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...pter. (A) If the division of cannabis control fails to adopt rules necessary to initially implement this chapter within nine months of the effective date of this chapter or fails to begin accepting license applications within six months of the effective date of this chapter as provided in section 3780.11 of the Revised Code, any citizen of the state of Ohio may commence an action in the court of common pleas of Fra...

...d under division (A) of this section or transfers cannabis plants in violation of division (A)(3) of this section, division (F) of section 3780.99 of the Revised Code shall apply.

...numbers. (A) The division of cannabis control shall enter into an agreement with the department of mental health and addiction services under which the department shall provide a program for cannabis addiction services to be implemented on behalf of the division of cannabis control which includes best practices for education and treatment for individuals with addiction issues related to cannabis or other controlled...

...itten request, the division of cannabis control shall provide the following information, except as provided in this chapter: (1) The amount of tax paid to the state by any license holder; and (2) A copy of a letter providing the reasons for the denial of an applicant's license, but with confidential information redacted. (C) An individual who holds, held, or has applied for a license under this chapter may w...

...ction taken by the division of cannabis control under this chapter violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution or any provision of the Revised Code shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within ninety days after the action is taken. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to any claim within the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Ohio or any court of appeals ...

...is operator by the division of cannabis control except as authorized under this chapter; (3) Permit the use, cultivation, dispensing, or processing of adult use cannabis on federal, state, or locally owned land located in the state of Ohio; (4) Require any public place to accommodate an individual's use of adult use cannabis; (5) Prohibit any public place from accommodating an individual's use of adult use c...

...ng laboratory, the division of cannabis control shall provide to the financial institution all of the following information: (a) Whether an individual or entity with whom the financial institution is seeking to do business is an adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory licensed under this chapter; (b) The name of any other business or individual affiliated with the individual or entity; (c...

...Rights of employer. (A) Nothing in this chapter does any of the following: (1) Requires an employer to permit or accommodate an employee's use, possession, or distribution of adult use cannabis otherwise in compliance with this chapter; (2) Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, discharging, disciplining, or otherwise taking an adverse employment action against an individual with respect to hire, tenure...

... any other private property under their control, or any vehicle, conveyance, or watercraft under their control to be used by an invitee of the parent's child or the guardian's ward, if the invitee is under twenty-one years of age, in a manner that constitutes a violation of this chapter. (1) A parent or guardian is deemed to have knowingly permitted their residence, any other private property under their control, ...

...Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

...Penalties. (A) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 3796 of the Revised Code, section 2925.11 of the Revised Code shall apply when an adult use consumer possesses an amount of cannabis greater than the limits set forth in division (B)(1) of section 3780.36 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an adult use consumer who uses adult use cannabis in public areas, or who violates d...

...ter, medical marijuana is a schedule II controlled substance.

...eby established a division of marijuana control in the department of commerce. The medical marijuana control program is hereby established in the division of marijuana control. The division shall provide for the licensure of medical marijuana cultivators, processors, retail dispensaries, and laboratories that test medical marijuana. The division shall also provide for the registration of patients and their caregivers...

...ations related to the medical marijuana control program and the implementation and enforcement of Chapter 3796. of the Revised Code. (H) The committee is not subject to sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. (I) The committee shall cease to exist on the date that occurs five years and thirty days after the effective date of this act September 8, 2016.

...(A) The division of marijuana control shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the medical marijuana control program. All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The rules shall do all of the following: (1) Establish application procedures and fees for licenses it issues under this chapter; (2) Specify both of the follow...

...(A) The director of commerce may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules that establish a closed-loop payment processing system under which the state creates accounts to be used only by registered patients and caregivers at licensed dispensaries as well as by all license holders under this chapter. The system may include record-keeping and accounting functions that identify all parties invol...

...not authorize the division of marijuana control to oversee or limit research conducted at a state university, academic medical center, or private research and development organization that is related to marijuana and is approved by an agency, board, center, department, or institute of the United States government, including any of the following: (A) The agency for health care research and quality; (B) The natio...

...any one time, the division of marijuana control shall consider both of the following: (1) The population of this state; (2) The number of patients seeking to use medical marijuana. (B) When establishing the number of retail dispensary licenses that will be permitted at any one time, the division shall consider all of the following: (1) The population of this state; (2) The number of patients seeking to...

...m approved by the division of marijuana control under section 3796.061 of the Revised Code. (B) With respect to the methods of using medical marijuana, all of the following apply: (1) The smoking or combustion of medical marijuana is prohibited. (2) The vaporization of medical marijuana is permitted. (3) The division may approve additional methods of using medical marijuana, other than smoking or combusti...

...tion to the state division of marijuana control requesting that a form of or method of using medical marijuana be approved for the purposes of section 3796.06 of the Revised Code. A petition shall be submitted to the division in a manner prescribed by the division. A petition shall not seek to approve a method of using medical marijuana that involves smoking or combustion. (B) On receipt of a petition, the divisio...

...The department of commerce shall establish and maintain an electronic database to monitor medical marijuana from its seed source through its cultivation, processing, testing, and dispensing. The department may contract with a separate entity to establish and maintain all or any part of the electronic database on behalf of the department. The electronic database shall allow for information regarding medical marijuana...

...hall apply to the division of marijuana control for registration. The physician who holds a certificate to recommend issued by the state medical board and is treating the patient or the physician's delegate shall submit the application on the patient's or caregiver's behalf in the manner established in rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The application shall include all of the following: ...

...licenses to entities that are owned and controlled by United States citizens who are residents of this state and are members of one of the following economically disadvantaged groups: Blacks or African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics or Latinos, and Asians. If no applications or an insufficient number of applications are submitted by such entities that meet the conditions set forth in division (B) of this sect...

...icensure with the division of marijuana control. The entity shall file an application for each location from which it seeks to operate. Each application shall be submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The division shall issue a license to an applicant if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The report of the criminal records check conducted pursuant to ...

...he request of the division of marijuana control, the department of taxation shall provide to the division all of the following information: (a) Whether an applicant for licensure under this chapter is in compliance with the applicable tax laws of this state; (b) Any past or pending violation by the applicant of those tax laws, and any penalty imposed on the applicant for such a violation. (2) The division sh...