Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 3796.10 | Application to dispense.
...tted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The division shall evaluate and prioritize applications for licensure under this section according to the applicant's eligibility, suitability, and ability to operate. (C) The division shall not issue a license to an applicant unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) The report of the criminal records check conduct... |
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Section 3796.11 | Information provided by department of taxation.
... or any other public records law to the contrary or any law relating to the confidentiality of tax return information, upon the request of the division of cannabis 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 violati... |
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Section 3796.12 | Criminal records check.
... this chapter, the division of cannabis control shall require each of the following to complete a criminal records check: (a) An administrator or other person responsible for the daily operation of the entity seeking the license; (b) An owner or prospective owner, officer or prospective officer, or board member or prospective board member of the entity seeking the license. (2) If a person subject to the crim... |
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Section 3796.13 | Employment.
...monstrates that the person has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the disqualifying offenses. (B)(1) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, the division of cannabis control shall establish standards for provisional employment of individuals who have exigent circumstances. (2) Such standards must include, at minimum, a requirement that the individual seeking provisional employment submit evi... |
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Section 3796.14 | Authority of department of commerce.
...any reason specified in rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code: (1) Suspend, suspend without prior hearing, revoke, or refuse to renew a license or registration it issued under this chapter or Chapter 3780. of the Revised Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this amendment ; (2) Refuse to issue a license; (3) Impose on a license holder a civil penalty in an ... |
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Section 3796.15 | Enforcement.
...(E) of section 3796.14 of the Revised Code, if the division or the unit has information that this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter has been violated, it shall investigate the matter and take any action as it considers appropriate. (B) If the division suspends, revokes, or refuses to renew any license or registration issued under this chapter or Chapter 3780. of the Revised Code, as that chapter exist... |
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Section 3796.16 | Reciprocity agreements.
...rocity agreement with any other state under which a medical marijuana registry identification card or equivalent authorization that is issued by the other state is recognized in this state, if the division determines that both of the following apply: (a) The eligibility requirements imposed by the other state for that authorization are substantially comparable to the eligibility requirements for a patient or careg... |
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Section 3796.17 | Toll-free telephone line.
...erse reactions to marijuana and to provide information about available services and assistance. The division may contract with a separate entity to establish and maintain the telephone line on behalf of the division. |
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Section 3796.18 | Cultivator license.
... conflicting provision of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (B) of this section, a licensed cultivator, including the holder of a current, valid cultivator license issued under this chapter before the effective date of this amendment, may do all of the following: (a) Cultivate medical marijuana and adult-use marijuana; (b) Deliver, transfer, or sell medical marijuana and adult-use marijuana to o... |
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Section 3796.19 | Processor license.
... conflicting provision of the Revised Code, a licensed processor, including the holder of a current, valid processor license issued under this chapter before the effective date of this amendment, may do all of the following: (a) Purchase or otherwise obtain medical marijuana and adult-use marijuana from other license holders; (b) Subject to division (B) of this section, process medical marijuana and adult-use m... |
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Section 3796.20 | Dispensary license.
... conflicting provision of the Revised Code, a licensed dispensary, including the holder of a current, valid retail dispensary license issued under this chapter before the effective date of this amendment, may do any of the following: (a) Purchase or otherwise obtain medical marijuana and adult-use marijuana from other license holders; (b) Dispense or sell medical marijuana in accordance with division (B) of thi... |
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Section 3796.21 | Rights of current laboratory license holders.
... conflicting provision of the Revised Code, a licensed laboratory, including the holder of a current, valid laboratory license issued under this chapter before the effective date of this amendment, shall do both of the following: (1) Obtain medical marijuana and adult-use marijuana from one or more licensed cultivators, licensed processors, and licensed dispensaries; (2) Conduct testing in the manner specified in... |
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Section 3796.22 | Rights of registered patient.
... conflicting provision of the Revised Code, a patient registered under this chapter who obtains medical marijuana from a licensed dispensary in accordance with this chapter may do all of the following: (1) Use medical marijuana; (2) Possess medical marijuana, subject to division (B) of this section; (3) Possess any paraphernalia or accessories that may be used in the administration of medical marijuana, as s... |
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Section 3796.221 | Rights of adult-use users.
