{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.4","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-427.4","heading":"Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority – Executive","body":"Director.\n\nA. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall employ an\n\nExecutive Director and other personnel as necessary to assist the\n\nAuthority in carrying out its duties. The Executive Director shall\n\nbe appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the\n\nSenate. The Executive Director shall serve at the pleasure of the\n\nGovernor and may be removed or replaced without cause. Compensation\n\nfor the Executive Director shall be determined pursuant to Section\n\n3601.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nB. The Authority shall not employ an individual if any of the\n\nfollowing circumstances exist:\n\n1. The individual has a direct or indirect interest in a\n\nlicensed medical marijuana business; or\n\n2. The individual or his or her spouse, parent, child, spouse\n\nof a child, sibling, or spouse of a sibling has an application for a\n\nmedical marijuana business license pending before the Authority or\n\nis a member of the board of directors of a medical marijuana\n\nbusiness, or is an individual financially interested in any licensee\n\nor medical marijuana business.\n\nC. All officers and employees of the Authority shall be in the\n\nexempt unclassified service.\n\nD. The Executive Director may delegate to any officer or\n\nemployee of the Authority any of the powers of the Executive\n\nDirector and may designate any officer or employee of the Authority\n\nto perform any of the duties of the Executive Director.\n\nE. The Executive Director may promulgate rules governing the\n\noversight and implementation of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and\n\nPatient Protection Act.\n\nF. The Authority is hereby authorized to create employment\n\npositions necessary for the implementation of its obligations\n\npursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection\n\nAct including, but not limited to, investigators of the Authority\n\nand a director of enforcement. The Authority, the director of\n\nenforcement, the Executive Director, investigators of the Authority,\n\nthe Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control,\n\nthe Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Attorney General\n\nshall have all the powers and authority of a peace officer of this\n\nstate for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nMedical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and other laws\n\npertaining to medical marijuana, rules promulgated by the Executive\n\nDirector, or criminal laws of this state. These powers shall\n\ninclude but not be limited to:\n\n1. Investigating violations or suspected violations of the\n\nOklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act or other laws\n\npertaining to medical marijuana, any rules promulgated pursuant\n\nthereto, and any violations of criminal laws of this state\n\ndiscovered through the course of such investigations;\n\n2. Serving and executing all warrants, summonses, subpoenas,\n\nadministrative citations, notices or other processes relating to the\n\nenforcement of laws regulating marijuana, concentrate, and marijuana\n\nproduct;\n\n3. Seizing, destroying, confiscating, embargoing, or placing an\n\nadministrative hold on any marijuana or marijuana product not\n\nproperly logged in the inventory tracking system or untraceable\n\nproduct required to be in the system, altered or improperly\n\npackaged, or illegally held in violation of the Oklahoma Medical\n\nMarijuana and Patient Protection Act, any other laws of this state,\n\nor any rules promulgated by the Executive Director;\n\n4. Assisting or aiding any law enforcement officer in the\n\nperformance of his or her duties upon such law enforcement officer’s\n\nrequest or the request of other local officials having jurisdiction;\n\n5. Referring any evidence, reports, or charges regarding\n\nviolations of any provision of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and\n\nPatient Protection Act that carries criminal penalty, or of any\n\nother criminal laws of this state, to the appropriate law\nicer in the\n\nperformance of his or her duties upon such law enforcement officer’s\n\nrequest or the request of other local officials having jurisdiction;\n\n5. Referring any evidence, reports, or charges regarding\n\nviolations of any provision of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and\n\nPatient Protection Act that carries criminal penalty, or of any\n\nother criminal laws of this state, to the appropriate law\n\nenforcement authority and prosecutorial authority for action;\n\n6. Aiding the enforcement authorities of this state or any\n\ncounty or municipality of the state, or the federal government, in\n\nprosecutions of violations of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and\n\nPatient Protection Act or any other laws of this state that carry\n\ncriminal penalty involving crimes discovered during the\n\ninvestigation of violations or suspected violations of the Oklahoma\n\nMedical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act or other laws\n\npertaining to medical marijuana or any rules promulgated pursuant\n\nthereto;\n\n7. As provided in Section 427.6 of this title, requiring any\n\nbusiness applicant or licensee to permit an inspection of licensed\n\npremises during business hours or at any time of apparent operation,\n\nmarijuana equipment, and marijuana accessories, or books and\n\nrecords; and to permit the testing of or examination of medical\n\nmarijuana, concentrate, or product;\n\n8. Requiring applicants and licensees to submit complete and\n\ncurrent applications, information and fees required by the Oklahoma\n\nMedical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, the Oklahoma Medical\n\nMarijuana Waste Management Act and Sections 420 through 426.1 of\n\nthis title, and approve material changes made by the applicant or\n\nlicensee;\n\n9. Requiring medical marijuana business licensees to submit a\n\nsample or unit of medical marijuana or medical marijuana product to\n\nthe quality assurance laboratory when the Authority has reason to\n\nbelieve the medical marijuana or medical marijuana product may be\n\nunsafe for patient consumption or inhalation or has not been tested\n\nin accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana\n\nand Patient Protection Act and the rules and regulations promulgated\n\nby the Executive Director. The licensee shall provide the samples\n\nor units of medical marijuana or medical marijuana products at its\n\nown expense but shall not be responsible for the costs of testing;\n\nand\n\n10. Requiring medical marijuana business licensees to\n\nperiodically submit samples or units of medical marijuana or medical\n\nmarijuana products to the quality assurance laboratory for quality\n\nassurance purposes. Licensed growers, processors, dispensaries and\n\ntransporters shall not be required to submit samples or units of\n\nmedical marijuana or medical marijuana products more than twice a\n\nyear. The licensee shall provide the samples or units of medical\n\nmarijuana or medical marijuana products at its own expense but shall\n\nnot be responsible for the costs of testing.\n\nG. All investigators of the Authority shall meet all training\n\nrequirements and qualifications for peace officers as required by\n\nSection 3311 et seq. of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nH. During the course of an investigation, the Authority, as\n\nprovided by subsection F of this section, may arrest a violator or\n\nsuspected violator of any laws of this state committed in the\n\npresence of the Authority or upon the development of probable cause\n\nthat such crime has been committed. The Authority as provided by\n\nsubsection F of this section may, upon request of a sheriff or\n\nanother peace officer of this state, or any political subdivision\n\nthereof, assist in the apprehension and arrest of a violator or\n\nsuspected violator of any of the laws of this state.\n\nI. The Executive Director may employ or contract with\n\nattorneys, as needed, to advise the Authority on all legal matters\n\nand to appear for and represent the Executive Director and the\npon request of a sheriff or\n\nanother peace officer of this state, or any political subdivision\n\nthereof, assist in the apprehension and arrest of a violator or\n\nsuspected violator of any of the laws of this state.\n\nI. The Executive Director may employ or contract with\n\nattorneys, as needed, to advise the Authority on all legal matters\n\nand to appear for and represent the Executive Director and the\n\nAuthority in all administrative hearings and all litigation or other\n\nproceedings which may arise in the discharge of their duties. At\n\nthe request of the Executive Director, such attorneys shall assist\n\ndistrict attorneys in prosecuting charges of violators of the\n\nOklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act or any other\n\nlaws of this state that carry criminal penalty involving crimes\n\ndiscovered during the investigation of violations or suspected\n\nviolations of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection\n\nAct or other laws pertaining to medical marijuana or any rules\n\npromulgated pursuant thereto.","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":"1e49f16de55daa2106dab9ec64b2d7eddb937d2b8f17dc6bf4b958e702742340","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.3b","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-427.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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