. All applications for a medical marijuana patient license
286494 shall be signed by an Oklahoma a physician located in this state and
287495 licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical
288496 Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners,
289497 or the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners. There are n o
290498 qualifying conditions for patients eighteen (18) years of age or
291499 older, unless the patient is currently enrolled in a public school
292500 in this state. The Executive Director shall consult with
293501 appropriate medical licensure boards or organization s representing
294502 healthcare providers that oversee the care of pediatric patient s in
295503 this state to promulgate rules to specify qualifying medical
296504 conditions for a medical marijuana patient under eighteen (18) years
297505 of age, or for patients eighteen (18) years of ag e or older who are
298506 currently enrolled in a publ ic school in this state, for licensure.
299507 A medical marijuana patient license shall be recommend ed according
300508 to the accepted standards a reasonable and prudent physician would
301509 follow when recommending or approving an y medication, and may only
302510 be recommended for qu alifying medical conditions approved by the
303511 Executive Director for patients under eighteen (18) years of age, or
304512 who are currently enrolled in a publ ic school in this state. Before
305513 issuing a medical marijuan a recommendation to a minor patient, a
306514 physician shall first condu ct an in-person examination of the
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307541 patient. Unless the physician certifies that the patient is
308542 homebound and in need of a caregi ver under subsection K of this
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311543 section. No physician may be unduly stigmatized or harassed for
312544 signing a medical marijuana pat ient license application.
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314545 N. Counties and cities may enact medical marijuana guidelines
315546 allowing medical marijuana patient licen se holders or caregiver
316547 license holders to exceed the state l imits set forth in subsection A
317548 of this section.
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319549 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 421, as
320550 amended by Section 1, Chapter 332, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022,
321551 Section 421), is amended to read as follows:
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323552 Section 421. A. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall
324553 make available on its website in an easy-to-find location an
325554 application applications for a temporary medical marijuana
326555 dispensary license and annual medical marijuana dispensary license.
327556 The application fee to fees for the temporary or annual license
328557 shall be paid by the applicant shall be in the amounts provided for
329558 in Section 427.14 of this title. A method of payment for the
330559 application fee fees shall be provided on the website of the
331560 Authority. Dispensary Medical marijuana dispensary applicants must
332561 all be residents of Oklahoma. Any entity applying for a temporary
333562 or annual medical marijuana dispensary license must be owned by an
334563 Oklahoma resident and must be registere d to do business in Oklahoma.
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336591 application for a temporary medical marijuana dispensary license;
337592 approve, reject or deny the application; and mail the approval,
338593 rejection or denial letter stating reasons for the rejection or
339594 denial to the applicant.
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341595 B. The In addition to the requirements provided for in the
342596 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, the Authority
343597 shall approve all applications which meet the following criteria:
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345598 1. The applicant must be twenty-five (25) years of age or
346599 older;
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348600 2. The applicant, if applying as an individual, must show
349601 residency in the State of Oklahoma;
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351602 3. All applying entities must show that a ll members, managers,
352603 and board members are Oklahoma residents;
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356604 4. An applying entity may show ownership of non-Oklahoma
357605 residents, but that percentage ownership may not exceed twenty-five
358606 percent (25%);
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360607 5. All applying individuals or entities must be registered to
361608 conduct business in the State of Oklahoma; and
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363609 6. All applicants must disclose all ownership interests in the
364610 dispensary.
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367612 (2) years, any other felony conviction i n the last five (5) years,
368613 inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections or any
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369640 person currently incarcerated shall not qualify for a temporary or
370641 annual medical marijuana dispensary license.
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372642 C. Licensed medical marijuana dispensaries shall be required to
373643 complete a monthly sal es report to the Authority. This report shall
374644 be due on the fifteenth of each month and provide reporting on the
375645 previous month. This report shall detail the weight of marijuana
376646 purchased at wholesale and the weight of marijuan a sold to licensed
377647 medical marijuana patients and licensed caregivers and account for
378648 any waste. The report shall show total sales in dollars, tax
379649 collected in dollars, and tax due in dollars. The Authority shall
380650 have oversight and auditing responsibilities to ensure that all
381651 marijuana being grown is accounted for.
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383652 D. Only a licensed medical marijuan a dispensary may conduct
384653 retail sales of marijuana or marijuana derivatives. Beginning on
385654 the effective date of this act, licens ed medical marijuana
386655 dispensaries shall be authorized to package and sell pre-rolled
387656 marijuana to licensed medical marijuana pa tients and licensed
388657 caregivers. The products described in this subsection shall contain
389658 only the ground parts of the marijuana p lant and shall not include
390659 marijuana concentrates or der ivatives. The total net weight of each
391660 pre-roll packaged and sold by a medical marijuana dispensary shall
392661 not exceed one (1) gram. These products shall be tested, packaged
393662 and labeled in accordance with Oklahoma law and rules promulgated by
394663 the Authority.
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398690 E. No medical marijuana dispensary shall offer or allow a
399691 medical marijuana patient licensee, caregiver licensee or other
400692 member of the public to handle or otherwise have physical contact
401693 with any medical marijuana not contained in a sealed or separate
402694 package. Provided, such prohibition shall not preclude an employee
403695 of the medical marijuana dispensary from handling loose or
404696 nonpackaged medical marijuana to be placed in packaging consistent
405697 with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and
406698 the rules promulgated by the Authority for the packaging of medical
407699 marijuana for retail sale. Provided, further, such prohibition
408700 shall not prevent a medical marijuana dispensary from displaying
409701 samples of its medical marijuana in separate display c ases, jars or
410702 other containers and allowing medical marijuana patient licensees
411703 and caregiver licensees the ability to handle or smell the various
412704 samples as long as the sample medical marijuana is used for display
413705 purposes only and is not offered for reta il sale.
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415706 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 422, as
416707 amended by Section 2, Chapter 332, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O .S. Supp. 2022,
417708 Section 422), is amended to read as follows:
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419709 Section 422. A. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authori ty shall
420710 make available on its website in an easy-to-find location an
421711 application applications for a temporary medical marijuana
422712 commercial grower license and annual medical marijuana commercial
423713 grower license. The application fee fees for the temporary o r
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424740 annual license shall be paid by the applicant in the amounts
425741 provided for in Section 427.14 of this title. A method of payment
426742 for the application fee fees shall be provided on the website of the
427743 Authority. The Authority shall have ninety (90) days to review the
428744 application for a temporary medical marijuana commercial gro wer
429745 license; approve, reject or deny the application; and mail the
430746 approval, rejection or denial letter stating the reasons for the
431747 rejection or denial to the applicant.
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433748 B. The In addition to the requirements provided for in the
434749 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, the Authority
435750 shall approve all applications which meet the following criteria:
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437751 1. The applicant must be twenty-five (25) years of age or
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443754 residency in the State of Oklahoma;
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445755 3. All applying entities must show that all members, managers,
446756 and board members are Oklahoma residents;
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448757 4. An applying entity may show owner ship of non-Oklahoma
449758 residents, but that percentage ownership may not exceed twenty-five
450759 percent (25%);
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452760 5. All applying individuals or entities must be registered to
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458790 Applicants with a nonviolent felony conviction in the last two
459791 (2) years, any other felony conviction in the last five (5) years,
460792 inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections or any
461793 person currently incarcerated shall not qualify for a temporary or
462794 annual medical mariju ana commercial grower license.
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464795 C. A licensed medical marijuana commercial grower may sell
465796 marijuana to a licensed medical marijuana dispensary or a licensed
466797 medical marijuana processor. Further, sales by a licensed medical
467798 marijuana commercial grower shall be considered wholes ale sales and
468799 shall not be subject to taxation. Under no circumstances may a
469800 licensed medical marijuana commercial grower sell marijuana directly
470801 to a licensed medical marijuana patient or licensed medical
471802 marijuana caregiver. A licensed medical marijuana commercial grower
472803 may only sell at the wholesale level to a licensed medical marijuana
473804 dispensary, a licensed medical marijuana commercial grower or a
474805 licensed medical marijuana processor. If the federal government
475806 lifts restrictions on buying and selli ng marijuana between states,
476807 then a licensed medical marijuana commercial grower would be allowed
477808 to sell and buy marijuana wholesale from, or to, a n out-of-state
478809 wholesale provider. A licensed medical marijuana commercial grower
479810 shall be required to complete a monthly yield and sales report to
480811 the Authority. This report shall be due on the fifteenth of each
481812 month and provide reporting on the previo us month. This report
482813 shall detail the amount of marijuana harvested in pounds, the amount
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487842 the amount of marijuana sold to licensed medical marijuana
488843 dispensaries in pounds. Additionally, this repor t shall show total
489844 wholesale sales in dollars. The Authority shall have oversight and
490845 auditing responsibilities to ensure that all marijuana being grown
491846 by licensed medical marijuana commercial growers is accounted for.
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493847 D. There shall be no limits on how much marijuana a licensed
494848 medical marijuana commercial grower can grow.
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496849 E. Beginning on the effective date of this act, licensed
497850 medical marijuana commercial growers shall be authorized to package
498851 and sell pre-rolled marijuana to licensed medical marijuana
499852 dispensaries. The products described in this subsection shall
500853 contain only the ground parts of the marijuana plant and shall not
501854 include marijuana concentrates or derivatives. The total net weight
502855 of each pre-roll packaged and sold by licensed medical marijuana
503856 commercial growers shall not exceed one (1) gram. These products
504857 must be tested, packaged and labeled in accordance with Oklahoma law
505858 and rules promulgated by the Authority.
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507859 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 423, as
508860 amended by Section 3 , Chapter 332, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022,
509861 Section 423), is ame nded to read as follows:
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511862 Section 423. A. The Oklahoma Medical Mar ijuana Authority shall
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513890 application applications for a temporary medical marijuana processor
514891 license and annual medical marijuana processing processor license.
515892 The Authority shall be authorized to i ssue two types of annual
516893 medical marijuana proc essor licenses based on the level of risk
517894 posed by the type of processi ng conducted:
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519895 1. Nonhazardous medical marijuana processor license; and
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521896 2. Hazardous medical marijuana processor license .
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523897 The application fee fees for a nonhazardous or hazardous medic al
524898 marijuana processor the temporary or annual license shall be paid by
525899 the applicant in the amounts provided for in Section 427.14 of this
526900 title. A method of payment shall be provided on the website of the
527901 Authority. The Authority shall have ninety (90) days to review the
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531903 approve, reject or deny the application; and mail the approval,
532904 rejection or denial letter stating the reasons for the rejection or
533905 denial to the applicant.
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535906 B. The Authority shall approve all applications which mee t the
536907 following criteria:
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538908 1. The applicant must be twenty-five (25) years of age or
539909 older;
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541910 2. The applicant, if applying as an individual, must show
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544912 3. All applying entities must show that all members, managers,
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547940 4. An applying entity may show ownership of non-Oklahoma
548941 residents, but that percentage ownership may not exceed t wenty-five
549942 percent (25%);
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551943 5. All applying individuals or entities must be registered to
552944 conduct business in the State of Oklahoma; and
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554945 6. All applicants must disclose all ownership interests in the
555946 processing operation.
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557947 Applicants with a nonviolent felony conviction in the last two
558948 (2) years, any other felony conviction in the last five (5) years,
559949 inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections or any
560950 person currently incarcerated shall not qualify for a temporary or
561951 annual medical marijuana processing processor license.
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563952 C. 1. A licensed medical marijuana processor may take
564953 marijuana plants and dis till or process these plants into
565954 concentrates, edibles, and other forms for consumption.
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567955 2. As required by subsection D of this section, the Authority
568956 shall make available a set of standards which shall be used by
569957 licensed medical marijuana processors in the preparation of edible
570958 marijuana products. The standards should be in line with curr ent
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574960 established by the Authority.
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576961 3. Up to two times a year, the Authority may inspect a
577962 processing operation and determine its compliance with the
578963 preparation standards. If deficiencies are found, a written report
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579990 of the deficiency shall be issued to the licensed medical marijuana
580991 processor. The licensed medical marijuana processor shall have one
581992 (1) month to correct the deficiency or be subject to a fine of Five
582993 Hundred Dollars ($500.00) fo r each deficiency.
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584994 4. A licensed medical marijuana processor may sell marijuana
585995 products it creates to a licensed medical marijuana dispensary or
586996 any other licensed medical marijuana processor. All sales by a
587997 licensed medical marijuana processor shall be considered wholesale
588998 sales and shall not be subject to taxation.
