{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.14","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-427.14","heading":"Medical marijuana business license – Requirements","body":"A. There is hereby created the medical marijuana business\n\nlicense, which shall include the following categories:\n\n1. Medical marijuana commercial grower;\n\n2. Medical marijuana processor;\n\n3. Medical marijuana dispensary;\n\n4. Medical marijuana transporter; and\n\n5. Medical marijuana testing laboratory.\n\nB. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, with the aid of\n\nthe Office of Management and Enterprise Services, shall develop a\n\nwebsite for medical marijuana business applications.\n\nC. The Authority shall make available on its website in an\n\neasy-to-find location, applications for a medical marijuana\n\nbusiness.\n\nD. 1. The annual, nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana\n\ntransporter license shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($2,500.00).\n\n2. The initial, nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana\n\ncommercial grower license shall be calculated based upon the total\n\namount of square feet of canopy or acres the grower estimates will\n\nbe harvested, transferred, or sold for the year. The annual,\n\nnonrefundable license fee shall be based upon the total amount of\n\nsquare feet of canopy or acres harvested, transferred, or sold by\n\nthe grower during the previous twelve (12) months. The amount of\n\nthe fees shall be determined as follows:\n\na. For an indoor, greenhouse, or light deprivation\n\nmedical marijuana grow facility:\n\n(1) Tier 1: Up to ten thousand (10,000) square feet\n\nof canopy, the fee shall be Two Thousand Five\n\nHundred Dollars ($2,500.00),\n\n(2) Tier 2: Ten thousand one (10,001) square feet of\n\ncanopy to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of\n\ncanopy, the fee shall be Five Thousand Dollars\n\n($5,000.00),\n\n(3) Tier 3: Twenty thousand one (20,001) square feet\n\nof canopy to forty thousand (40,000) square feet\n\nof canopy, the fee shall be Ten Thousand Dollars\n\n($10,000.00),\n\n(4) Tier 4: Forty thousand one (40,001) square feet\n\nof canopy to sixty thousand (60,000) square feet\n\nof canopy, the fee shall be Twenty Thousand\n\nDollars ($20,000.00),\n\n(5) Tier 5: Sixty thousand one (60,001) square feet\n\nof canopy to eighty thousand (80,000) square feet\n\nof canopy, the fee shall be Thirty Thousand\n\nDollars ($30,000.00),\n\n(6) Tier 6: Eighty thousand one (80,001) square feet\n\nof canopy to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred\n\nninety-nine (99,999) square feet of canopy, the\n\nfee shall be Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00),\n\nand\n\n(7) Tier 7: One hundred thousand (100,000) square\n\nfeet of canopy and beyond, the fee shall be Fifty\n\nThousand Dollars ($50,000.00), plus an additional\n\ntwenty-five cents ($0.25) per square foot of\n\ncanopy over one hundred thousand (100,000) square\n\nfeet.\n\nb. For an outdoor medical marijuana grow facility:\n\n(1) Tier 1: Less than two and one-half (2 1/2)\n\nacres, the fee shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred\n\nDollars ($2,500.00),\n\n(2) Tier 2: More than two and one-half (2 1/2) acres\n\nup to five (5) acres, the fee shall be Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00),\n\n(3) Tier 3: More than five (5) acres up to ten (10)\n\nacres, the fee shall be Ten Thousand Dollars\n\n($10,000.00),\n\n(4) Tier 4: More than ten (10) acres up to twenty\n\n(20) acres, the fee shall be Twenty Thousand\n\nDollars ($20,000.00),\n\n(5) Tier 5: More than twenty (20) acres up to thirty\n\n(30) acres, the fee shall be Thirty Thousand\n\nDollars ($30,000.00),\n\n(6) Tier 6: More than thirty (30) acres up to forty\n\n(40) acres, the fee shall be Forty Thousand\n\nDollars ($40,000.00),\n\n(7) Tier 7: More than forty (40) acres up to fifty\n\n(50) acres, the fee shall be Fifty Thousand\n\nDollars ($50,000.00), and\n\n(8) Tier 8: If the amount of acreage exceeds fifty\nhan twenty (20) acres up to thirty\n\n(30) acres, the fee shall be Thirty Thousand\n\nDollars ($30,000.00),\n\n(6) Tier 6: More than thirty (30) acres up to forty\n\n(40) acres, the fee shall be Forty Thousand\n\nDollars ($40,000.00),\n\n(7) Tier 7: More than forty (40) acres up to fifty\n\n(50) acres, the fee shall be Fifty Thousand\n\nDollars ($50,000.00), and\n\n(8) Tier 8: If the amount of acreage exceeds fifty\n\n(50) acres, the fee shall be Fifty Thousand\n\nDollars ($50,000.00) plus an additional Two\n\nHundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per acre.\n\nc. For a medical marijuana commercial grower that has a\n\ncombination of both indoor and outdoor growing\n\nfacilities at one location, the medical marijuana\n\ncommercial grower shall be required to obtain a\n\nseparate license from the Authority for each type of\n\ngrow operation and shall be subject to the licensing\n\nfees provided for in subparagraphs a and b of this\n\nparagraph.