Ohio Revised Code Search

...Adult use cannabis operator and adult use testing laboratory licenses. (A) No person shall operate as an adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory without a license issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) The following licenses shall be issued by the division of cannabis control within nine months of the effective date of this section if the license applicant is in compliance with section 3780.11...

...Application requirements for adult use cannabis operators and adult use testing laboratories. (A) An adult use cannabis operator and adult use testing laboratory license applicant authorized to file an application may file an application for licensure with the division of cannabis control. Each application shall be submitted in accordance with rules adopted under section 3780.03 of the Revised Code and in conformi...

...Level I and level II adult use cultivator license. (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the holder of a current and valid level I or level II adult use cultivator license issued under this chapter may do either of the following: (1) Cultivate adult use cannabis; (2) Distribute, transfer, and sell adult use cannabis to other adu...

...Level III adult use cultivator license. (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, and except as provided in division (B) of this section, the holder of a current and valid level III adult use cultivator license issued under this chapter may do any of the following: (1) Cultivate adult use cannabis; (2) Distribute, transfer, and sell adult use cannabis to other adult use cannabis operato...

...Adult use processor license. (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the holder of a current and valid adult use processor license issued under this chapter may do any of the following: (1) Obtain cannabis from adult use cannabis operators; (2) Subject to the rules adopted pursuant to this section, process adult use cannabis obtained from adult use cannabis operators into a form autho...

...Adult use dispensary license. (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the holder of a current and valid adult use dispensary license issued under this chapter may do the following: (1) Obtain adult use cannabis from adult use processors, adult use cultivators, level III adult use cultivators, and other adult use dispensaries; (2) Distribute, transfer, or sell adult use cannabis to ...

...Adult use testing laboratory license. (A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, the holder of a current and valid adult use testing laboratory license issued under this chapter may do both of the following: (1) Obtain adult use cannabis from one or more adult use cannabis operators licensed under this chapter for testing purposes only; and (2) Conduct cannabis testing, research and oper...

...Licensure of individuals. (A) The division of cannabis control may issue a license to an individual applicant required to be licensed related to an adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory after it has determined that the applicant is eligible for a license under rules adopted by the division of cannabis control and after the applicant has paid any applicable fees. (B) To be eligible for a lice...

...mployment, business ownership, housing, health, and long-term financial well-being. (D) Family members, especially children, and communities of those who have been arrested or incarcerated due to drug laws, suffer from emotional, psychological, and financial harms as a result of such arrests or incarcerations. (E) Certain communities have disproportionately suffered the harms of enforcement of marijuana-related l...

...Cannabis social equity and jobs program. (A) As used in this section, "cannabis social equity and jobs program participant" means a person certified as a participant in the cannabis social equity program by the department of development under this section of the Revised Code. (B) The department of development shall establish a business assistance program known as the cannabis social equity and jobs program fund...

...Operations. (A) Adult use cannabis operators and adult use testing laboratories shall adopt operating procedures and comply with operation requirements required by rules under 3780.03 of the Revised Code, which include, but are not limited to, the following as applicable: (1) Quality assurance; (2) Package and labeling; (3) Waste disposal; (4) Inventory control and storage; (5) Monitoring, surveilla...

...Advertising. (A) The division of cannabis control may adopt rules regulating advertisements of license holders to prevent advertisements that are false, misleading, targeted to minors, promote excessive use, or that promote illegal activity. (B) Rules adopted by the division of cannabis control pursuant to section (A) of this chapter shall not require preapproval and shall not overly burden the legitimate comme...

...Tax levied on adult use consumers. (A) For the purpose of supporting social equity issues, providing funds to support jobs and economic development, providing funding for host communities who have adult use dispensaries in their jurisdiction to support these communities, funding education and treatment for individuals with cannabis and other addiction issues, and defraying the costs of regulation and administering...

...the efforts of the department of mental health and addiction services to alleviate substance and opiate abuse and related research in the state under section 3780.30 of the Revised Code; and (4) Three per cent to the division of cannabis control and tax commissioner fund to support the operations of the division of cannabis control and to defray the cost of the department of taxation for administering the tax levi...

...Tax administration and enforcement. The tax commissioner shall administer and enforce sections 3780.22 through 3780.23 of this chapter. In addition to any other powers conferred upon the tax commissioner by law, the tax commissioner may: (A) Prescribe all forms that are required to be filed under sections 3780.22 through 3780.23 of this chapter ; (B) Adopt rules that are necessary and proper to carry out sect...

...Local authority regarding adult use cannabis operators. (A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may adopt an ordinance, or a board of township trustees may adopt a resolution, by majority vote to prohibit, or limit the number of adult use cannabis operators permitted under this chapter within the municipal corporation or within the unincorporated territory of the township, respectively. (B) Notw...

...Enforcement authority of the division of cannabis control. (A) The division of cannabis control shall enforce, or cause to be enforced, all sections of this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder. If the division of cannabis control has information that any provision of this chapter or that any rule adopted thereunder has been violated, it may investigate the matter and take any reasonable action as it considers ...

...Enforcement by the attorney general. (A) Upon receiving a written request from the division of cannabis control, the Ohio attorney general may bring a cause of action to restrain a violation of this chapter. Such an action is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. (B) The court of common pleas of Franklin county shall give any claim filed under division (A) of this section priority over all oth...

...Enforcement of chapter. (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 c...

...Home Grow. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, the following acts by an adult use consumer are lawful: (1) Cultivating, growing, and possessing not more than six cannabis plants at the individual's primary residence, if all of the following apply: (a) Not more than twelve cannabis plants are cultivated or grown at a single residence wh...

...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 substances including opioids. (B) The department of mental healt...

...Confidentiality. (A) The following information submitted, collected, or gathered under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure by any state agency or political subdivision as a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (1) Social security numbers, passport numbers, or federal tax identification numbers; (2) Home addresses and telephone numbers; (3) Birth certificates; (4...

...Venue for court actions. (A) Any action asserting that this chapter, any portion of this chapter, or any rule adopted thereunder, violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution or federal law shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within ninety days after the effective date of the enactment of this chapter or within ninety days after the effective date of any rule adopted pursuant to this...

...Liabilities and immunities. (A) The holder of a license, as defined in section 4776.01 of the Revised Code, or other license, certification, or registration issued by any professional board in the state of Ohio, or pursuant to 2923.125 of the Revised Code, are not subject to disciplinary action solely for engaging in professional or occupational activities related to adult use cannabis in accordance with this chapt...

...Financial institutions. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial institution" means any of the following: (a) Any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union or any affiliate, agent, or employee of a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union; (b) Any money transmitter licensed under sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Cod...