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590999 5. Under no circumstances may a licensed medical marijuana
5911000 processor sell marijuana or any marijuana product directly to a
5921001 licensed medical marijuana patient or licensed medical marijuana
5931002 caregiver. However, a licensed medical marijuana processor may
5941003 process cannabis into a concentrated form for a licensed medical
5951004 marijuana patient for a fee.
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5971005 6. Licensed medical marijuana processors shall be required to
5981006 complete a monthly yield and sales report to the Authority. This
5991007 report shall be due on the fifteenth of each month and shall provide
6001008 reporting on the previous month. This report shall detail the
6011009 amount of marijuana and medical marijuana products purchased in
6021010 pounds, the amount of marijuana cooked or processed in pounds, and
6031011 the amount of waste i n pounds. Additionally, this repor t shall show
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6061040 being processed is accounted for.
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6081041 D. The Authority shall oversee the inspection and compliance of
6091042 licensed medical marijuana processors producing products with
6101043 marijuana as an additive . The Authority shall be compelled to,
6111044 within thirty (30) days of passage of this initiativ e, appoint
6121045 twelve (12) Oklahoma residents to the Medical Marijuana A dvisory
6131046 Council, who are marijuana industry exper ts, to create a list of
6141047 food safety standards for processing and handling medical marijuana
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6181049 the Authority may enforce these standards for licensed medical
6191050 marijuana processors. The Authority shall develop a standards
6201051 review procedure and these standards can be altered by calling
6211052 another council of twelve (12) Oklahoma mariju ana industry experts.
6221053 A signed letter of twenty operating, licensed medical marijuana
6231054 processors shall constitute a need for a new council and standards
6241055 review.
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6261056 E. If it becomes permissi ble under federal law, marijuana may
6271057 be moved across state lines.
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6291058 F. Any device used for the processing or consumption of medical
6301059 marijuana shall be considered legal to be sold, manufactured,
6311060 distributed and possessed. No merchant, wholesaler, manufactur er or
6321061 individual may be unduly harassed or prosecuted for sellin g,
6331062 manufacturing or possessing marijuana paraphernalia .
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6361090 amended to read as follows:
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6381091 Section 424. A. A temporary medical marijuana transportation
6391092 transporter license will or an annual medical marijuana transporter
6401093 license shall be issued to qualifying applicants for a medical
6411094 marijuana retail dispensary, growing medical marijuana commercial
6421095 grower, or processing medical marijuana processor license. The
6431096 transportation temporary or annual medical marijuana transporter
6441097 license will shall be issued at the time of approval of a retail,
6451098 growing, or processing the temporary or annual medical marijuana
6461099 dispensary, medical mari juana commercial grower, or medical
6471100 marijuana processor license. The fees for the temporary or annual
6481101 license shall be paid by the applicant in the amounts provided for
6491102 in Section 427.14 of this title.
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6511103 B. A transportation medical marijuana transporter license will
6521104 shall allow the holder to transport medical marijuana from an
6531105 Oklahoma licensed Oklahoma-licensed medical marijuana retailer
6541106 dispensary, licensed growing medical marijuana commercial grower
6551107 facility, or licensed medical marijuana processor facility to an
6561108 Oklahoma licensed Oklahoma-licensed medical marijuana retailer
6571109 dispensary, licensed growing medical marijuana commercial grower
6581110 facility, or licensed medical marijuana processing facility.
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6621137 C. All medical marijuana or medical marijuana products shall be
6631138 transported in a locked cont ainer and clearly labeled “Medical
6641139 Marijuana or Derivative”.
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6661140 SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.2, as
6671141 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 317, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O .S. Supp.
6681142 2022, Section 427.2), is amended to read as follows:
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6701143 Section 427.2. As used in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
6711144 Patient Protection Act:
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6731145 1. “Advertising” means the act of providing consideration for
6741146 the publication, dissemination, solicitation or circulation, of
6751147 visual, oral or written communication to induce directly or
6761148 indirectly any person to patronize a particular medical marijuana
6771149 business, or to purchase particular medical marijuana or a medical
6781150 marijuana product. Advertising includes marketing, but does not
6791151 include packaging and labeling;
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6811152 2. “Authority” means the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority;
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6831153 3. “Batch number” means a unique numeric or alphanumeric
6841154 identifier assigned prior to testing to allow for inventory tracking
6851155 and traceability;
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6871156 4. “Cannabinoid” means any of the chemical compounds that are
6881157 active principles of marijuana;
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6901158 5. “Caregiver” means a family member or assistant who regularly
6911159 looks after a medical marijuana license holde r whom a physician
6921160 attests needs assistance;
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6961188 a. designed or construc ted to be significantly difficult
6971189 for children under five (5) years of age to open and
6981190 not difficult for normal adults to use properl y as
6991191 defined by 16 C.F.R. 1700.15 (1995) and 16 C.F.R.
7001192 1700.20 (1995),
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7051194 the product to be seen without opening the packaging
7061195 material, and
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7081196 c. resealable to maintain its child-resistant
7091197 effectiveness for multiple openings for any product
7101198 intended for more than a single use or containing
7111199 multiple servings;
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7131200 7. “Clone” means a nonflowering plant cut from a mother plant
7141201 that is capable of developing into a new plant and has shown no
7151202 signs of flowering;
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7171203 8. “Commissioner” means the State Commissioner of Health;
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7191204 9. “Complete application” means a document prepared in
7201205 accordance with the provisions set forth in the Oklahoma Medical
7211206 Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, rules promulgated pursuant
7221207 thereto, and the forms and instructions provided by the Department
7231208 including any supporting documentation required and the applicable
7241209 license application fee;
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7281237 11. “Director” means the Executive Director of th e Oklahoma
7291238 Medical Marijuana Authority;
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7311239 12. “Dispense” means the selling of medical marijuana or a
7321240 medical marijuana product to a qualified patient or the designated
7331241 caregiver of the patient that is packaged in a suitable container
7341242 appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use by a
7351243 qualifying patient;
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7371244 13. “Dispensary” means a medical marijuana dispensary, an
7381245 entity that has been licensed by the Department pursuant to the
7391246 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act to purchase
7401247 medical marijuana or medical marijuana products from a licensed
7411248 medical marijuana commercial grower or medical marijuana processor,
7421249 sell medical marijuana or medical marijuana products to patients and
7431250 caregivers as defined under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
7441251 Patient Protection Act, or sell or transfer products to another
7451252 dispensary;
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7491253 14. “Edible medical marijuana product” means any medical-
7501254 marijuana-infused product for which the intended use is oral
7511255 consumption including, but not limited to, any type of food, drink
7521256 or pill;
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7541257 15. “Entity” means an individual, general partnership, limited
7551258 partnership, limited liability company, trus t, estate, association,
7561259 corporation, cooperative or any other legal or commercial entity;
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7581286 16. “Flower” means the reproductive organs of the marijuana or
7591287 cannabis plant referred to as the bud or parts of the plant that are
7601288 harvested and used to consume in a variety of medical marijuana
7611289 products;
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7631290 17. “Flowering” means the reproductive state of the marijuana
7641291 or cannabis plant in which th ere are physical signs of flower or
7651292 budding out of the nodes of the stem;
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7671293 18. “Food-based medical marijuana concentrate ” means a medical
7681294 marijuana concentrate that was produced by extracting cannabinoids
7691295 from medical marijuana through the use of propylene glycol,
7701296 glycerin, butter, olive oil, coconut oil or other typical food-safe
7711297 cooking fats;
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7731298 19. “Good cause” for purposes of an initial, renewal or
7741299 reinstatement license application, or for purposes of discipline of
7751300 a licensee, means:
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7771301 a. the licensee or applicant has violated, does not meet,
7781302 or has failed to comply with any of the terms,
7791303 conditions or provisions of the act, an y rules
7801304 promulgated pursuant thereto, or any supplemental
7811305 relevant state or local law, rule or regulation,
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7831306 b. the licensee or applica nt has failed to comply with
7841307 any special terms or conditions that were placed upon
7851308 the license pursuant to an order of the State
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7871336 Authority or the municipality, or
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7921338 or applicant have been operated in a manner that
7931339 adversely affects the public health or welfare or the
7941340 safety of the immediate vicinity in which the
7951341 establishment is located;
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7971342 20. “Harvest batch” means a specifically identified quantity of
7981343 medical marijuana that is uniform in strain, cultivated utilizing
7991344 the same cultivation practices, harvested at the same time f rom the
8001345 same location and cured under uniform conditions;
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8021346 21. “Harvested marijuana” means post-flowering medical
8031347 marijuana not including trim, concentrate or waste;
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8051348 22. “Heat- or pressure-based medical marijuana concentrate”
8061349 means a medical marijuana con centrate that was produced by
8071350 extracting cannabinoids from medical marijuana through the use of
8081351 heat or pressure;
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8101352 23. “Immature plant” means a nonflowering marijuana plant that
8111353 has not demonstrated signs of flowering;
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8131354 24. “Inventory tracking system ” means the required tracking
8141355 system that accounts for medical marijuana from either the seed or
8151356 immature plant stage until the medical mar ijuana or medical
8161357 marijuana product is sold to a patient at a medical marijuana
8171358 dispensary, transferred to a medical mariju ana research facility,
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8191386 project by a medical marijuana research facili ty;
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8211387 25. “Licensed patient” or “patient” means a person who has been
8221388 issued a medical marijuana patient license by the Stat e Department
8231389 of Health or Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority;
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8251390 26. “Licensed premises” means the premises specified in an
8261391 application for a medical marijuana business license, medical
8271392 marijuana research facility license or medical marijuana education
8281393 facility license pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
8291394 Patient Protection Act that are owned or in possession of the
8301395 licensee and within which the licensee is authorized to cultivate,
8311396 manufacture, distribute, sell, store, transport, test or research
8321397 medical marijuana or medical marijuana products in accordance with
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8361399 Protection Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
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8381400 27. “Manufacture” means the production, propagation,
8391401 compounding or processing of a medical marijuana product, excluding
8401402 marijuana plants, either directly or indirectly by extraction from
8411403 substances of natural or synthetic origin, or independently by means
8421404 of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and
8431405 chemical synthesis;
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8451406 28. “Marijuana” shall have the same meaning as such term is
8461407 defined in Section 2-101 of this title and shall not include any
8471408 plant or material containing delta-8 or delta-10
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8481435 tetrahydrocannabinol which is grown, processed or sold pursuant to
8491436 the provisions of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program any plant or
8501437 material derivative not defined therein shall be defi ned by the
8511438 Authority;
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8531439 29. “Material change” means any change that would require a
8541440 substantive revision to the standard operating procedures of a
8551441 licensee for the cultivation o r production of medical marijuana,
8561442 medical marijuana concentrate or medic al marijuana products;
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8581443 30. “Mature plant” means a harvestable female marijuana plant
8591444 that is flowering;
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8611445 31. “Medical marijuana business (MMB) ” means a licensed medical
8621446 marijuana dispensary, medical marijuana processor, medical mari juana
8631447 commercial grower, medical marijuana laboratory, medical marijuana
8641448 business operator or a medical marijuana transporter;
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8661449 32. “Medical marijuana concentrate ” or “concentrate” means a
8671450 specific subset of medical marijuana that was produced by extractin g
8681451 cannabinoids from me dical marijuana. Categories of medical
8691452 marijuana concentrate include water-based medical marijuana
8701453 concentrate, food-based medical marijuana concentrate, so lvent-based
8711454 medical marijuana concentrate, and heat- or pressure-based medical
8721455 marijuana concentrat e;
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8741456 33. “Medical marijuana commercial grower” or “commercial
8751457 grower” means an entity licensed to cultivate, prepare and package
8761458 medical marijuana and transf er or contract for transfer medical
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8791485 marijuana to a medical marijuana dispensar y, medical marijuana
8801486 processor, any other medical marijuana commercial grower, medical
8811487 marijuana research facility, medical marijuana education facility
8821488 and pesticide manufacture rs. A commercial grower may sell seeds,
8831489 flower or clones to commercial grower s pursuant to the Oklahoma
8841490 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
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8861491 34. “Medical marijuana education facility” or “education
8871492 facility” means a person or entity approved pu rsuant to the Oklahoma
8881493 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act to operate a facility
8891494 providing training and education to individuals involving the
8901495 cultivation, growing, harvesting, curing, preparing, packaging or
8911496 testing of medical marijuana, or the p roduction, manufacture,
8921497 extraction, processing, packaging or creation of medica l-marijuana-
8931498 infused products or me dical marijuana products as described in the
8941499 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