\n\nd. As used in this paragraph:\n\n(1) “canopy” means the total surface area within a\n\ncultivation area that is dedicated to the\n\ncultivation of flowering marijuana plants. The\n\nsurface area of the plant canopy must be\n\ncalculated in square feet and measured and must\n\ninclude all of the area within the boundaries\n\nwhere the cultivation of the flowering marijuana\n\nplants occurs. If the surface of the plant\n\ncanopy consists of noncontiguous areas, each\n\ncomponent area must be separated by identifiable\n\nboundaries. If a tiered or shelving system is\n\nused in the cultivation area, the surface area of\n\neach tier or shelf must be included in\n\ncalculating the area of the plant canopy.\n\nCalculation of the area of the plant canopy may\n\nnot include the areas within the cultivation area\n\nthat are used to cultivate immature marijuana\n\nplants and seedlings, prior to flowering, and\n\nthat are not used at any time to cultivate mature\n\nmarijuana plants. If the flowering plants are\n\nvertically grown in cylinders, the square footage\n\nof the canopy shall be measured by the\n\ncircumference of the cylinder multiplied by the\n\ntotal length of the cylinder,\n\n(2) “greenhouse” means a structure located outdoors\n\nthat is completely covered by a material that\n\nallows a controlled level of light transmission,\n\nand\n\n(3) “light deprivation” means a structure that has\n\nconcrete floors and the ability to manipulate\n\nnatural light.\n\n3. The initial, nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana\n\nprocessor license shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($2,500.00). The annual, nonrefundable license fee for a medical\n\nmarijuana processor license shall be determined based on the\n\nprevious twelve (12) months as follows:\n\na. Tier 1: The transfer or sale of zero (0) to ten\n\nthousand (10,000) pounds of biomass or the production,\n\ntransfer, or sale of up to one hundred (100) liters of\n\ncannabis concentrate, whichever is greater, the annual\n\nfee shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($2,500.00),\n\nb. Tier 2: The transfer or sale of ten thousand one\n\n(10,001) pounds to fifty thousand (50,000) pounds of\n\nbiomass or the production, transfer, or sale of one\n\nhundred one (101) to three hundred fifty (350) liters\n\nof cannabis concentrate, whichever is greater, the\n\nannual fee shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),\n\nc. Tier 3: The transfer or sale of fifty thousand one\n\n(50,001) pounds to one hundred fifty thousand\n\n(150,000) pounds of biomass or the production,\n\ntransfer, or sale of three hundred fifty-one (351) to\n\nsix hundred fifty (650) liters of cannabis\n\nconcentrate, whichever is greater, the annual fee\n\nshall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00),\n\nd. Tier 4: The transfer or sale of one hundred fifty\n\nthousand one (150,001) pounds to three hundred\n\nthousand (300,000) pounds of biomass or the\n\nproduction, transfer, or sale of six hundred fifty-one\nn,\n\ntransfer, or sale of three hundred fifty-one (351) to\n\nsix hundred fifty (650) liters of cannabis\n\nconcentrate, whichever is greater, the annual fee\n\nshall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00),\n\nd. Tier 4: The transfer or sale of one hundred fifty\n\nthousand one (150,001) pounds to three hundred\n\nthousand (300,000) pounds of biomass or the\n\nproduction, transfer, or sale of six hundred fifty-one\n\n(651) to one thousand (1,000) liters of cannabis\n\nconcentrate, whichever is greater, the annual fee\n\nshall be Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), and\n\ne. Tier 5: The transfer or sale of more than three\n\nhundred thousand one (300,001) pounds of biomass or\n\nthe production, transfer, or sale in excess of one\n\nthousand one (1,001) liters of cannabis concentrate,\n\nthe annual fee shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars\n\n($20,000.00).\n\nFor purposes of this paragraph only, if the cannabis concentrate\n\nis in nonliquid form, every one thousand (1,000) grams of\n\nconcentrated marijuana shall be calculated as one (1) liter of\n\ncannabis concentrate.\n\n4. The initial, nonrefundable fee for a medical marijuana\n\ndispensary license shall be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($2,500.00). The annual, nonrefundable license fee for a medical\n\nmarijuana dispensary license shall be calculated at ten percent\n\n(10%) of the sum of twelve (12) calendar months of the combined\n\nannual state sales tax and state excise tax of the dispensary during\n\nthe previous twelve (12) months. The minimum fee shall be not less\n\nthan Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) and the maximum\n\nfee shall not exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).\n\n5. The annual, nonrefundable license fee for a medical\n\nmarijuana testing laboratory shall be Twenty Thousand Dollars\n\n($20,000.00).