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Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-402: Definitions

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As used in the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program:

1. “Department” means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry;

2. “Fiber” means the stalk of the industrial hemp plant and

does not include the flower or seeds of the plant;

3. “Flower” means the part of the industrial hemp plant that

contains the majority of the industrial hemp plant’s

tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids;

4. “Grain” means all of the parts of an industrial hemp plant

except the stalk or the flower of the industrial hemp plant;

5. “Handling” means possessing or storing industrial hemp for

any period of time on premises owned, operated or controlled by a

person licensed to cultivate or process industrial hemp and also

includes possessing or storing industrial hemp in a vehicle for any

period of time other than during its actual transport from the

premises of a licensed person to cultivate or process industrial

hemp to the premises of another licensed person;

6. “Industrial hemp” means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any

part of the plant, including the seeds thereof, and all derivatives,

extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers,

whether growing or not, with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol

concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on

a dry-weight basis;

7. “Key participant” means a person who has a direct or

indirect financial interest in the entity producing hemp, such as an

owner or partner in a partnership. A key participant includes an

individual who is part of a corporate entity or a tribal-owned

corporation. A key participant also includes an executive-level

individual such as a chief executive officer, chief operating

officer, or chief financial officer. Such term shall not include

such management personnel as a farm, field, or shift manager or a

member of the leadership of a tribal government who is acting in his

or her capacity as a tribal leader except when such member exercises

executive managerial control over hemp production;

8. “Licensee” means a person who holds a valid Industrial Hemp

License to grow industrial hemp under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp

Program. A licensee shall have the ability to remediate

noncompliant industrial hemp with a total delta-9

tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than one percent

(1.0%) on a dry-weight basis for retesting as set forth by the

Department as long as the noncompliant industrial hemp has a total

delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-

tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis after retesting,

and the option to remediate the industrial hemp through the

reasonable destruction of the flower or shredding of the entire lot

into a homogeneous biomass results in the remediation of any part of

the industrial hemp plant that is above three-tenths of one percent

(0.3%) on a dry-weight basis. All noncompliant hemp must be tracked

and documented. The State Board of Agriculture shall have

jurisdiction over such remediation, which includes, but is not

limited to, destruction through composting, burning, or other

regulated disposal methods if the industrial hemp is not remediated

into a final product before processing below three-tenths of one

percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis;

9. “License” means authorization by the Department for any

person to grow and cultivate industrial hemp on a registered land

area as part of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program; and

10. “Processing” means converting industrial hemp into a

marketable form, including the production of all derivatives,

extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers.

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