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8961500 35. “Medical-marijuana-infused product” means a product infused
8971501 with medical marijuana including, but not limited to , edible
8981502 products, ointments and tinctu res;
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9001503 36. “Medical marijuana product” or “product” means a product
9011504 that contains cannabinoids that have been extracted from plant
9021505 material or the resin therefrom by physical or chemical means and is
9031506 intended for administration to a qualified patient includ ing, but
9041507 not limited to, oils, tinctures, edibles, pills, topical forms,
9051508 gels, creams, vapors, patches, liquids and forms administered by a
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9061535 nebulizer, excluding live plant forms which are considered medical
9071536 marijuana;
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9091537 37. “Medical marijuana processor ” means a person or entity
9101538 licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
9111539 Protection Act to operate a business including the pro duction,
9121540 manufacture, extraction , processing, packaging or creation of
9131541 concentrate, medical-marijuana-infused products or medical marijuana
9141542 products as described in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
9151543 Protection Act;
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9171544 38. “Medical marijuana re search facility” or “research
9181545 facility” means a person or entity approved pursuant to the Oklahoma
9191546 Medical Marijuana and P atient Protection Act to conduct medical
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9221547 marijuana research. A medical marijuana research facility is not a
9231548 medical marijuana business;
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9251549 39. “Medical marijuana testing lab oratory” or “laboratory”
9261550 means a public or private laboratory licensed pursuant to the
9271551 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, to conduct
9281552 testing and research on medical marijuana and medical marijuana
9291553 products;
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9311554 40. “Medical marijuana trans porter” or “transporter” means a
9321555 person or entity that is licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical
9331556 Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. A medical marijuana
9341557 transporter does not include a medical marijuana business that
9351558 transports its own medical mariju ana, medical marijuana concentrate
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9361585 or medical marijuana products to a property or fac ility adjacent to
9371586 or connected to the licensed premises if the property is another
9381587 licensed premises of the same medical marijuana busine ss;
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9401588 41. “Medical marijuana waste ” or “waste” means unused, surplus,
9411589 returned or out-of-date marijuana, plant debris of the plant of the
9421590 genus Cannabis including dead plants and all unused plant parts and
9431591 roots, except the term shall not include roots, st ems, stalks and
9441592 fan leaves;
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9461593 42. “Medical use” means the acquisition, possession, use,
9471594 delivery, transfer or transportat ion of medical marijuana, medical
9481595 marijuana products, medical marijuana devices or paraphernalia
9491596 relating to the administration of medi cal marijuana to treat a
9501597 licensed patient;
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9521598 43. “Mother plant” means a marijuana plant that is grown or
9531599 maintained for the purpose of generating clones, and that will not
9541600 be used to produce plant material for sale to a medical marijuana
9551601 processor or medical marijuana dispensary;
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9571602 44. “Oklahoma physician” or “physician” means a physician
9581603 licensed by and in good standing with the State Board of Medical
9591604 Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners
9601605 or the Board of Podiatric Medical Exam iners;
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9641606 45. “Oklahoma resident” means an individual who can provide
9651607 proof of residency as required by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
9661608 Patient Protection Act;
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9681635 46. “Owner” means, except where the context otherwise requires,
9691636 a direct beneficial owner in cluding, but not limited to, all persons
9701637 or entities as follows:
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9721638 a. all shareholders owning an interest of a corporate
9731639 entity and all officers of a corporate entity,
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9751640 b. all partners of a general partnership,
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9771641 c. all general partners and all limited partn ers that own
9781642 an interest in a limited partnership,
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9801643 d. all members that own an interest in a li mited
9811644 liability company,
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9831645 e. all beneficiaries that hold a beneficial interest in a
9841646 trust and all trustees of a trust,
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9861647 f. all persons or entities that own inter est in a joint
9871648 venture,
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9891649 g. all persons or entities that own an interest in an
9901650 association,
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9921651 h. the owners of any other type of legal entity, and
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9941652 i. any other person holding an interest or convertible
9951653 note in any entity which owns, operates or manages a
9961654 licensed facility;
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9981655 47. “Package” or “packaging” means any container or wrapper
9991656 that may be used by a medical marijuana business to enc lose or
10001657 contain medical marijuana;
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10021684 48. “Person” means a natural person, partnership, association,
10031685 business trust, compa ny, corporation, estate, l imited liability
10041686 company, trust or any other legal entity or organization, o r a
10051687 manager, agent, owner, directo r, servant, officer or employee
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10081688 thereof, except that person does not include any governmental
10091689 organization;
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10111690 49. “Pesticide” means any substance or mixture of substances
10121691 intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any
10131692 pest or any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a
10141693 plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant, except that the term
10151694 pesticide shall not include any article that is a “new animal drug”
10161695 as designated by the United States Food and Drug Administration;
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10181696 50. “Production batch” means:
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10201697 a. any amount of medical marijuana concentrate of the
10211698 same category and produced using the same extraction
10221699 methods, standard operating procedures and an
10231700 identical group of harvest batch of medical mar ijuana,
10241701 or
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10261702 b. any amount of medica l marijuana product of the same
10271703 exact type, produced using the same ingredients,
10281704 standard operating procedures and the same production
10291705 batch of medical marijuana concentrate;
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10311706 51. “Public institution” means any entity esta blished or
10321707 controlled by the feder al government, state government, or a local
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10331734 government or municipality including, but not limited to,
10341735 institutions of higher education or rel ated research institutions;
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10361736 52. “Public money” means any funds or money obtained by the
10371737 holder from any government al entity including, but not limited to,
10381738 research grants;
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10401739 53. “Recommendation” means a document that is signed or
10411740 electronically submitted by a physician on behalf of a patient for
10421741 the use of medical marijuana pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical
10431742 Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
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10451743 54. “Registered to conduct business” means a person that has
10461744 provided proof that the business applicant is in good standing with
10471745 the Secretary of State and Oklahoma Tax Commission;
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10511746 55. “Remediation” means the process by which the medical
10521747 marijuana flower or trim, which has failed microbial testing, is
10531748 processed into solvent-based medical marijuana concentrate and
10541749 retested as required by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
10551750 Protection Act;
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10571751 56. “Research project” means a discrete scientific endeavor to
10581752 answer a research question or a set of research questio ns related to
10591753 medical marijuana and is required fo r a medical marijuana research
10601754 license. A research project shall include a description of a
10611755 defined protocol, cl early articulated goals, defined methods and
10621756 outputs, and a defined start and end date. The description shall
10631757 demonstrate that the research pr oject will comply with all
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10641784 requirements in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
10651785 Protection Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto. All research
10661786 and development conducted by a medical marijuana re search facility
10671787 shall be conducted in fur therance of an approved research project;
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10691788 57. “Revocation” means the final decision by the Department
10701789 that any license issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
10711790 and Patient Protection Act is rescinded because the individual or
10721791 entity does not comply with the appl icable requirements set forth in
10731792 the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act or rules
10741793 promulgated pursuant thereto;
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10761794 58. “School” means a public or private preschool, a public or
10771795 private elementary or secondary school, or a technology center
10781796 school which is primarily used for classroom instruction. A
10791797 homeschool, daycare or child-care facility shall not be considered a
10801798 “school” as used in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
10811799 Protection Act;
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10831800 59. “Shipping container” means a hard-sided container with a
10841801 lid or other enclosure that can be secured in place. A shipping
10851802 container is used solel y for the transport of medical marijuana,
10861803 medical marijuana concentrate, or medical marijuana products between
10871804 medical marijuana businesses, a medical marijuana research facility,
10881805 or a medical marijuana education facility;
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10901806 60. “Solvent-based medical marijuana concentrate” means a
10911807 medical marijuana concentrate that was produced by extracting
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10941834 cannabinoids from medical mariju ana through the use of a solvent
10951835 approved by the Department;
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10971836 61. “State Question” means Oklahoma State Question No. 788,
10981837 Initiative Petition No. 412, approved by a majority vote of the
10991838 citizens of Oklahoma on June 26, 2018;
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11011839 62. “Strain” means the classification of marijuana or cannabis
11021840 plants in either pure sativa, indica, afghanica, ruderalis or hybrid
11031841 varieties;
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11051842 63. “THC” means tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the primary
11061843 psychotropic cannabinoid in marijuana formed by decarboxylation of
11071844 naturally tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, which generally occurs by
11081845 exposure to heat;
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11101846 64. “Test batch” means with regard to usable marijuana, a
11111847 homogenous, identified quantity of usable marijuana by strain, no
11121848 greater than ten (10) pounds, that is harvested during a seven-day
11131849 period from a specified cultivation area, and with regard to oils,
11141850 vapors and waxes derived from usable marijuana, means an identifie d
11151851 quantity that is uniform, that is intended to meet specifications
11161852 for identity, strength and composition, and that is manufactured,
11171853 packaged and labeled during a specified time period according to a
11181854 single manufacturing, packaging and labeling protocol;
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11201855 65. “Transporter agent” means a person who transports medical
11211856 marijuana or medical marijuana products for a licensed tr ansporter
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11221883 and holds a transporter agent license pursuant to the Oklahoma
11231884 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
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11251885 66. “Universal symbol” means the image established by the State
11261886 Department of Health or Oklahoma Medical Marijua na Authority and
11271887 made available to licensees through its website indicating that the
11281888 medical marijuana or the medical marijuana product contains THC;
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11301889 67. “Usable marijuana” means the dried leaves, flowers, oils,
11311890 vapors, waxes and other portions of the mar ijuana plant and any
11321891 mixture or preparation thereof, exc luding seeds, roots, stems,
11331892 stalks and fan leaves; and
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11371893 68. “Water-based medical marijuana concentrate ” means a
11381894 concentrate that was produced by extracting cannabinoids from
11391895 medical marijuana through the use of only water, ice or dry ice.
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11411896 SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.8, is
11421897 amended to read as follows:
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11441898 Section 427.8. A. The rights to possess the marijuana products
11451899 set forth in Section 420 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this
11461900 title are cumulative and a duly licensed individual may possess at
11471901 any one time the totality of the items listed therein and not be in
11481902 violation of this act so long as the individual holds a valid
11491903 medical marijuana patient license or caregiver license.
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11511904 B. Municipal and county go verning bodies may not enact medical
11521905 marijuana guidelines which restrict or interfere with the rights of
11531906 a licensed patient or caregiver to p ossess, purchase, cultivate or
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11541933 transport medical marijuana within the legal limits set forth in
11551934 this act the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act
11561935 or Section Sections 420 et seq. of Title 63 of the Ok lahoma Statutes
11571936 through 426.1 of this title or require patients or caregivers to
11581937 obtain permits or licenses in addition to the state-required
11591938 licenses provided herein.
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11611939 C. Nothing in this act the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
11621940 Patient Protection Act or Section Sections 420 et seq. of Title 63
11631941 of the Oklahoma Statutes through 426.1 of this title shall prohibit
11641942 a residential or commercial property or business owner from
11651943 prohibiting the consumption of medical marijuana or medical
11661944 marijuana product by smoke or vaporization on the premises, within
11671945 the structures of the premises or within ten (10) feet of the
11681946 entryway to the premises. However, a medical marijuana patient
11691947 shall not be denied the right to consume or use other medical
11701948 marijuana products which are otherwise legal an d do not involve the
11711949 smoking or vaporization of cannabis when lawfully recommended
11721950 pursuant to Section 420 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Stat utes this
11731951 title.
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11751952 D. A medical marijuana patient or caregiver licensee shall not
11761953 be denied eligibility in public assi stance programs includin g, but
11771954 not limited to, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
11781955 (SNAP), Women, Infants, and Children Nut rition Program (WIC),
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11821983 assistance programs based s olely on his or her stat us as a medical
11831984 marijuana patient or caregiver licensee, unless required by federal
11841985 law.