\n\nE. All applicants seeking licensure or licensure renewal as a\n\nmedical marijuana business shall comply with the following general\n\nrequirements:\n\n1. All applications for licenses and registrations authorized\n\npursuant to this section shall be made upon forms prescribed by the\n\nAuthority;\n\n2. Each application shall identify the city or county in which\n\nthe applicant seeks to obtain licensure as a medical marijuana\n\nbusiness;\n\n3. Applicants shall submit a complete application to the\n\nAuthority before the application may be accepted or considered;\n\n4. All applications shall be complete and accurate in every\n\ndetail;\n\n5. All applications shall include all attachments or\n\nsupplemental information required by the forms supplied by the\n\nAuthority;\n\n6. All applications for a transporter license, initial\n\ndispensary license, initial processor license, or laboratory license\n\nshall be accompanied by a full remittance for the whole amount of\n\nthe license fee as set forth in subsection D of this section. All\n\nsubmissions of grower applications, renewal processor applications,\n\nand renewal dispensary applications shall be accompanied by a\n\nremittance of a fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($2,500.00). The Authority shall invoice license applicants, if\n\napplicable, and notify applicants in the same method and manner as\n\nthe application was submitted to the Authority for any additional\n\nlicensing fees owed pursuant to subsection D of this section prior\n\nto approval of a license application. Applicants and licensees\n\nshall remit all required license and application fees, including any\n\nadditional licensing fees, if applicable, in full within forty-five\nicable, and notify applicants in the same method and manner as\n\nthe application was submitted to the Authority for any additional\n\nlicensing fees owed pursuant to subsection D of this section prior\n\nto approval of a license application. Applicants and licensees\n\nshall remit all required license and application fees, including any\n\nadditional licensing fees, if applicable, in full within forty-five\n\n(45) days of notification by the Authority. Failure to remit such\n\nfees shall result in the denial of the application. License fees\n\nare nonrefundable;\n\n7. All applicants shall be approved for licensing review that,\n\nat a minimum, meet the following criteria:\n\na. twenty-five (25) years of age or older,\n\nb. if applying as an individual, proof that the applicant\n\nis a resident of this state pursuant to paragraph 12\n\nof this subsection,\n\nc. if applying as an entity, proof that seventy-five\n\npercent (75%) of all members, managers, executive\n\nofficers, partners, board members or any other form of\n\nbusiness ownership are residents of this state\n\npursuant to paragraph 12 of this subsection,\n\nd. if applying as an individual or entity, proof that the\n\nindividual or entity is registered to conduct business\n\nin this state,\n\ne. disclosure of all ownership interests pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act,\n\nand\n\nf. proof that the medical marijuana business, medical\n\nmarijuana research facility, medical marijuana\n\neducation facility and medical marijuana waste\n\ndisposal facility applicant or licensee has not been\n\nconvicted of a nonviolent felony in the last two (2)\n\nyears, or any other felony conviction within the last\n\nfive (5) years, is not a current inmate in the custody\n\nof the Department of Corrections, or currently\n\nincarcerated in a jail or corrections facility.\n\nUpon reasonable suspicion that a medical marijuana business licensee\n\nis illegally growing, processing, transferring, selling, disposing,\n\nor diverting marijuana, the Authority, the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nNarcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation (OSBI), or the Attorney General may subpoena documents\n\nnecessary to establish the personal identifying information of all\n\nowners and individuals with any ownership interest in the business;\n\n8. There shall be no limit to the number of medical marijuana\n\nbusiness licenses or categories that an individual or entity can\n\napply for or receive, although each application and each category\n\nshall require a separate application, application fee, or license\n\nfee. A commercial grower, processor and dispensary, or any\n\ncombination thereof, are authorized to share the same address or\n\nphysical location, subject to the restrictions set forth in the\n\nOklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;\n\n9. No medical marijuana business premises is permitted to have\n\nmultiple licenses of the same type pursuant to the licensing\n\nrequirements of this section, excluding the following:\n\na. a commercial grower with a combination of an indoor or\n\noutdoor growing facility on one parcel of land,\n\nb. a licensed medical marijuana processor used by\n\nmultiple licensees, and\n\nc. a licensed medical marijuana business that has an\n\napproved application by the Authority while the new\n\nbusiness seeks registration from the Oklahoma