Oklahoma § 63-427.27 - Fingerprints — Medical marijuana facility owners

§ 63-427.27. Fingerprints — Medical marijuana facility owners

A. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall require

owners of medical marijuana facilities to submit their fingerprints

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to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) for the purpose

of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal

background check.

B. The Authority may require that such fingerprint submissions

be made as part of a medical marijuana facility application, a

medical marijuana facility renewal application, or an individual

application for a license or permit authorizing that individual to

be an owner of a medical marijuana facility.

C. Fingerprint cards and any required fees shall be sent to the

OSBI central repository. The fingerprint records shall be used for

searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be

forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal

criminal record search as provided in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of

the Oklahoma Statutes. The OSBI shall notify the Authority of any

criminal history record information or lack of criminal history

record information discovered on the submitting individual.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 150.9b of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, all records related to any criminal history

information discovered shall be accessible and available to the

Authority.

D. As used in this section:

1. “Medical marijuana facility” means an entity licensed or

certified by the Authority to acquire, cultivate, process,

manufacture, test, store, sell, transport, or deliver medical

marijuana; and

2. “Owner” means a direct beneficial owner including all

persons or entities, as follows:

a.

all shareholders owning an interest of a corporate

entity and all officers of a corporate entity,

b.

all partners of a general partnership,

c.

all general partners and all limited partners that own

an interest in a limited partnership,

d.

all members that own an interest in a limited

liability company,

e.

all beneficiaries that hold a beneficial interest in a

trust and all trustees of a trust,

f.

all persons or entities that own interest in a joint

venture,

g.

all persons or entities that own an interest in an

association,

h.

the owners of any other type of legal entity, and

i.

any other person holding an interest or convertible

note in any entity, which owns, operates, or manages a

licensed medical marijuana facility.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 381, § 1, emerg. eff. June 14, 2024. Amended

by Laws 2025, c. 388, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 2025.

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