{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.14b","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-427.14b","heading":"Credentials required for employees to work in licensed","body":"medical marijuana business.\n\nA. Beginning January 1, 2024, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana\n\nAuthority shall require employees of a medical marijuana business\n\nlicensee to apply for and receive a credential authorizing the\n\nemployee to work in a licensed medical marijuana business.\n\nB. The Authority may contract with one or more third-party\n\nvendors to provide the credentialing services necessary to carry out\n\nthe provisions of this section.\n\nC. The Authority shall determine the services to be provided by\n\nsuch third-party vendor and shall establish costs and prices. If\n\ncontracted for credentialing services, a third-party vendor shall on\n\nbehalf of the Authority conduct the background checks and verify\n\neligibility for any employees of a medical marijuana business\n\nlicense holder to obtain a credential.\n\nD. Upon successful completion of the national fingerprint-based\n\nbackground check conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation within thirty (30) days prior to the application,\n\ncompletion of the educational training required pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of this section, and verification of eligibility for an\n\nemployee, the Authority shall issue a credential to the employee.\n\nThe applicant shall submit proof of completion of the required\n\neducational training in the credential application, and the results\n\nof background checks and verifications shall be provided to the\n\nAuthority by the third-party vendor.\n\nE. Beginning January 1, 2027, in order to receive an employee\n\ncredential, all employees of a licensed medical marijuana business\n\nshall annually complete an educational training course provided by\n\nor approved by the Authority. The employee shall submit proof of\n\ncompletion of the required educational training in order to receive\n\nan employee credential. Such training may include an overview of\n\nstate statutes and administrative rules, patient privacy\n\nrequirements, and the safe handling and storage of medical\n\nmarijuana.\n\nF. If the third-party vendor determines that an employee of a\n\nmedical marijuana business holder does not meet the minimum\n\nstatutory requirements for a credential, the applicant or employee\n\nshall have no recourse against the third-party vendor but may appeal\n\nsuch adverse determination to the Authority.\n\nG. The third-party vendor shall not be civilly liable to an\n\napplicant, licensee, or employee of a licensee for any acts taken in\n\ngood-faith compliance with the provisions of Section 420 et seq. of\n\nthis title and the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection\n\nAct and the rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana\n\nAuthority.\n\nH. 1. The Authority shall review the medical marijuana\n\ncredential application; approve, reject, or deny the application;\n\nand send the approval, rejection, or denial letter to the applicant\n\nby the same method in which the application was submitted to the\n\nAuthority.\n\n2. Each approved applicant shall be issued a credential, which\n\nshall act as proof of his or her approved status, to be worn or\n\ndisplayed during the hours of work of the employee. Rejection and\n\ndenial letters shall provide a reason for the rejection or denial.\n\nApplications may only be rejected or denied for failure to meet the\n\nstandards set forth in the provisions of the Oklahoma Medical\n\nMarijuana and Patient Protection Act or rules promulgated by the\n\nExecutive Director. If an application is rejected for failure to\n\nprovide required information, the applicant shall have thirty (30)\n\ndays to submit the required information for reconsideration. Unless\n\nthe Authority determines otherwise, an application that has been\n\nresubmitted but is still incomplete or contains errors that are not\n\nclerical or typographical in nature shall be denied.\n\nI. The Executive Director of the Authority may promulgate rules\n\nto implement the provisions of 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":"720a9ac213965787ca45ff681861cbf589d945ff0f73090a6b0bf336331dc7b8","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.14a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.14c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}