State\n\nBureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control\n\npursuant to Section 427.14c of this title;\n\n10. All applicants for a medical marijuana business license,\n\nresearch facility license or education facility license authorized\n\nby the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, or for\n\na renewal of such license, shall undergo a national fingerprint-\n\nbased background check conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation within thirty (30) days prior to the application for\n\nthe license, including:\na medical marijuana business license,\n\nresearch facility license or education facility license authorized\n\nby the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, or for\n\na renewal of such license, shall undergo a national fingerprint-\n\nbased background check conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation within thirty (30) days prior to the application for\n\nthe license, including:\n\na. individual applicants applying on their own behalf,\n\nb. individuals applying on behalf of an entity,\n\nc. all principal officers of an entity, and\n\nd. all owners of an entity as defined by the Oklahoma\n\nMedical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act;\n\n11. All applicable fees charged by the OSBI are the\n\nresponsibility of the applicant and shall not be higher than fees\n\ncharged to any other person or industry for such background checks;\n\n12. In order to be considered a resident of this state for\n\npurposes of a medical marijuana business application, all applicants\n\nshall provide proof of state residency for at least two (2) years\n\nimmediately preceding the date of application or five (5) years of\n\ncontinuous state residency during the preceding twenty-five (25)\n\nyears immediately preceding the date of application. Sufficient\n\ndocumentation of proof of residency shall include a combination of\n\nthe following:\n\na. an unexpired state-issued driver license,\n\nb. a state-issued identification card,\n\nc. a utility bill preceding the date of application,\n\nexcluding cellular telephone and Internet bills,\n\nd. a residential property deed to property in this state,\n\nand\n\ne. a rental agreement preceding the date of application\n\nfor residential property located in this state.\n\nApplicants that were issued a medical marijuana business license\n\nprior to August 30, 2019, are hereby exempt from the two-year or\n\nfive-year Oklahoma residence requirement mentioned above;\n\n13. All license applicants shall be required to submit a\n\nregistration with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and\n\nDangerous Drugs Control as provided in Sections 2-301 through 2-309\n\nof this title;\n\n14. All applicants shall establish their identity through\n\nsubmission of a color copy or digital image of one of the following\n\nunexpired documents:\n\na. front of a state-issued driver license,\n\nb. front of a state-issued identification card,\n\nc. a United States passport or other photo identification\n\nissued by the United States government, or\n\nd. a tribal identification card approved for\n\nidentification purposes by the Department of Public\n\nSafety;\n\n15. All applicants shall submit an applicant photograph; and\n\n16. All applicants for a medical marijuana business license\n\nseeking to operate a commercial growing operation shall file along\n\nwith their application a bond as prescribed in Section 427.26 of\n\nthis title.\n\nF. The Authority shall review the medical marijuana business\n\napplication; approve, reject, or deny the application; and send the\n\napproval, rejection, denial, or status-update letter to the\n\napplicant in the same method the application was submitted to the\n\nAuthority within ninety (90) business days of receipt of the\n\napplication.\n\nG. 1. The Authority shall review the medical marijuana\n\nbusiness applications, conduct all investigations, inspections, and\n\ninterviews, and collect all license and application fees before\n\napproving the application.\n\n2. Approved applicants shall be issued a medical marijuana\n\nbusiness license for the specific category applied under, which\n\nshall act as proof of their approved status. Rejection and denial\n\nletters shall provide a reason for the rejection or denial.\n\nApplications may only be rejected or denied based on the applicant\n\nnot meeting the standards set forth in the provisions of the\n\nOklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and Sections\n\n420 through 427.28 of this title, improper completion of the\nunder, which\n\nshall act as proof of their approved status. Rejection and denial\n\nletters shall provide a reason for the rejection or denial.