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11861986 E. A medical marijuana pa tient or caregiver licensee shall not
11871987 be denied the right to own, purchase or possess a firearm,
11881988 ammunition, or firea rm accessories based sol ely on his or her status
11891989 as a medical marijuana patient or caregiver licensee. No state or
11901990 local agency, municipal or county governing authority shall
11911991 restrict, revoke, suspend or otherwise infringe upon the right of a
11921992 person to own, purchase or possess a firearm, ammunition, or firearm
11931993 accessories or any related firearms license or certification based
11941994 solely on their status as a medical marijuana patient or caregiver
11951995 licensee.
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11971996 F. A medical marijuana patient or caregiver in actual
11981997 possession of a medical marijuana license shall not be subject to
11991998 arrest, prosecution or penalty in any manner or denied any right,
12001999 privilege or public assistance, under state law or municipal or
12012000 county ordinance or resolution including without limitation a civil
12022001 penalty or disciplinary action by a business, occupational or
12032002 professional licensing board or bureau, for the medical use of
12042003 marijuana in accordance with this act the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
12052004 and Patient Protection Act .
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12072031 G. A government medical a ssistance program shall not be
12082032 required to reimburse a person for costs associated with the medical
12092033 use of marijuana unless federal law req uires reimbursement.
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12112034 H. Unless otherwise required by federal law or required to
12122035 obtain federal funding:
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12142036 1. No employer may refuse to hire, discipline, discharge or
12152037 otherwise penalize an applicant or employee solely on the basis of
12162038 such applicant’s or employee’s status as a medical marijuana
12172039 licensee; and
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12192040 2. No employer may refuse to hire, discipline, discharge or
12202041 otherwise penalize an applic ant or employee solely on the basis of a
12212042 positive test for marijuana components or metabolites, unless:
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12252043 a. the applicant or employee is not in possession of a
12262044 valid medical marijuana license,
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12282045 b. the licensee possesses, consumes or i s under the
12292046 influence of medical marijuana or medical marijuana
12302047 product while at the place of employment or during the
12312048 fulfillment of emplo yment obligations, or
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12332049 c. the position is one involving safety-sensitive job
12342050 duties, as such term is defined in subsec tion K of
12352051 this section.
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12372052 I. Nothing in this act the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
12382053 Patient Protection Act or Section Sections 420 et seq. of Title 63
12392054 of the Oklahoma Statutes through 426.1 of this title shall:
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12412081 1. Require an employer to permit or accommoda te the use of
12422082 medical marijuana on the property or premises of any place of
12432083 employment or during hours of employment;
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12452084 2. Require an employ er, a government medical assistance
12462085 program, private health insurer, worker ’s compensation carrier or
12472086 self-insured employer providing worker’s compensation benefits to
12482087 reimburse a person for costs associated with the use of medical
12492088 marijuana; or
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12512089 3. Prevent an employer from having written policies regarding
12522090 drug testing and impairment in accordance with the Oklahoma
12532091 Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Act, Section 551 et
12542092 seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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12562093 J. Any applicant or employee a ggrieved by a willful violation
12572094 of this section shall have, as his or her exclusive remedy, the same
12582095 remedies as provided for in the Oklahoma Standards for Workplace
12592096 Drug and Alcohol Testing Act set forth in Section 563 of Title 40 of
12602097 the Oklahoma Statutes .
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12642099 1. “Safety-sensitive” means any job that includes tasks or
12652100 duties that the employer r easonably believes could affect the safety
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12682101 and health of the employee performing the task or others including,
12692102 but not limited to, any of t he following:
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12712103 a. the handling, packaging, processing, storage, disposal
12722104 or transport of hazardous materials,
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12752132 equipment, machinery or power tools,
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12772133 c. repairing, maintaining or monitoring the performance
12782134 or operation of any equipment, machinery or
12792135 manufacturing process, the malfunction or disruption
12802136 of which could result in injury or property damage,
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12842138 e. the operation, maintenance or oversight of critical
12852139 services and infrastructure including, but not limited
12862140 to, electric, gas, and water utilities, power
12872141 generation or distribution,
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12892142 f. the extraction, compression, processing,
12902143 manufacturing, handling, packaging, storage, disposal,
12912144 treatment or transport of potentially volati le,
12922145 flammable, combustible materials, elements, chemicals
12932146 or any other highly regulated component,
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12972148 h. carrying a firearm, or
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12992149 i. direct patient care or direct child care; and
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13012150 2. A “positive test for marijuana components or metabolites”
13022151 means a result that is at or above the cutoff concentration level
13032152 established by the United State s Department of Transpor tation or
13042153 Oklahoma law regarding being under the influence, whichever is
13052154 lower.
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13072181 L. All smokable, vaporized, vapable and e-cigarette medical
13082182 marijuana product inhaled through vaporization or smoked by a
13092183 medical marijuana licensee ar e subject to the same re strictions for
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13122184 tobacco under Section Sections 1-1521 through 1-1527 of Title 63 of
13132185 the Oklahoma Statutes this title, commonly referred to as the
13142186 “Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act ”.
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13162187 SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.10 , as
13172188 amended by Section 12, Chapt er 251, O.S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022,
13182189 Section 427.10), is amended to read as follows:
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13202190 Section 427.10. A. Only licensed Oklahoma allopathic,
13212191 osteopathic and podiatric physicians may provide a medical marijuana
13222192 recommendation for a medical marijuana pat ient license under the
13232193 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act.
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13252194 B. A physician who has not completed his or her first residency
13262195 shall not meet the definition of “physician” under this section and
13272196 any recommendation for a medical marijuana pa tient license shall not
13282197 be processed by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority.
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13302198 C. No physician shall be subject to arrest, prosecution or
13312199 penalty in any manner or denied any right or privilege under state,
13322200 municipal or county statute, ordinance or reso lution, including
13332201 without limitation a civil penalty or disciplinary action by the
13342202 State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of
13352203 Osteopathic Examiners, the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners or
13362204 by any other business, occupation or professional licensing board or
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13372231 bureau, solely for providing a medical marijuana recommendatio n for
13382232 a patient or for monitoring, treating or prescribing scheduled
13392233 medication to patients who are medical marijuana licensees. The
13402234 provisions of this subsectio n shall not prevent the rele vant
13412235 professional licensing boards from sanctioning a physician fo r
13422236 failing to properly evaluate the medical condition of a patient or
13432237 for otherwise violating the applicable physician -patient standard of
13442238 care.
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13462239 D. A physician who recommends use of medical marijuana shall
13472240 not be located at the same physical address as a l icensed medical
13482241 marijuana dispensary.
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13502242 E. If the physician determines the continued use of medical
13512243 marijuana by the patient no lo nger meets the requirements set f orth
13522244 in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, the
13532245 physician shall notify the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority and
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13562246 the license shall be immediately voided without right to an
13572247 individual proceeding.
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13592248 F. The Authority shall create and maintain a registry of
13602249 recommending physicians. Beginning January 1, 2025, to be eligible
13612250 to provide a medical marijuana recommendation to a licensed patient,
13622251 a physician shall be registered with the Authority.
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13642252 G. To be registered with the Authority, a physician shall
13652253 comply with the medical education and continuing medical education
13662254 requirements described in subsection I of this section and shall
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13672281 meet all other requirements established by law or rule for
13682282 recommending physicians. A minimum of two (2) hours of continuing
13692283 physician education related to medical marijuana shall be completed
13702284 by January 1, 2025, or within one (1) year of being listed on the
13712285 registry.
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13732286 H. The Executive Director of the Authority shall promulgate
13742287 rules to establish medical education and contin uing medical
13752288 education requirements for recommending physicians. The State Board
13762289 of Medical Licensure and Supervision, the State Board of Osteopathic
13772290 Examiners, and the Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners shall
13782291 provide the Executive Director with a list of approved courses for
13792292 initial training and certification for recommending phys icians. The
13802293 Executive Director or licensure boards may consult with associations
13812294 representing licensees of such boards to approve education courses.
13822295 There shall be no less th an one (1) hour of continuing education
13832296 each year for physicians making recomme ndations to patients under
13842297 eighteen (18) years of age or patients eighteen (18) y ears of age or
13852298 older who are enrolled in a public s chool in this state.
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13872299 SECTION 9. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.14, as
13882300 last amended by Section 5 of Enrolled House Bill No. 2095 of the 1st
13892301 Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature (63 O.S. Supp. 2022,
13902302 Section 427.14), is amende d to read as follows:
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13922329 Section 427.14. A. There is hereby created the medical
13932330 marijuana business license, which shall include the following
13942331 categories:
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13962332 1. Medical marijuana commercial grower;
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14002333 2. Medical marijuana processor;
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14022334 3. Medical marijuana dispensary;
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14042335 4. Medical marijuana transporter; and
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14062336 5. Medical marijuana testing laboratory.
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14082337 B. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, with the aid of
14092338 the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, shall develop a
14102339 website for medical marijuana business license applications.
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14122340 C. The Authority shall make available on its website in an
14132341 easy-to-find location, applications for a temporary medical
14142342 marijuana business license and annual medical marijuana business
14152343 license.
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14172344 D. Beginning November 1, 2023, the Authority shall require all
14182345 persons or entities seeking licensure as a medical marijuana
14192346 commercial grower, medical marijuan a processor, medical marijuana
14202347 dispensary, or medical marijuana transporter to first apply for a
14212348 temporary medical marijuana business license.
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14232349 1. A temporary medical marijuana business license is a
14242350 conditional license and does not authorize the licensee t o conduct
14252351 any sales of medical marijuana or marijuana products, the growing or
14262352 processing of marijuana, or the transportation of any medical
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14272379 marijuana or marijuana products by the licensee. A temporary
14282380 medical marijuana business licensee shall follow all applicable
14292381 rules and regulations promulgated by the Authority.
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14312382 2. A temporary medical marijuana business license does not
14322383 obligate the Authority to issue an annual medical mar ijuana business
14332384 license nor does the temporary medical marijuana business licens e
14342385 create a vested right in the holder to either an extension of the
14352386 temporary medical marijuana business license or to the granting of a
14362387 subsequent annual medical marijuana bus iness license.
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14382388 3. A temporary medical marijuana business license issued under
14392389 the provisions of this subsection shall be valid for one hundred
14402390 eighty (180) days from its effective date.
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14442391 4. A temporary medical marijuana business license may be
14452392 extended by the Authority for additional ninety-day periods not to
14462393 exceed eighteen (18) mon ths if:
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14482394 a. an application for an annual license has been
14492395 submitted to the Auth ority prior to the initial
14502396 expiration date of the temporary medical marijuana
14512397 business license, an d
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14532398 b. the Authority determines that the application and
14542399 required documentation su bmitted by the applicant for
14552400 an annual medical marijuana business license is
14562401 deficient in some manner.
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14582428 5. A nonrefundable application fee for a temporary medical
14592429 marijuana business license shall be assessed in the amount of One
14602430 Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00 ). A nonrefundable fee of One Thousand
14612431 Dollars ($1,000.00) shall be assessed for every ninety-day extension
14622432 requested by the holder of a temporary medical marijuana business
14632433 license and subsequently granted by the Authori ty.
