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...(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...

...This chapter does not authorize the division of cannabis 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;...

...(A) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, an adult-use consumer may do all of the following: (1) Cultivate, grow, and possess homegrown marijuana plants at the adult-use consumer's primary residence, if all of the following apply: (a) Not more than six homegrown marijuana plants are cultivated or grown by each adult-use consumer; (b) Not more than twelve homegrown marijuana plants are c...

...(A) When establishing the number of cultivator licenses that will be permitted at any one time, the division of cannabis control shall consider all of the following: (1) The population of this state; (2) The number of patients seeking to use medical marijuana; (3) The number of adult-use consumers seeking to use adult-use marijuana. (B)(1) Not more than four hundred licensed dispensaries shall be permitted...

...(A) Only the following forms of medical marijuana may be dispensed under this chapter: (1) Oils; (2) Tinctures; (3) Plant material; (4) Edibles; (5) Patches; (6) Any other form approved by the division of marijuana control under section 3796.061 of the Revised Code. (B) Only the following forms of adult-use marijuana may be dispensed under this chapter: (1) Any form in which medical marijuana m...

...(A) Any person may submit a petition to the state division of cannabis 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 rec...

...(A) No person shall knowingly transport marijuana other than adult-use marijuana, medical marijuana, or homegrown marijuana in a motor vehicle. (B) No person shall knowingly transport medical marijuana or adult-use marijuana in a motor vehicle unless one of the following applies: (1) The adult-use marijuana or medical marijuana is in the original, unopened packaging in which it was dispensed or sold; (2) If pre...

...The division of cannabis control shall establish and maintain an electronic database to monitor adult-use and medical marijuana from its seed source through its cultivation, processing, testing, and dispensing. The division 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 regardin...

...(A)(1) Until one hundred eighty days following October 3, 2023, a patient seeking to use medical marijuana or a caregiver seeking to assist a patient in the use or administration of medical marijuana shall apply to the state board of pharmacy for registration. On and after one hundred eighty days following October 3, 2023, a patient seeking to use medical marijuana or a caregiver seeking to assist a patient in the us...

...e located within five hundred feet of a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park. (5) The information provided to the division pursuant to section 3796.11 of the Revised Code demonstrates that the applicant is in compliance with the applicable tax laws of this state. (6) The applicant demonstrates sufficient liquid capital and ability to meet financial responsibility requirements; (7) T...

...e located within five hundred feet of a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park. (5) The applicant demonstrates that the proposed location or facility is not either of the following: (a) Located within one mile of another licensed dispensary; (b) Issued a permit under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code to sell beer and intoxicating liquor, as those terms are defined in section 4301.01 ...

...(A)(1) Notwithstanding section 149.43 of the Revised Code 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 t...

...(A) As used in this section, "criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) As part of the application process for a license issued under 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...

...(A) Each person seeking employment with a license holder shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, such a license holder shall not employ the person unless the person has submitted a criminal records check under those sections and the report of the resulting criminal records check demonstrates that the person has not been convicted of or ple...

...(A) The division of cannabis control may do any of the following for 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 issu...

...(A) The division of cannabis control and the Ohio investigative unit shall enforce this chapter, or cause it to be enforced. Subject to division (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 suspend...

...(A)(1) The division of cannabis control shall attempt in good faith to negotiate and enter into a reciprocity 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...

...The division of cannabis control shall establish a toll-free telephone line to respond to inquiries from adult-use consumers, medical marijuana patients, caregivers, and health professionals regarding adverse 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.

...(A)(1) