{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-420","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-420","heading":"Medical marijuana patient license – Possession limits -","body":"Application – Caregiver license.\n\nA. A person in possession of a state-issued medical marijuana\n\npatient license shall be able to:\n\n1. Consume marijuana legally;\n\n2. Legally possess up to three (3) ounces or eighty-four and\n\nnine-tenths (84.9) grams of marijuana on their person;\n\n3. Legally possess six mature marijuana plants and the\n\nharvested marijuana therefrom;\n\n4. Legally possess six seedling plants;\n\n5. Legally possess one (1) ounce or twenty-eight and three\n\ntenths (28.3) grams of concentrated marijuana;\n\n6. Legally possess seventy-two (72) ounces or two thousand\n\nthirty-seven and six-tenths (2037.6) grams of edible marijuana;\n\n7. Legally possess up to eight (8) ounces or two hundred\n\ntwenty-six and four-tenths (226.4) grams of marijuana in their\n\nresidence; and\n\n8. Legally possess seventy-two (72) ounces of topical\n\nmarijuana.\n\nB. Possession of up to one and one-half (1.5) ounces or forty-\n\ntwo and forty-five one-hundredths (42.45) grams of marijuana by\n\npersons who can state a medical condition, but are not in possession\n\nof a state-issued medical marijuana patient license, shall\n\nconstitute a misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine not to exceed\n\nFour Hundred Dollars ($400.00) and shall not be subject to\n\nimprisonment for the offense. Any law enforcement officer who comes\n\nin contact with a person in violation of this subsection and who is\n\nsatisfied as to the identity of the person, as well as any other\n\npertinent information the law enforcement officer deems necessary,\n\nshall issue to the person a written citation containing a notice to\n\nanswer the charge against the person in the appropriate court. Upon\n\nreceiving the written promise of the alleged violator to answer as\n\nspecified in the citation, the law enforcement officer shall release\n\nthe person upon personal recognizance unless there has been a\n\nviolation of another provision of law.\n\nC. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall be\n\nestablished which shall receive applications for medical marijuana\n\npatient and caregiver license recipients, dispensaries, growers, and\n\nprocessors within sixty (60) days of the passage of this initiative.\n\nD. The Authority shall, within thirty (30) days of passage of\n\nthis initiative, make available on its website, in an easy-to-find\n\nlocation, an application for a medical marijuana patient license.\n\nThe license shall be valid for two (2) years. The biannual\n\napplication fee shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or Twenty\n\nDollars ($20.00) for individuals on Medicaid, Medicare or\n\nSoonerCare. The methods of payment shall be provided on the website\n\nof the Authority. Reprints of the medical marijuana patient license\n\nshall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00).\n\nE. A short-term medical marijuana patient license application\n\nshall also be made available on the website of the Authority. A\n\nshort-term medical marijuana patient license shall be granted to any\n\napplicant who can meet the requirements for a two-year medical\n\nmarijuana patient license, but whose physician recommendation for\n\nmedical marijuana is only valid for sixty (60) days. Short-term\n\nmedical marijuana patient licenses shall be issued for sixty (60)\n\ndays. The fee for a short-term medical marijuana patient license,\n\nreprints of the short-term medical marijuana patient license, and\n\nthe procedure for extending or renewing the license shall be\n\ndetermined by the Executive Director of the Authority.\n\nF. A temporary medical marijuana patient license application\n\nshall also be made available on the website of the Authority for\n\nresidents of other states. Temporary medical marijuana patient\n\nlicenses shall be granted to any medical marijuana license holders\n\nfrom other states, provided that such states have state-regulated\n\nmedical marijuana programs, and applicants can prove they are\n\nmembers of such programs. Temporary medical marijuana patient\nplication\n\nshall also be made available on the website of the Authority for\n\nresidents of other states. Temporary medical marijuana patient\n\nlicenses shall be granted to any medical marijuana license holders\n\nfrom other states, provided that such states have state-regulated\n\nmedical marijuana programs, and applicants can prove they are\n\nmembers of such programs. Temporary medical marijuana patient\n\nlicenses shall be issued for thirty (30) days. The cost for a\n\ntemporary license shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Renewal\n\nshall be granted with resubmission of a new application. No\n\nadditional criteria shall be required. Reprints of the temporary\n\nmedical marijuana patient license shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00).