Oklahoma § 63-427.28 - Fingerprints — Medical marijuana facility employees

§ 63-427.28. Fingerprints — Medical marijuana facility employees

A. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall require all

employees of medical marijuana facilities to submit their

fingerprints 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 an individual’s application for a license,

permit, identification card, or credential authorizing that

individual to be an employee 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. “Employee” means any natural person who:

a.

grows, harvests, dries, cures, purchases, sells,

transfers, transports, processes, produces,

manufactures, creates, or packages medical marijuana,

medical marijuana products, or medical marijuana waste

on behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana

commercial grower, processor, or dispensary,

b.

samples, trains, or educates on behalf of or for a

licensed medical marijuana education or research

facility,

c.

disposes of or transports medical marijuana, medical

marijuana products, and medical marijuana waste on

behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana waste

disposal facility,

d.

tests and conducts research on medical marijuana and

medical marijuana products on behalf of or for a

medical marijuana licensed testing laboratory,

e.

transports, stores, distributes, but does not take

ownership of, medical marijuana and medical marijuana

products on behalf of or for a licensed medical

marijuana commercial transporter,

f.

tracks, traces, reports, and inputs any information

into the state inventory tracking system on behalf of

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or for a licensed medical marijuana commercial license

holder, or

g.

serves in a role or provides services which would be

reasonably expected to involve regular physical

contact with medical marijuana, medical marijuana

products, or medical marijuana waste; and

2. “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.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 381, § 2, emerg. eff. June 14, 2024. Amended

by Laws 2025, c. 388, § 3, emerg. eff. May 26, 2025.