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14652434 6. In addition to the general requirements provided for in
14662435 subsection F of this section, persons or entitie s applying for a
14672436 temporary medical marijuana business license or applying to renew a
14682437 medical marijuana business license shall submit the followi ng to the
14692438 Authority:
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14712439 a. business-formation documents, which may include, but
14722440 are not limited to, articles of inco rporation,
14732441 operating agreements, partnership agreements, and
14742442 fictitious business name statements. The applicant
14752443 shall also provide all document s filed with the
14762444 Secretary of State,
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14782445 b. financial information pertain ing to the operations of
14792446 the medical marijuana business, which shall include
14802447 the following:
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14822448 (1) a list of funds belonging to the app licant held
14832449 in savings, checking, or other acc ounts
14842450 maintained by a financial in stitution. The
14852451 applicant shall provide for each account the name
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14882478 of the financial institution, address of the
14892479 financial institution, account type, account
14902480 number, and amount of money in the account ,
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14922481 (2) a list of loans made to the applicant. For each
14932482 loan, the applicant shall provide the amount of
14942483 the loan, date of the loan, term of the loan,
14952484 security provided for the loan, and the name,
14962485 address, and phone number of the lender,
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14982486 (3) a list of investments made into the medical
14992487 marijuana business. For each investment, the
15002488 applicant shall provide th e amount of the
15012489 investment, date of the investment, term of the
15022490 investment, and the name, address, and phone
15032491 number of the investor, and
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15052492 (4) a list of all monetary gifts, equipment, and
15062493 property of any kind given to the applicant for
15072494 the purpose of or in exchange for applying for or
15082495 operating a medical marijuana business. For each
15092496 gift, the applicant shall provide the value or a
15102497 description of the gift and the name, address,
15112498 and phone number of the provider of the gift,
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15132499 c. a complete list of every indi vidual who has a
15142500 financial interest in the medical marijuana business
15152501 who is not an owner of the medical marijuana business,
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15172528 d. whether the applicant has an o wnership or a financial
15182529 interest in any other medical marijuana business
15192530 licensed under the provis ions of the Oklahoma Medical
15202531 Marijuana and Patient Protection Act,
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15222532 e. a complete and detailed diagram of the proposed
15232533 premises. If changes to the proposed pr emises occur
15242534 during the application period, a revised set of plans
15252535 shall be submitted to the Autho rity for final
15262536 inspection. The diagram shall be to scale and shall
15272537 show the following:
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15312538 (1) boundaries of the property and the proposed
15322539 premises to be license d, showing all boundaries,
15332540 dimensions, entrances and exits, interior
15342541 partitions, walls, rooms, win dows, doorways, and
15352542 common or shared entryways, and shall include a
15362543 brief statement or description of the principal
15372544 activity to be conducted therein,
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15392545 (2) the location of medical marijuana business
15402546 activities that will take place in each area of
15412547 the premises, and limited-access areas,
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15432548 (3) where all cameras are located and a number
15442549 assigned to each camera for identification
15452550 purposes, and
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15472577 (4) if the proposed premi ses consists of only a
15482578 portion of the prope rty, labels indicating which
15492579 part of the property is th e proposed premises and
15502580 what the remaining property is used for,
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15522581 f. if the applicant is not the landowner of the real
15532582 property upon which the premises is loca ted, the
15542583 applicant shall provide to the Aut hority a document
15552584 from the landowner or the agent of th e landowner that
15562585 states that the applicant has the right to occupy the
15572586 property and acknowledging the applicant may use the
15582587 property for the medical marijuana business activity
15592588 for which the applicant is applying for licensure. An
15602589 applicant shall also pro vide a copy of the rental
15612590 agreement, as applicable,
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15632591 g. if the applicant is the landowner of the real property
15642592 upon which the premises is located, the applicant
15652593 shall provide to the Authority a copy of the title or
15662594 deed to the property,
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15682595 h. if the applicant is applying for a medical marijuana
15692596 commercial grower license, the applicant shall also
15702597 submit the following:
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15742598 (1) for indoor and mixed light cultivation,
15752599 identification of all power sources for
15762600 cultivation activities including, but not limited
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15772627 to, illumination, heating, cooling, and
15782628 ventilation,
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15802629 (2) if the applicant is proposing to use a diversion
15812630 from a waterbody, groundwater well, or rain
15822631 catchment system as a water source for
15832632 cultivation, include the following locations on
15842633 the property diagram with locat ions also provided
15852634 as coordinates in either latitude and longitude
15862635 or the Oklahoma Coordinate System:
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15882636 (a) sources of water used, including the
15892637 location of waterbody diversion, pump
15902638 location, and distri bution system, and
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15922639 (b) location, type, and capacity of each storage
15932640 unit to be used for cultivation, and
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15952641 (3) a proposed cultivation plan, which shall include
15962642 identification of all water sources used for
15972643 cultivation activities, and
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15992644 i. evidence of insurance including, but not limited to:
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16012645 (1) general liability in surance,
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16032646 (2) workers’ compensation insurance or a copy of an
16042647 Affidavit of Exempt Status filed with the
16052648 Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission if
16062649 compensation coverage is not required pursuant to
16072650 the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act, and
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16092677 (3) product liability insurance.
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16112678 7. The Authority may request additional information from the
16122679 applicant.
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16142680 8. The Authority may reject an application for an annual
16152681 medical marijuana business license if the requirements for a
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16182682 temporary medical marijuana business license or any provision of the
16192683 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act are not
16202684 satisfied.
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16222685 9. For purposes of this subsection, “financial interest”
16232686 concerning a medical marijuana business shall inc lude any
16242687 contractual agreements for profit sharing, subcontracting, or
16252688 similar financial arrangements; provided, such disclosures alone
16262689 shall not automatically indicate ownership of the license or require
16272690 disclosure as an owner of the license .
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16292691 E. 1. The Minus the fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
16302692 for a temporary medical marijuana transporter license, the annual,
16312693 nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana transporter license shall
16322694 be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).
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16342695 2. The Minus the fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for a
16352696 temporary medical marijuana business license, the initial fee for a
16362697 medical marijuana commercial grower license shall be calculated
16372698 based upon the total amount of square feet of canopy or acres the
16382699 grower estimates will be harvested for the year. The annual,
16392700 nonrefundable license fee shall be based upon the total amount of
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16402727 square feet of canopy harvested by the grower during the previous
16412728 twelve (12) months. The amount of the fees shall be determined as
16422729 follows after November 1, 2025 :
1643-
16442730 a. For an indoor, greenhouse, or light deprivation
16452731 medical marijuana grow facility:
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16472732 (1) Tier 1: Up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet
16482733 of canopy, the fee shall be Two Thousand Five
16492734 Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00),
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16512735 (2) Tier 2: Ten thousand one (10,001) square feet of
16522736 canopy to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of
16532737 canopy, the fee shall be Five Thousand Dollars
16542738 ($5,000.00),
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16562739 (3) Tier 3: Twenty thousand one (20,001) square feet
16572740 of canopy to forty thousand (40,000) s quare feet
16582741 of canopy, the fee shal l be Ten Thousand Dollars
16592742 ($10,000.00),
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16632743 (4) Tier 4: Forty thousand one (40,001) square feet
16642744 of canopy to sixty thousand (60,000) square feet
16652745 of canopy, the fee shall be Twenty Thousand
16662746 Dollars ($20,000.00),
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16682747 (5) Tier 5: Sixty thousand one (60,001) square feet
16692748 of canopy to eighty thousand (80,000) square feet
16702749 of canopy, the fee shall be Thirty Thousand
16712750 Dollars ($30,000.00),
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16742778 of canopy to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred
16752779 ninety-nine (99,999) square feet of canopy, the
16762780 fee shall be Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00),
16772781 and
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16792782 (7) Tier 7: One hundred thousand (100,000) square
16802783 feet of canopy and beyond, the fee shall be Fifty
16812784 Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), plus an additional
16822785 twenty-five cents ($0.25) per square foot of
16832786 canopy over one hundred thousand (100,000) square
16842787 feet.
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16862788 b. For an outdoor medical marijuana grow facility:
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16882789 (1) Tier 1: Up to two and one-half (2 1/2) acres,
16892790 the fee shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred
16902791 Dollars ($2,500.00),
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16922792 (2) Tier 2: Two and one-half (2 1/2) acres up to
16932793 five (5) acres, the fee shall be Five Thousand
16942794 Dollars ($5,000.00),
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16962795 (3) Tier 3: Five (5) acres up to ten (10) acres, the
16972796 fee shall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00),
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16992797 (4) Tier 4: Ten (10) acres up to twenty (20) acres,
17002798 the fee shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars
17012799 ($20,000.00),
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17062827 acres, the fee shall be Thirty Thousand Dollars
17072828 ($30,000.00),
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17092829 (6) Tier 6: Thirty (30) acres up to forty (40)
17102830 acres, the fee shall be Forty Thousand Dollars
17112831 ($40,000.00),
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17132832 (7) Tier 7: Forty (40) acres up to fifty (50) acres,
17142833 the fee shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars
17152834 ($50,000.00), and
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17172835 (8) Tier 8: If the amount of acreage exceeds fifty
17182836 (50) acres, the fee shall be Fifty Thousand
17192837 Dollars ($50,000.00) plus an additi onal Two
17202838 Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per acre in
17212839 excess of fifty (50) acres.
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17232840 c. For a medical marijuana commercial grower that has a
17242841 combination of both indoor and outdoor growing
17252842 facilities at one location, the medical marijuana
17262843 commercial grower shall be required to obtain a
17272844 separate license from the Authority for each type of
17282845 grow operation and shall be subject to the licensing
17292846 fees provided for in subparagraphs a and b of this
17302847 paragraph.
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17352876 cultivation area that is dedicated to the
17362877 cultivation of flowering marijuana plants. The
17372878 surface area of the plant canopy must be
17382879 calculated in square feet and measured and must
17392880 include all of the area within the boundaries
17402881 where the cultivation of the flowering marijuana
17412882 plants occurs. If the surface of the plant
17422883 canopy consists of noncontiguous areas, each
17432884 component area must be separated by identifiable
17442885 boundaries. If a tiered or shelving system is
17452886 used in the cultivation area, the surface area of
17462887 each tier or shelf must be included in
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17492888 calculating the area of the plant canopy.
17502889 Calculation of the area of the plant canopy may
17512890 not include the areas within the cultivation area
17522891 that are used to cultivate immature marijuana
17532892 plants and seedlings, p rior to flowering, and
17542893 that are not used at any time to cultivate mature
17552894 marijuana plants. If the flowering plants are
17562895 vertically grown in cylinders, the square footage
17572896 of the canopy shall be measured by the
17582897 circumference of the cylinder multiplied by the
17592898 total length of the cylinder,
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17622926 that is completely covered by a material that
17632927 allows a controlled level of light transmission,
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17662929 (3) “light deprivation” means a structure that has
17672930 concrete floors and the ab ility to manipulate
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17702932 3. The In addition to the nonrefundable application fee for a
17712933 temporary medical marijuana business license, the annual,
17722934 nonrefundable license fee for a medical marijuana processor license
17732935 shall be determined as follows after November 1, 2025:
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17752936 a. Tier 1: Zero (0) to ten thousand (10,000) pounds of
17762937 biomass or production or use of up to one hundred
17772938 (100) liters of cannabis concentrate, the annual fee
17782939 shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
17792940 ($2,500.00),
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17812941 b. Tier 2: Ten thousand one (10,001) pounds to fifty
17822942 thousand (50,000) pounds of biomass or production or
17832943 use from one hundred one (101) to three hundred fifty
17842944 (350) liters of cannabis concentrate, the annual fee
17852945 shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
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17872946 c. Tier 3: Fifty thousand one (50,001) pounds to one
17882947 hundred fifty thousand (150,000) pounds of biomass or
17892948 production or use from three hundred fifty-one (351)
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17932976 concentrate, the annual fee shall be Ten Thousand
17942977 Dollars ($10,000.00),
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17962978 d. Tier 4: One hundred fifty thou sand one (150,001)
17972979 pounds to three hundred thousand (300,000) pounds of
17982980 biomass or production or use from six hundred fifty-
17992981 one (651) to one thousand (1,000) liters of cannabis
18002982 concentrate, the annual fee shall be Fifteen Thousand
18012983 Dollars ($15,000.00), and
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18032984 e. Tier 5: More than three hundred thousand one
18042985 (300,001) pounds of biomass or production or use in
18052986 excess of one thousand one (1,001) liters of cannabis
18062987 concentrate, the annual fee shall be Twenty Thousand
18072988 Dollars ($20,000.00).
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18092989 For purposes of this paragraph only, if the cannabis concentrate
18102990 is in nonliquid form, every one thousand (1,000) grams of
18112991 concentrated marijuana shall be calculated as one (1) liter of
18122992 cannabis concentrate.
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18142993 4. The Minus the fee of One Tho usand Dollars ($1,000.00) for a
18152994 temporary medical marijuana business license, the initial fee for a
18162995 medical marijuana dispensary license shall be Two Thousand Five
18172996 Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00). The After November 1, 2025, the
18182997 annual, nonrefundable license fee for a medical marijuana dispensary
18192998 license shall be calculated at ten percent (10%) of the sum of
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18213026 and state excise tax of the dispensary. The minimum fee shall be
18223027 not less than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) and the
18233028 maximum fee shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
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18253029 5. The Minus the fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for a
18263030 temporary medical marijuana business license, the annual,
18273031 nonrefundable license fee for a medical marijuana testing laboratory
18283032 shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) after November 1,
18293033 2025.