... conflicting provision of the Revised Code, an adult-use consumer who obtains adult-use marijuana from a licensed dispensary may do all of the following: (1) Use adult-use marijuana; (2) Possess adult-use marijuana, subject to division (B) of this section; (3) Possess any paraphernalia or accessories that may be used in the administration of adult-use marijuana as specified in rules adopted under section 3796.0... |
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Section 3796.23 | Rights of caregiver.
... conflicting provision of the Revised Code, a caregiver registered under this chapter who obtains medical marijuana from a licensed dispensary may do any of the following: (1) Possess medical marijuana on behalf of a registered patient under the caregiver's care, subject to division (B) of this section; (2) Assist a registered patient under the caregiver's care in the use or administration of medical marijuana;... |
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Section 3796.24 | Liability.
...ijuana. (B) Unless there is clear and convincing evidence that a child is unsafe, the use, possession, or administration of medical marijuana in accordance with this chapter shall not be the sole or primary basis for any of the following: (1) An adjudication under section 2151.28 of the Revised Code determining that a child is an abused, neglected, or dependent child; (2) An allocation of parental rights and re... |
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Section 3796.27 | Financial institutions.
... or any other public records law to the contrary, upon the request of a financial institution, the division of marijuana control shall provide to the financial institution all of the following information: (a) Whether a person with whom the financial institution is seeking to do business is a license holder; (b) The name of any other business or individual affiliated with the person; (c) An unredacted copy o... |
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Section 3796.28 | Rights of employer.
...ug policy; (4) Interferes with any federal restrictions on employment, including the regulations adopted by the United States department of transportation in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended; (5) Permits a person to commence a cause of action against an employer for refusing to hire, discharging, disciplining, discriminating, retaliating, or otherwise taking an adverse employment action a... |
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Section 3796.29 | Limitations on number of cultivators, processors, or retail dispensaries by localities.
...or limits research related to marijuana conducted at a state university, academic medical center, or private research and development organization as part of a research protocol approved by an institutional review board or equivalent entity. |
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Section 3796.30 | Activities prohibited near schools, churches, libraries, playgrounds or parks.
...r public park, the division of cannabis control shall deny the request for relocation. (C) This section does not require relocation or closure of a facility used by a licensed cultivator, licensed processor, licensed dispensary, or licensed laboratory, if that facility has a certificate of operation at the time a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park relocates, or is established, on a p... |
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Section 3796.31 | Prohibition on local taxes, fees.
...s otherwise authorized in the Revised Code, no political subdivision shall do either of the following: (A) Levy any tax or fee on license holders that is based on the license holder's businesses' gross receipts or that is the same as or similar to any tax or fee imposed by the state; (B) Levy any tax, fee, or charge on license holders or license holders' property that is not generally charged on other businesse... |
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Section 3796.32 | Advertisement and marketing.
...mote illegal activity, are obscene or indecent, contain depictions of marijuana use, or promote marijuana as an intoxicant. (B) Any rules the division adopts regulating the advertisement of adult-use marijuana shall be at least as stringent as the most stringent federal or state laws or rules governing the advertisement of tobacco or alcohol. (C) The division may, at any time, conduct an audit of an applicant's o... |
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Section 3796.33 | Equivalent licenses.
...this chapter, the division of marijuana control shall merge the licenses and treat them as the same license for all purposes, including expiration and renewal. |
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Section 3796.34 | [Former R.C. 3780.37, amended and renumbered by S.B. 56, 136th General Assembly, effective 3/20/2026] Drug misuse prevention, education, and public awareness.
...d Code. (B) The division of marijuana control shall contract with a statewide nonprofit corporation for the development and implementation of cannabis and related drug misuse prevention, education, and public awareness initiatives driven by data, evaluation, and research. The contract must include a provision specifying a percentage of the total funding for the initiatives, not less than ten per cent, to be raised ... |
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Section 3796.40 | Excise tax on sale of adult-use marijuana.
...ode. (C) The tax shall be paid by the consumer to the vendor at the time of the sale, and the vendor shall report and remit the tax to the state in the same manner and at the same time the vendor reports and remits the tax levied under Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code. The return required by this division shall be filed on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner, which shall be separate from the return required ... |