\n\nApplications may only be rejected or denied based on the applicant\n\nnot meeting the standards set forth in the provisions of the\n\nOklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and Sections\n\n420 through 427.28 of this title, improper completion of the\n\napplication, unpaid license or application fees, or for a reason\n\nprovided for in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient\n\nProtection Act and Sections 420 through 427.28 of this title. If an\n\napplication is rejected for failure to provide required information,\n\nthe applicant shall have thirty (30) days to submit the required\n\ninformation for reconsideration. Unless the Authority determines\n\notherwise, an application that has been resubmitted but is still\n\nincomplete or contains errors that are not clerical or typographical\n\nin nature shall be denied.\n\n3. Status-update letters shall provide a reason for delay in\n\neither approval, rejection or denial should a situation arise in\n\nwhich an application was submitted properly but a delay in\n\nprocessing the application occurred.\n\n4. Approval, rejection, denial or status-update letters shall\n\nbe sent to the applicant in the same method the application was\n\nsubmitted to the Authority.\n\nH. A license for a medical marijuana business, medical\n\nmarijuana research facility, medical marijuana education facility or\n\nmedical marijuana waste disposal facility shall not be issued to or\n\nheld by:\n\n1. A person until all required fees have been paid;\n\n2. A person who has been convicted of a nonviolent felony\n\nwithin two (2) years of the date of application, or within five (5)\n\nyears for any other felony;\n\n3. A corporation, if the criminal history of any of its\n\nofficers, directors or stockholders indicates that the officer,\n\ndirector or stockholder has been convicted of a nonviolent felony\n\nwithin two (2) years of the date of application, or within five (5)\n\nyears for any other felony;\n\n4. A person under twenty-five (25) years of age;\n\n5. A person licensed pursuant to this section who, during a\n\nperiod of licensure, or who, at the time of application, has failed\n\nto:\n\na. file taxes, interest or penalties due related to a\n\nmedical marijuana business, or\n\nb. pay taxes, interest or penalties due related to a\n\nmedical marijuana business;\n\n6. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer or prosecuting\n\nofficer, or an officer or employee of the Authority or municipality;\n\n7. A person whose authority to be a caregiver, as defined in\n\nSection 427.2 of this title, has been revoked by the Authority; or\n\n8. A person who was involved in the management or operations of\n\nany medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research facility,\n\nmedical marijuana education facility or medical marijuana waste\n\ndisposal facility that, after the initiation of a disciplinary\n\naction, has had a medical marijuana license revoked, not renewed, or\n\nsurrendered during the five (5) years preceding submission of the\n\napplication and for the following violations:\n\na. unlawful sales or purchases,\n\nb. any fraudulent acts, falsification of records or\n\nmisrepresentation to the Authority, medical marijuana\n\npatient licensees, caregiver licensees or medical\n\nmarijuana business licensees,\n\nc. any grossly inaccurate or fraudulent reporting,\n\nd. threatening or harming any medical marijuana patient,\n\ncaregiver, medical practitioner or employee of the\n\nAuthority,\n\ne. knowingly or intentionally refusing to permit the\n\nAuthority access to premises or records,\n\nf. using a prohibited, hazardous substance for processing\n\nin a residential area,\n\ng. criminal acts relating to the operation of a medical\n\nmarijuana business, or\n\nh. any violations that endanger public health and safety\n\nor product safety.\nknowingly or intentionally refusing to permit the\n\nAuthority access to premises or records,\n\nf. using a prohibited, hazardous substance for processing\n\nin a residential area,\n\ng. criminal acts relating to the operation of a medical\n\nmarijuana business, or\n\nh. any violations that endanger public health and safety\n\nor product safety.\n\nI. In investigating the qualifications of an applicant or a\n\nlicensee, the Authority and municipalities may have access to\n\ncriminal history record information furnished by a criminal justice\n\nagency subject to any restrictions imposed by such an agency.\n\nJ. The failure of an applicant or licensee to provide the\n\nrequested information by the Authority deadline may be grounds for\n\ndenial of the application.\n\nK. All applicants and licensees shall submit information to the\n\nAuthority in a full, faithful, truthful and fair manner. The\n\nAuthority may recommend denial of an application where the applicant\n\nor licensee made misstatements, omissions, misrepresentations or\n\nuntruths in the application or in connection with the background\n\ninvestigation of the applicant. This type of conduct may be grounds\n\nfor administrative action against the applicant or licensee. Typos\n\nand scrivener errors shall not be grounds for denial.