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18313034 E. F. All applicants seeking licensure or licensure renewal as
18323035 a medical marijuana business shall comply with the following general
18333036 requirements:
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18373037 1. All applications for licenses and registrations authorized
18383038 pursuant to this section shall be made upon forms prescribed by the
18393039 Authority;
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18413040 2. Each application shall ide ntify the city or county in which
18423041 the applicant seeks to obtain licensure as a medical marijuana
18433042 business;
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18453043 3. Applicants shall submit a complete application to the
18463044 Authority before the application may be accepted or considered;
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18483045 4. All applications shall be complete and accurate in every
18493046 detail;
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18523074 supplemental information required by the forms supplied by the
18533075 Authority;
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18553076 6. All applications shall be accompanied by a full remittance
18563077 for the whole amount of the application fees. Application fees are
18573078 nonrefundable;
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18593079 7. All applicants shall be approved for licensing review that,
18603080 at a minimum, meets meet the following criteria:
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18623081 a. twenty-five (25) years of age or older,
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18643082 b. if applying as an individual, proof that the applicant
18653083 is an Oklahoma resident pursuant to paragraph 11 of
18663084 this subsection,
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18683085 c. if applying as an entity, proof that seventy-five
18693086 percent (75%) of all members, managers, executive
18703087 officers, partners, board members or any other form of
18713088 business ownership are Oklahoma residents pursuant to
18723089 paragraph 11 of this subsection,
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18743090 d. if applying as an individual or entity, proof that the
18753091 individual or entity is registered to conduct business
18763092 in the State of Oklahoma,
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18813094 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act,
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18843122 f. proof that the medical marijuana business, medical
18853123 marijuana research facility, medical marijuana
18863124 education facility and medical marijuana waste
18873125 disposal facility applicant or license e has not been
18883126 convicted of a nonviolent felony in the last two (2)
18893127 years, or any other felony conviction within the last
18903128 five (5) years, is not a current inmate in the custody
18913129 of the Department of Corrections, or currently
18923130 incarcerated in a jail or correc tions facility, and
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18943131 g. proof that the applicant has possessory right to the
18953132 real estate where the business will operate by
18963133 submission of a copy of an executed deed of conve yance
18973134 or a signed lease for the property;
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18993135 8. There shall be no limit to the number of medical marijuana
19003136 business licenses or categories that an individual or entity can
19013137 apply for or receive, although each application and each category
19023138 shall require a separate application and appli cation fee. A
19033139 commercial grower, processor and dispensary, or any combination
19043140 thereof, are authorized to share the same address or physical
19053141 location, subject to the further restrictions set forth in the
19063142 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act; provided,
19073143 that no address or physical location shall be permitted to have
19083144 multiple licenses of the same type, except a commercial grower with
19093145 a combination of indoor or outdoor growing facilities at one
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19103172 location pursuant to the licensing requirements of this section or a
19113173 licensed medical marijuana processor after the effective date of
19123174 this act;
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19143175 9. All applicants for a medical marijuana business license,
19153176 research facility license or education facility license authorized
19163177 by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, or for
19173178 a renewal of such license, shall undergo an Oklahoma criminal
19183179 history background check conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of
19193180 Investigation (OSBI) within thirty (30) days prior to the
19203181 application for the license, including:
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19263183 b. individuals applying on behalf of a n entity,
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19283184 c. all principal officers of an entity, and
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19303185 d. all owners of an entity as defined by the Oklahoma
19313186 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;
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19333187 10. All applicable fees charged by the OSBI are the
19343188 responsibility of the applicant and shall not be higher than fees
19353189 charged to any other person or industry for such background checks;
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19373190 11. In order to be considered an Oklahoma resident for purposes
19383191 of a medical marijuana business license application, all applicants
19393192 shall provide proof of Oklahoma residency for at least two (2) years
19403193 immediately preceding the date of application or five (5) years of
19413194 continuous Oklahoma residency during the preceding twenty-five (25)
19423195 years immediately preceding the date of application. Sufficient
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19433222 documentation of proof of residency shall include a combination of
19443223 the following:
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19463224 a. an unexpired Oklahoma-issued driver license,
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19483225 b. an Oklahoma identification card,
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19503226 c. a utility bill preceding the date of application,
19513227 excluding cellular telephone and Internet bills,
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19533228 d. a residential property deed to property in the State
19543229 of Oklahoma, and
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19563230 e. a rental agreement preceding the date of application
19573231 for residential property located in the State of
19583232 Oklahoma.
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19603233 Applicants that were issued a medical marijuana business license
19613234 prior to August 30, 2019, are hereby exempt from the two-year or
19623235 five-year Oklahoma residence requirement mentioned above;
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19643236 12. All license applicants shall be required to submit a
19653237 registration with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and
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19683238 Dangerous Drugs Control as provided in Sections 2-302 through 2-304
19693239 of this title;
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19713240 13. All applicants shall establish their identity through
19723241 submission of a color copy or digital image of one of the following
19733242 unexpired documents:
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19753243 a. front of an Oklahoma driver license,
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19773244 b. front of an Oklahoma identification card,
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19793271 c. a United States passport or other photo identification
19803272 issued by the United States government, or
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19823273 d. a tribal identification card approved for
19833274 identification purposes by the Oklahoma Department of
19843275 Public Safety; and
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19863276 14. All applicants shall submit an applicant photograph.
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19883277 F. G. The Authority shall review the temporary medical
19893278 marijuana business license application; approve, reject or deny the
19903279 application; and mail the approval, rejection, denial or status-
19913280 update letter to the applicant within ninety (90) business days of
19923281 receipt of the application.
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19943282 G. H. 1. The Authority shall review the temporary medical
19953283 marijuana business license applications and conduct all
19963284 investigations, inspections and interviews before approving the
19973285 application for an annual medical marijuana business license for the
19983286 specific category applied under. The annual medical marijuana
19993287 business license shall no t be issued until the Authority determines
20003288 that all necessary inspections and reviews, including, but not
20013289 limited to, plan reviews, safety inspections, or compliance
20023290 inspections, have been completed.
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20043291 2. Approved applicants shall be issued a an annual medical
20053292 marijuana business license for the specific category applied under,
20063293 which shall act as proof of their approved status. Rejection and
20073294 denial letters shall provide a reason for the rejection or denial.
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20093322 only be rejected or denied based on the applicant not meeting the
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20123323 standards set forth in the provisions of subsection D of this
20133324 section for a temporary medical marijuana business license, the
20143325 provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection
20153326 Act and Sections 420 through 426.1 of this title, improper
20163327 completion of the application, or for a reason provided for in the
20173328 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and Sections
20183329 420 through 426.1 of this title. If an application for an annual
20193330 medical marijuana business license is rejected for failure to
20203331 provide required information, the applicant shall have thirty (30)
20213332 days be granted an extension of time as pro vided for in paragraph 4
20223333 of subsection D of this section to submit the required information
20233334 for reconsideration. No additional application fee and shall be
20243335 charged for such reconsideration assessed a nonrefundable fee of One
20253336 Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for every ninety-day extension
20263337 requested by the applicant and subsequently granted by the
20273338 Authority. Unless the Authority determines otherwise, an
20283339 application that has been resubmitted but is still incomplete or
20293340 contains errors that are not clerical or typographical in nature
20303341 shall be denied.
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20323342 3. Status-update letters shall provide a reason for delay in
20333343 either approval, rejection or denial should a situation arise in
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20343370 which an application was submitted properly but a delay in
20353371 processing the application occurred.
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20373372 4. Approval, rejection, denial or status-update letters shall
20383373 be sent to the applicant in the same method the application was
20393374 submitted to the Authority.
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20413375 5. Medical marijuana businesses issued a medical marijuana
20423376 business license prior to the effective date of this a ct shall be
20433377 required to submit business -formation documents, financial
20443378 information, and insurance information pertaining to the operations
20453379 of the medical marijuana business, as prescribed in subparagraphs a,
20463380 b, c, d, e, f, and i of paragraph 6 of subsectio n D of this section,
20473381 to the Authority prior to renewal of the medical marijuana business
20483382 license. The medical marijuana business licensee sh all submit the
20493383 required documentation not less than sixty (60) days prior to the
20503384 date of renewal of the medical mar ijuana business license. The
20513385 Authority shall have thirty (30) days to review the submitted
20523386 documentation and an additional thirty (30) days immediately
20533387 thereafter for the purposes of resolving any inconsistencies,
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20563388 discrepancies, or disputed issues found withi n the submitted
20573389 documentation. If the medical marijuana business licensee fails to
20583390 submit the required documentation sixty (60) days prior to the date
20593391 of renewal, the license of the medical marijuana business shall be
20603392 suspended until such time as the docu mentation is submitted to the
20613393 Authority.
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20633420 6. Medical marijuana businesses that have been issued a
20643421 temporary and annual medical marijuana business license pursuant to
20653422 the provisions of subsection D of this section shall be required to
20663423 annually submit update d business-formation documents, financi al
20673424 information, and insurance information pertaining to the operations
20683425 of the medical marijuana business, as prescribed in subparagraphs a,
20693426 b, c, d, e, f, and i of paragraph 6 of subsection D of this section,
20703427 to the Authority when seeking renewal of the me dical marijuana
20713428 business license.
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20733429 H. I. A license for a medical marijuana business, medical
20743430 marijuana research facility, medical marijuana education facility or
20753431 medical marijuana waste disposal facility shall not be issued to or
20763432 held by:
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20783433 1. A person until all required fees have been paid;
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20803434 2. A person who has been convicted of a nonviolent felony
20813435 within two (2) years of the date of application, or within five (5)
20823436 years for any other felony;
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20843437 3. A corporation, if the criminal history of any of its
20853438 officers, directors or stockholders indicates that the officer,
20863439 director or stockholder has been convicted of a nonviolent felony
20873440 within two (2) years of the date of application, or within five (5)
20883441 years for any other felony;
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20923469 5. A person licensed pursuant to this section who, during a
20933470 period of licensure, or who, at the time of application, has failed
20943471 to:
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20963472 a. file taxes, interest or penalties due related to a
20973473 medical marijuana business, or
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21013474 b. pay taxes, interest or penalties due related to a
21023475 medical marijuana business;
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21043476 6. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer or prosecuting
21053477 officer, or an officer or employee of the Authority or municipality;
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21073478 7. A person whose authority to be a caregiver, as defined in
21083479 Section 427.2 of this title, has been revoked by the Authority; or
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21103480 8. A person who was involved in the management or operations of
21113481 any medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research facility,
21123482 medical marijuana education facility or medical marijuana waste
21133483 disposal facility that, after the initiation of a disciplinary
21143484 action, has had a medical marijuana license revoked, not renewed, or
21153485 surrendered during the five (5) years preceding submission of the
21163486 application and for the following violations:
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21183487 a. unlawful sales or purchases,
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21203488 b. any fraudulent acts, falsification of records or
21213489 misrepresentation to the Authority, medical marijuana
21223490 patient licensees, caregiver licensees or medical
21233491 marijuana business licensees,
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21273519 d. threatening or harming any medical marijuana patient,
21283520 caregiver, medical practitioner or employee of the
21293521 Authority,
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21323523 Authority access to premises or records,
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21343524 f. using a prohibited, hazardous substance for processing
21353525 in a residential area,
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21373526 g. criminal acts relating to the operation of a medical
21383527 marijuana business, or
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21403528 h. any violations that endanger public health and safety
21413529 or product safety.
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21453530 I. J. In investigating the qualifications of an applicant or a
21463531 licensee, the Authority and municipalities may have access to
21473532 criminal history record information furnished by a criminal justice
21483533 agency subject to any restrictions imposed by such an agency.
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21503534 J. K. The failure of an applicant or licensee to provide the
21513535 requested information by the Authority deadline may be grounds for
21523536 denial of the application.
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21543537 K. L. All applicants and licensees shall submit information to
21553538 the Authority in a full, faithful, truthful and fair manner. The
21563539 Authority may recommend denial of an application where the ap plicant
21573540 or licensee made misstatements, omissions, misrepresentations or
21583541 untruths in the application or in connection with the background
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21603569 for administrative action against the applicant or licensee. Typos
21613570 and scrivener errors shall not be grounds for denial.
