Oklahoma § 63-427.20 - Medical marijuana education facility license Requirements

§ 63-427.20. Medical marijuana education facility license Requirements

A. There is hereby created a medical marijuana education

facility license.

B. A medical marijuana education facility license may be issued

to a person to possess or cultivate marijuana for the limited

education and research purposes identified in this section.

C. A medical marijuana education facility license may only be

granted to a not-for-profit organization structured under Section

501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, operating as a not-forprofit organization in this state registered with the Office of the

Secretary of State.

D. A medical marijuana education facility license may only be

granted upon the submission of an annual fee of Five Hundred Dollars

($500.00) to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority.

E. A medical marijuana education facility license may be issued

for the following education and research purposes:

1. To test cultivation techniques, strategies, infrastructure,

mediums, lighting and other related technology;

2. To demonstrate cultivation techniques, strategies,

infrastructure, mediums, lighting and other related technology;

3. To demonstrate the application and use of product

manufacturing technologies;

4. To conduct genomic, horticultural or agricultural research;

and

5. To conduct research on marijuana-affiliated products or

systems.

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F. As part of the application process for a medical marijuana

education facility license, an applicant shall submit to the

Authority a description of the project and curriculum that the

applicant intends to conduct and whether the project and curriculum

will be conducted with a public institution or using public money.

If the project and curriculum will not be conducted with a public

institution or with public money, the Authority shall grant the

application. If the research will be conducted with a public

institution or public money, the Authority shall review the research

project of the applicant to determine if it meets the requirements

of this section and to assess the following:

1. The quality, study design, value or impact of the project;

2. Whether the applicant has the appropriate personnel,

expertise, facilities, infrastructure, funding and human, animal or

other approvals in place to successfully conduct the project; and

3. Whether the amount of marijuana to be grown by the applicant

is consistent with the scope and goals of the project.

If the Authority determines that the education project does not meet

the requirements of this section or assesses the criteria to be

inadequate, the application shall be denied.

G. A medical marijuana education facility licensee may only

transfer, by sale or donation, marijuana grown within its operation

to medical marijuana research licensees. The Authority may revoke a

medical marijuana education facility license for violations of this

section and any other violation of applicable laws, rules and

regulations.

H. A medical marijuana education facility licensee may contract

to perform research in conjunction with a public higher education

research institution or another research licensee.

I. The growing, cultivating, possessing or transferring, by

sale or donation, of marijuana in accordance with this section and

the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, by a medical marijuana

education facility licensee shall not be a criminal or civil offense

under state law. A medical marijuana education facility license

shall be issued in the name of the applicant and shall specify the

location in this state at which the medical marijuana education

facility licensee intends to operate. A medical marijuana education

facility licensee shall not allow any other person to exercise the

privilege of the license.

J. Submission of an application for a medical marijuana

education facility license shall constitute permission for entry to

and inspection of the facility of the medical marijuana education

facility licensee during hours of operation and other reasonable

times. Refusal to permit such entry for inspection shall constitute

grounds for the nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of the medical

marijuana education facility license. The Authority, the Oklahoma

State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma

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State Bureau of Investigation, and the Attorney General may perform

an unannounced, on-site inspection of the operations and any

facility of the medical marijuana education facility licensee. If

the Authority receives a complaint concerning noncompliance by a

medical marijuana education facility licensee, the Authority, the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and the Attorney General may

conduct additional unannounced, on-site inspections beyond the

inspections provided for in Section 427.6 of this title. The

Authority shall refer all complaints alleging criminal activity that

are made against a licensed medical marijuana education facility to

appropriate state or local law enforcement authorities.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 11, § 20. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 553, §

22, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 251, § 20, eff. Nov. 1, 2022;

Laws 2023, c. 168, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.