\n\nL. A licensed medical marijuana business premises shall be\n\nsubject to and responsible for compliance with applicable provisions\n\nconsistent with the zoning where such business is located as\n\ndescribed in the most recent versions of the Oklahoma Uniform\n\nBuilding Code, the International Building Code and the International\n\nFire Code, unless granted an exemption by a municipality or\n\nappropriate code enforcement entity.\n\nM. All medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research\n\nfacility, medical marijuana education facility and medical marijuana\n\nwaste disposal facility licensees shall pay the relevant licensure\n\nfees prior to receiving licensure to operate. Applicants and\n\nlicensees shall remit all required license and application fees,\n\nincluding any additional licensing fees, if applicable, in full\n\nwithin forty-five (45) days of notification by the Authority.\n\nFailure to remit such fees shall result in the denial of the\n\napplication.\n\nN. A medical marijuana business, medical marijuana research\n\nfacility, medical marijuana education facility or medical marijuana\n\nwaste disposal facility that attempts to renew its license after the\n\nexpiration date of the license shall pay a late renewal fee of Five\n\nHundred Dollars ($500.00) per week that the license is expired.\n\nLate renewal fees are nonrefundable. A license that has been\n\nexpired for more than sixty (60) calendar days shall not be renewed.\n\nOnly license renewal applications submitted at least sixty (60)\n\ncalendar days prior to the expiration date shall be considered\n\ntimely submitted and subject to the provisions of subsection F of\n\nthis section. A medical marijuana business license shall remain\n\nunexpired during the pendency of the application for renewal\n\nprovided that such application was timely submitted. The Authority\n\nshall allow renewal applications to be submitted at least one\n\nhundred twenty (120) calendar days prior to the expiration date of a\n\nmedical marijuana business license.\n\nO. Except as provided by this section, immediately upon\n\nexpiration of a license, any medical marijuana business, medical\n\nmarijuana research facility, medical marijuana education facility,\n\nor medical marijuana waste disposal facility shall cease all\n\npossession, transfer, or sale of medical marijuana or medical\n\nmarijuana products. Any continued possession, sale, or transfer\n\nshall subject the business owners and operators to felony\n\nprosecution pursuant to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances\n\nAct.\n\nP. A medical marijuana business license holder shall require\ntion facility,\n\nor medical marijuana waste disposal facility shall cease all\n\npossession, transfer, or sale of medical marijuana or medical\n\nmarijuana products. Any continued possession, sale, or transfer\n\nshall subject the business owners and operators to felony\n\nprosecution pursuant to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances\n\nAct.\n\nP. A medical marijuana business license holder shall require\n\nall individuals employed under his or her license to be issued a\n\ncredential pursuant to the provisions of Section 427.14b of this\n\ntitle prior to employment.\n\nQ. An original medical marijuana business license issued on or\n\nafter June 26, 2018, by the Authority, for a medical marijuana\n\ncommercial grower, a medical marijuana processor or a medical\n\nmarijuana dispensary shall be deemed to have been grandfathered into\n\nthe location on the date the original license was first issued for\n\npurposes of determining the authority of the business to conduct and\n\ncontinue the same type of business at that location under a license\n\nissued by the Authority, except as may be provided in Sections 425\n\nand 426.1 of this title. Any change in ownership after the original\n\nmedical marijuana business license has been issued by the Authority\n\nshall be construed by the Authority to be a continuation of the same\n\ntype of business originally licensed at that location. Nothing\n\nshall authorize the Authority to deny issuance or renewal of a\n\nlicense or transfer of license due to a change in ownership for the\n\nsame business location previously licensed, except when a revocation\n\nis otherwise authorized by law or a protest is made under the\n\nmunicipal compliance provisions of Section 426.1 of this title.\n\nR. A medical marijuana business license holder shall require\n\nall individuals employed under their license to be issued a\n\ncredential pursuant to the provisions of Section 427.14b of this\n\ntitle prior to employment.\n\nS. The Executive Director of the Authority may promulgate rules\n\nto implement the provisions of this section including, but not\n\nlimited to, required application materials to be submitted by the\n\napplicant and utilized by the Authority to determine medical\n\nmarijuana business licensing fees pursuant to this section.","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":"a3abe38335ac95935c9ee895f1080ac488359e1a2b21e562d26b8c566a8c70e7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.13","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.14a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}