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21633571 L. M. A licensed medical marijuana business premises shall be
21643572 subject to and responsible for compliance with applicable provisions
21653573 consistent with the zoning where such business is located as
21663574 described in the most recent versions of the Oklahoma Uniform
21673575 Building Code, the International Building Code and the International
21683576 Fire Code, unless granted an exemption by a municipality or
21693577 appropriate code enforcement entity.
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21713578 M. N. All medical marijuana business, medical marijuana
21723579 research facility, medical marijuana education facility and medical
21733580 marijuana waste disposal facility licensees shall pay the relevant
21743581 licensure fees prior to receiving licensure to operate.
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21763582 N. O. A medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research
21773583 facility, medical marijuana education facility or medical marijuana
21783584 waste disposal facility that attempts to renew its license after the
21793585 expiration date of the license shall pay a late renewal fee in an
21803586 amount to be determined by the Authority to reinstate the license.
21813587 Late renewal fees are nonrefundable. A license that has been
21823588 expired for more than ninety (90) days shall not be renewed.
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21843589 O. P. No medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research
21853590 facility, medical marijuana education fa cility or medical marijuana
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21893618 marijuana or medical marijuana products without a valid, unexpired
21903619 license issued by the Authority.
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21923620 P. No more than one medical marijuana commer cial grower license
21933621 shall be issued for any one property.
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21953622 Q. Any medical marijuana business license holder pursuant to
21963623 this section shall provide the Auth ority insurance verifications for
21973624 all individuals licensed to transport medical marijuana or medical
21983625 marijuana product. The Authority may determine the contents
21993626 required from the insurance verification, which may include , but not
22003627 be limited to, type of coverage, amount of coverage, or vehicles
22013628 insured under coverage.
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22033629 SECTION 10. AMENDATORY Section 3, Chapter 328, O.S.L.
22043630 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section 427.14b), i s amended to read as
22053631 follows:
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22073632 Section 427.14b. A. 1. Beginning January 1, 2024, the
22083633 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall requ ire employees of a
22093634 medical marijuana business licensee to apply for and receive a
22103635 credential authorizing the employee to w ork in a licensed medical
22113636 marijuana business.
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22133637 2. Beginning January 1, 2025, to be eligible for such
22143638 credential, employees of medical marijuana dispensaries shal l comply
22153639 with the education an d continuing education require ments described
22163640 in subsection G of this section and shall meet all ot her
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22173667 requirements established by law or rule for employees of a medical
22183668 marijuana business licensee.
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22203669 B. The Authority may contr act with one or more third -party
22213670 vendors to provide the cred entialing services necessary to car ry out
22223671 the provisions of this sect ion.
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22243672 C. The Authority shall determine the services to be provided by
22253673 such third-party vendor and shall establish costs and pri ces. If
22263674 contracted for creden tialing services, a third -party vendor shall on
22273675 behalf of the Authority conduct the background chec ks and verify
22283676 eligibility and suitability for any employees of a medical marijuana
22293677 business license holder to obtain a credenti al.
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22333678 D. Upon successful comple tion by the third-party vendor of the
22343679 statutorily required backgr ound checks and verification of
22353680 eligibility and suitability for an employee, the third -party vendor
22363681 shall issue a credential to the em ployee. The results of bac kground
22373682 checks and verificatio ns shall be provided to the Au thority by the
22383683 third-party vendor.
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22403684 E. If the third-party vendor determines that an employee of a
22413685 medical marijuana business holder does not meet the minimum
22423686 statutory requirements for a credentia l, the applicant or employee
22433687 shall have no recourse against the third-party vendor but may appe al
22443688 such adverse determination to t he Authority.
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22463689 F. The third-party vendor shall not be civilly liable to an
22473690 applicant, licensee, or e mployee of a licensee for a ny acts taken in
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22483717 good-faith compliance with the provisions o f Section 420 et seq. of
22493718 Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title and the Oklahoma
22503719 Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and the rules
22513720 promulgated by the Okla homa Medical Marijuana Auth ority.
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22533721 G. The Executive Direc tor of the Authority may promu lgate rules
22543722 to implement the provis ions of this section. Such rules shall
22553723 include, but not be limited to, education and continuing education
22563724 requirements for employees of medical marijuana dispen saries.
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22583725 SECTION 11. NEW LAW A new sec tion of law to be codified
22593726 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 427.14 c of Title 63, unless
22603727 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22623728 A. After the effective date of this act, no medical marijuana
22633729 business license ownership shall be tra nsferred without written
22643730 approval of an application to transfer owner ship by the Oklahoma
22653731 Medical Marijuana Authority.
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22673732 B. For purposes of this act, the “application to transfer”
22683733 shall include all information disclosing the ow nership and other
22693734 documentary requirements required of a new busi ness license
22703735 application to be sub mitted on behalf of the new owners of the
22713736 license including, but not limited to, a detailed inventor y of all
22723737 seeds, plant tissue, clones, plants, usable mari juana or trim,
22733738 leaves and other plant matter, batches of extract, and marijuana
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22763739 concentrates that are to be transferred. Any attempt to transfer
22773740 the medical marijuana business license, the ownership of the
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22783767 business license, or substantially all of the lis ted medical
22793768 marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate, or medical marijuana
22803769 products of a medical ma rijuana business outside of the normal
22813770 course of business without approval from the Authority shall be
22823771 grounds for revocation o r nonrenewal of the license an d denial,
22833772 revocation, or nonre newal of current or future licenses or license
22843773 applications with owne rship held by any such person involved in the
22853774 unlawful ownership transfer.
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22873775 C. The nonrefundable app lication fee for the applic ation to
22883776 transfer shall be Fiv e Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
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22903777 D. The Authority shall promulgate r ules regarding the approval
22913778 and denial of transfers of licenses. Transfers shall not be allowed
22923779 for any licensee who is under investi gation by the Authority or any
22933780 other law enforcement agen cy. No business license shall be
22943781 transferred more than once in a calendar year.
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22963782 SECTION 12. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.16, as
22973783 last amended by Section 7 of Enrolled House Bill No. 2095 of the 1st
22983784 Session of the 59th Oklah oma Legislature (63 O.S. Supp. 2022,
22993785 Section 427.16), is amended to read as follows:
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23013786 Section 427.16. A. There is hereby created a medical marijuana
23023787 transporter license as a category of the medical marijuana business
23033788 license.
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23053789 B. Pursuant to Section 424 of this title, the Oklahoma Medical
23063790 Marijuana Authority shall issue a temporary and an annual medical
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23073817 marijuana transporter license to licensed medical marijuana
23083818 commercial growers, licensed medical marijuana processors, and
23093819 licensed medical marijuana dispensaries upon issuance of such
23103820 licenses and upon each renewal. Medical marijuana transporter
23113821 licenses shall also be issued to licensed m edical marijuana research
23123822 facilities, licensed medical marijuana education facilities and
23133823 licensed medical marijuana testing laboratories upon issuance of
23143824 such licenses and upon each renewal.
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23163825 C. A temporary or annual medical marijuana transporter license
23173826 may also be issued to qualifying appli cants who are registered with
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23203827 the Secretary of State and otherwise meet the requirements for a
23213828 medical marijuana business license set forth in Section 427.14 of
23223829 this title, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Pat ient Protection
23233830 Act, and the requirements set forth in this section to provide
23243831 logistics, distribution and storage of medical marijuana, medical
23253832 marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana products.
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23273833 D. A medical marijuana transporter license shall be valid for
23283834 one (1) year and shall not be transferred with a change of
23293835 ownership. A licensed medical marijuana transporter shall be
23303836 responsible for all medical marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate
23313837 and medical marijuana products once the transporter takes con trol of
23323838 the product.
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23343839 E. A transporter license shall be required for any person or
23353840 entity to transport or transfer medical marijuana, medical marijuana
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23363867 concentrate or medical marijuana products from a licensed medical
23373868 marijuana business to another medical marijuana business, or from a
23383869 medical marijuana business to a medical marijuana research facility
23393870 or medical marijuana education facility.
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23413871 F. A medical marijuana transporter licensee may contract with
23423872 multiple licensed medical marijuana businesses.
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23443873 G. A medical marijuana transporter may maintain a licensed
23453874 premises to temporarily store medical marijuana, medical marijuana
23463875 concentrate and medical marijuana products and to use as a
23473876 centralized distribution point. A medical marijuana transporter may
23483877 store and distribute medical marijuana, medical marijuana
23493878 concentrate and medical marijuana products from the licensed
23503879 premises. The licensed premises shall meet all security
23513880 requirements applicable to a medical marijuana business.
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23533881 H. A medical marijuana transp orter licensee shall use the seed-
23543882 to-sale tracking system developed pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical
23553883 Marijuana and Patient Protection Act to create shipping manifests
23563884 documenting the transport of medical marijuana, medical marijuana
23573885 concentrate and medical marijuana products throughout the state.
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23593886 I. A licensed medical marijuana transporter may maintain and
23603887 operate one or more warehouses in the state to handle medical
23613888 marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana
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23643889 products. Each location sh all be registered and inspected by the
23653890 Authority prior to its use.
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23673917 J. With the exception of a lawful transfer between medical
23683918 marijuana businesses who are licensed to operate at the same
23693919 physical address, all medical marijuana, medical marijuana
23703920 concentrate and medical marijuana products shall be transported:
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23723921 1. In vehicles equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS)
23733922 trackers;
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23753923 2. In a locked container and clearly labeled “Medical Marijuana
23763924 or Derivative”; and
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23783925 3. In a secured area of the vehicle that i s not accessible by
23793926 the driver during transit.
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23813927 K. A transporter agent may possess marijuana at any location
23823928 while the transporter agent is transferring marijuana to or from a
23833929 licensed medical marijuana business, licensed medical marijuana
23843930 research facility or licensed medical marijuana education facility.
23853931 The Authority shall administer the provisions of this section and
23863932 the Authority, the Oklahoma State Bu reau of Narcotics and Dangerous
23873933 Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State Bur eau of Investigation, and the
23883934 Attorney General shall have the authority to enforce the provisions
23893935 of this section concerning transportation.
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23913936 L. The Authority shall issue a transporter agent license to
23923937 individual agents, employees, officers or owners of a transporter
23933938 license in order for the individual to qualify to transport medical
23943939 marijuana, medical marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana
23953940 products.
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23973967 M. The annual fee for a transporter agent license shall be
23983968 Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) and shall be paid by the transporter
23993969 license holder or the individual applicant. Transporter license
24003970 reprints shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00).
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24023971 N. The Authority shall issue each transporter agent a registry
24033972 identification card within thirty (30) days of receipt of:
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24053973 1. The name, address and date of birth of the person;
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24093974 2. Proof of current state residency;
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24113975 3. Proof of identity as required for a medical marijuana
24123976 business license;
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24143977 4. Possession of a valid state-issued driver license;
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24163978 5. Verification of employment with a licensed transporter;
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24183979 6. The application and affiliated fee; and
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24203980 7. A copy of the criminal background check conducted by the
24213981 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, paid for by the applicant.
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24233982 O. If the transporter agent application is denied, the
24243983 Authority shall notify the transporter in writing of the reason for
24253984 denying the registry identification card.
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24273985 P. A registry identification card for a transporter shall
24283986 expire one (1) year after the date of issuance or upon notification
24293987 from the holder of the transporter l icense that the transporter
24303988 agent ceases to work as a transporter.
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24323989 Q. The Authority may revoke the registry identification card of
24333990 a transporter agent who knowingly violates any provision of this
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24344017 section, and the transporter is subject to any o ther penalties
24354018 established by law for the violation.
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24374019 R. The Authority may revoke or suspend the transporter license
24384020 of a transporter that the Authority determines knowingly aided or
24394021 facilitated a violation of any provision of this section, and the
24404022 license holder is subject to any other penalties established in law
24414023 for the violation.
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24434024 S. Vehicles used in the transport of Any vehicle used in the
24444025 duties of a licensed medical marijuana business transporting medical
24454026 marijuana or medical marijuana product shall be:
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24474027 1. Insured at or above the legal requirements in this state in
24484028 accordance with subsection Q of Section 427.14 of this ti tle;
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24524029 2. Capable of securing medical marijuana during transport; and
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24544030 3. In possession of a shipping container as defined in Section
24554031 427.2 of this title capable of securing all transported products.