\n\nG. Medical marijuana patient license applicants shall submit\n\ntheir applications to the Authority for approval. The applicant\n\nshall be a resident of this state and shall prove residency by a\n\nvalid driver license, utility bills, or other accepted methods.\n\nH. The Authority shall review the medical marijuana patient\n\nlicense application; approve, reject, or deny the application; and\n\nmail the approval, rejection, or denial letter stating any reasons\n\nfor rejection, to the applicant within fourteen (14) business days\n\nof receipt of the application. Approved applicants shall be issued\n\na medical marijuana patient license which shall act as proof of his\n\nor her approved status. Applications may only be rejected or denied\n\nbased on the applicant not meeting stated criteria or improper\n\ncompletion of the application. If an application is rejected for\n\nfailure to provide required information, the applicant shall have\n\nthirty (30) days to submit the required information for\n\nreconsideration.\n\nI. The Authority shall make available, both on its website and\n\nthrough a telephone verification system, an easy method to validate\n\nthe authenticity of the medical marijuana patient license by the\n\nunique twelve-character identification number and PDF417 barcode.\n\nJ. The Authority shall ensure that all medical marijuana\n\npatient and caregiver records and information are sealed to protect\n\nthe privacy of medical marijuana patient license applicants.\n\nK. A caregiver license shall be made available for qualified\n\ncaregivers of a medical marijuana patient license holder who is\n\nhomebound. As provided in Section 427.11 of this title, the\n\ncaregiver license shall provide the caregiver the same rights as the\n\nmedical marijuana patient licensee including the ability to possess\n\nmarijuana, marijuana products and mature and immature plants or\n\ncultivated medical marijuana pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical\n\nMarijuana and Patient Protection Act, but excluding the ability to\n\nuse marijuana or marijuana products unless the caregiver has a\n\nmedical marijuana patient license. Applicants for a caregiver\n\nlicense shall submit proof of the license status and homebound\n\nstatus of the medical marijuana patient and proof that the applicant\n\nis the designee of the medical marijuana patient. The applicant\n\nshall also submit proof that he or she is eighteen (18) years of age\n\nor older and proof of his or her state residency. This shall be the\n\nonly criteria for a caregiver license. A licensed caregiver shall\n\nnot cultivate medical marijuana for more than five medical marijuana\n\npatient licensees and shall not charge a medical marijuana patient\n\nlicensee for cultivating medical marijuana in excess of the actual\n\ncosts incurred in cultivating the medical marijuana.\n\nL. All applicants for a medical marijuana patient license shall\n\nbe eighteen (18) years of age or older. A special exception shall\n\nbe granted to an applicant under the age of eighteen (18); however,\n\nthese applications shall be signed by two physicians and the parent\n\nor legal guardian of the applicant.\n\nM. All applications for a medical marijuana patient license\n\nshall be signed by an Oklahoma physician licensed by and in good\nmarijuana patient license shall\n\nbe eighteen (18) years of age or older. A special exception shall\n\nbe granted to an applicant under the age of eighteen (18); however,\n\nthese applications shall be signed by two physicians and the parent\n\nor legal guardian of the applicant.\n\nM. All applications for a medical marijuana patient license\n\nshall be signed by an Oklahoma physician licensed by and in good\n\nstanding with the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision,\n\nthe State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, or the Board of Podiatric\n\nMedical Examiners. There are no qualifying conditions. A medical\n\nmarijuana patient license shall be recommended according to the\n\naccepted standards a reasonable and prudent physician would follow\n\nwhen recommending or approving any medication. No physician may be\n\nunduly stigmatized, penalized, subjected to discipline, sanctioned,\n\nreprimanded or harassed for signing a medical marijuana patient\n\nlicense application, provided the physician acted in accordance with\n\nthe provisions of this subsection and all other rules governing the\n\nmedical license of the physician in this state.\n\nN. Counties and cities may enact medical marijuana guidelines\n\nallowing medical marijuana patient license holders or caregiver\n\nlicense holders to exceed the state limits set forth in subsection A\n\nof this section.\n\nAdded by Section 1, State Question No. 788, Initiative Petition No.\n\n412, adopted at election held June 26, 2018, eff. July 26, 2018.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"9ab0b308518b15d9ba07aff0193d7db35c1b6f63b725536d99ab0172d2b77034","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4108","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-4200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}