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24574032 T. Prior to the transport of any medical marijuan a, medical
24584033 marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana products, an inventory
24594034 manifest shall be prepared at the origination point of the medical
24604035 marijuana. The inventory manifest shall include the following
24614036 information:
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24634037 1. For the origination point of the medical marijuana:
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24654038 a. the licensee number for the commercial grower,
24664039 processor or dispensary,
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24684040 b. address of origination of transport, and
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24704067 c. name and contact information for the originating
24714068 licensee;
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24734069 2. For the end recipient license holder of the medical
24744070 marijuana:
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24764071 a. the license number for the dispensary, commercial
24774072 grower, processor, research facility or education
24784073 facility destination,
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24804074 b. address of the destination, and
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24824075 c. name and contact information for the destination
24834076 licensee;
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24854077 3. Quantities by weig ht or unit of each type of medical
24864078 marijuana product contained in transport;
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24884079 4. The date of the transport and the approximate time of
24894080 departure;
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24914081 5. The arrival date and estimated time of arrival;
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24954082 6. Printed names and signatures of the personnel accompan ying
24964083 the transport; and
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24984084 7. Notation of the transporting licensee.
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25004085 U. 1. A separate inventory manifest shall be prepared for each
25014086 licensee receiving the medical marijuana.
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25034087 2. The transporter agent shall provide the other medical
25044088 marijuana business with a copy of the inventory manifest at the time
25054089 the product changes hands and after the other licensee prints his or
25064090 her name and signs the inventory manifest.
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25094118 marijuana, medical marijuana concentrat e or medical marijuana
25104119 products that are not accompanied by an inventory manifest.
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25124120 4. Originating and receiving licensees shall maintain copies of
25134121 inventory manifests and logs of quantities of medical marijuana
25144122 received for seven (7) years from date of re ceipt.
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25164123 V. Upon written approval by t he Authority, a medical marijuana
25174124 business license hold er may be exempt from the provisions of this
25184125 section for the purpose of transporting medical marijuan a waste
25194126 between licensed facilities; provided, the facilities are lice nsed
25204127 under the same license ho lder. The Authority may, at any time,
25214128 revoke this provision if the medical marijuana business license
25224129 holder violates any provisions of Section 420 et seq. of this title.
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25244130 SECTION 13. NEW LAW A new secti on of law to be codified
25254131 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 427.18a of Title 63, unl ess
25264132 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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25284133 A. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
25294134 Authority shall promulgate rules to limit t he tetrahydrocannabinol
25304135 (THC) serving size of edible medical marijuana products sold in
25314136 medical marijuana dispensaries. The serving sizes imposed by such
25324137 rules shall be at the discretio n of the Executive Director;
25334138 provided, that the limits do not exceed One thousand milligrams
25344139 (1,000 mg) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol per package for edible
25354140 medical marijuana products.
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25394167 B. A licensed medical marijuana dispensary shall not sell any
25404168 edible medical marijuana product that exceeds the THC per package
25414169 limits imposed in this section.
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25434170 C. For medical marijuana patients under eighteen (18) years of
25444171 age, the Executive Director may impose further limits on THC per
25454172 serving in edible medical mariju ana products. No dispensaries shall
25464173 be allowed to sell any medical ma rijuana product for the use of
25474174 vaping to any medical marijuana patient under eighteen (18) years of
25484175 age.
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25504176 D. The Executive Director shall establish rules that require
25514177 dispensaries to provide educational efforts to patients regarding
25524178 potency, dosing, and pharmacological impacts per taining to usage and
25534179 consumption of medical ma rijuana and medical marijuana products.
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25554180 E. The Executive Director shall promulgate the rules for the
25564181 use and limits of any other tetrahydrocannabinol isomer or analogue
25574182 that occurs naturally in cannabis for edible medical marijuana
25584183 products not defined herein or in Section 427.2 of Title 63 of the
25594184 Oklahoma Statutes.
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25614185 SECTION 14. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 427.21, as
25624186 amended by Section 2, Chapter 329, O .S.L. 2022 (63 O.S. Supp. 2022 ,
25634187 Section 427.21), is amended to read as follows:
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25654188 Section 427.21. A. A me dical marijuana business shall not
25664189 engage in advertising that is deceptive, false or misleading.
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25694217 statement or illustration th at:
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25714218 1. Promotes overconsumption;
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25734219 2. Represents that the use of marijuana has curative or
25744220 therapeutic effects; or
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25764221 3. Depicts a child or other person under legal age to consume
25774222 consuming marijuana, or includes:
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25844226 appealing to children or other persons und er legal age
25854227 to consume marijuana, or
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25884229 appealing to children or other persons under eighteen
25894230 (18) years of age.
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25914231 C. Upon the effective date of this act Beginning on November 1,
25924232 2022, all medical marijuana com mercial grower licensees shall be
25934233 required to post signage at the s ite of the commercial grow
25944234 operation. Signage shall be located at the perimeter of the
25954235 property with dimens ions measuring no less than eighteen (18) inches
25964236 by twenty-four (24) inches with a font size of no less than two (2)
25974237 inches. Information required t o be displayed on the sign shall be
25984238 in black standardized font on a white background. T he Oklahoma
25994239 Medical Marijuana Authority shall promulgate rules as necessary
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26004266 regarding the size, place ment, issuance and specifications of the
26014267 required signage. The fol lowing information shall be inclu ded on
26024268 the required signage:
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26044269 1. Business name;
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26064270 2. Physical address of the licensed business;
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26084271 3. Phone number of the licensed business; and
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26104272 4. Medical marijuana business license number.
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26124273 The required signage shall also co mply with county regulations
26134274 and local ordinances related to the real property where the
26144275 commercial grow operation is located. Failure to erect the proper
26154276 signage within sixty (60) days af ter the renewal of each application
26164277 for a medical marijuana commerc ial grower license in accordance with
26174278 the provisions of this subsection shall result in the immediate
26184279 revocation of the medical marijuana commercial grower license. Upon
26194280 issuance of a temporary license, all medical marijuana commercial
26204281 grower licensees shall be required to comply with th e provisions of
26214282 this subsection prior to the prelicensu re inspection conduc ted by
26224283 the Authority.
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26264284 D. It shall be unlawful to host or advertise medical marij uana-
26274285 related events encouraging public consumpt ion or use of medical
26284286 marijuana by non-licensed participants.
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26334289 related events located off-site of any medical m arijuana licensed
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26344316 business and not host ed by the Authority, which shall include , but
26354317 not be limited to, age restrictions for those attending;
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26384319 related to the education of patients. Onsite con sumption of
26394320 products shall not be permi tted; and
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26414321 3. Allow licensed medical marijuana businesse s to sell products
26424322 at permitted events to licensed busin esses or licensed patients . A
26434323 licensed dispensary shall not require a permit for onsit e events at
26444324 the licensed location if sa mples are not being dispensed.
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26464325 SECTION 15. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
26474326 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 431.1 of T itle 63, unless there
26484327 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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26504328 A. Upon the effectiv e date of this act, all medical marijuana
26514329 flower, trim, shake, kief, medic al marijuana product, or ot her
26524330 flower-based product not defined as a concentrate, shall be sold by
26534331 licensed medical marijuana processors and li censed medical marijuana
26544332 commercial growers to licensed medical marijuana dispensaries only
26554333 in pre-packaged form in package sizes weighing n ot less than one-
26564334 half (1/2) of one (1) gram to not more than three (3) ounces.
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26584335 B. Nonopaque materials may be used w hen packaging medical
26594336 marijuana flower provided all other packaging and labeling
26604337 requirements for medical marijua na products sold in this st ate are
26614338 met and it is placed in an opaque container bef ore leaving a
26624339 licensed medical marijuana dispensary.
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26654367 allowed pursuant to Section 421 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
26664368 Statutes.
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26704369 D. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall promulgate
26714370 rules necessary to allow for pre-packaged products to be returned to
26724371 the licensed medical marijuana dispensary w hen found defective or
26734372 hazardous to the health of the patient. The Author ity shall further
26744373 promulgate rules necessary to allow for the return of medical
26754374 marijuana products from a licensed medical marijuana dispensary to a
26764375 licensed medical marijuana proces sor or licensed medical marijuana
26774376 commercial grower, from a licensed medic al marijuana processor to a
26784377 licensed medical marijuana commercial grower, or from any other
26794378 licensed entity that transferred medical marijuana products to
26804379 another licensed entity.
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26824380 SECTION 16. AMENDATORY Section 2 of Enrolled Senate Bill
26834381 No. 913 of the 1st Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature , is
26844382 amended to read as follows:
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26864383 Section 427.26. A. It shall be unlawful for any holder of a
26874384 medical marijuana business license pursuant to Section 427.14 of
26884385 Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title to engage in any
26894386 commercial growing operations in this state without a cquiring a
26904387 bond. The bond shall cover t hat area of land within the permit area
26914388 upon which the business licensee will initiate and conduct
26924389 commercial growing operations.
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26944416 B. Every applicant for a commercial grower license or
26954417 commercial grower licensee shal l file with the Oklahoma Medical
26964418 Marijuana Authority a bond satisfactory to the Authority and in the
26974419 amount no less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for each
26984420 license sought or held, with a surety company qualified to do
26994421 business in this state as a surety. The bond shall be furnished to
27004422 the state for the use of the state pursuant to the provisions of
27014423 this act. The bond shall be conditional that the obligor will
27024424 comply with the provisions of this act including, but not limited
27034425 to, building codes, ad ministrative rules, and other relevant l aws,
27044426 and all rules and regulations made pursuant to this act and will pay
27054427 all amounts of money that may be due to the state during the time
27064428 such bond is in effect.
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27084429 C. The Authority or the Department of Environmental Quality may
27094430 require a higher amount dep ending upon the reclamation requirements
27104431 of the approved application. The amount shall reflect the probable
27114432 difficulty of reclamation with consideration for such factors
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27144433 including, but not limited to, topography, hy drology, and
27154434 revegetation potential. The amount of the bond for a commercial
27164435 growing operation shall be sufficient to assure the completion of
27174436 the reclamation plan if the work has to be performed by the
27184437 Authority or the Department of Environmental Quality in the event of
27194438 revocation of license.
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27214465 D. An appropriate agency may recall the bond if the property
27224466 has been abandoned, the Authority revokes the commercial growing
27234467 operation’s license, or in response to receiving notice of a
27244468 violation of any law, regula tion, policy, or ordinance necessitating
27254469 remedial action. The bond shall be used to defray the cost of
27264470 restoration of the property including, but not limited to, removing
27274471 equipment, destruction of waste, remediation of environmental
27284472 hazards, prohibiting p ublic access, addressing improperly code d
27294473 buildings, or determination of the final disposition of any seized
27304474 property.
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27334476 Section 427.14 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title
27344477 engaging in a commercial growing operation may op erate without
27354478 obtaining a bond upon verification by the Authority that the
27364479 permitted land on which the licensee operates the commercial growing
27374480 operation has been owned by the licensee for at least a five -year
27384481 period prior to submission of application.
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27404482 F. The Authority shall promulgate the rules necessary to allow
27414483 for a medical marijuana business licensee to engage in a commercial
27424484 growing operation to fulfill the provisions of this section.
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27454486 become effective June 1, 2023.
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27474487 SECTION 18. Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 15 of
27484488 this act shall become effective November 1 , 2023.
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27504515 SECTION 19. Section 13 of this act shall become effective
27514516 January 1, 2025.
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27544518 of the public peace, h ealth or safety, an emergency is hereby
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27574519 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect a nd
27584520 be in full force from and after its passage and approval .
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2762-Passed the Senate the 25th day of May, 2023.
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2766- Presiding Officer of the Senate
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2769-Passed the House of Representat ives the 26th day of May, 2023.
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2773- Presiding Officer of the House
2774- of Representatives
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2776-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
2777-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
2778-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
2779-By: _________________________________
2780-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
2781-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
2782-
2783- _________________________________
2784- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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2786-
2787-OFFICE OF THE SECRETA RY OF STATE
2788-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
2789-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
2790-By: _______________________________ __
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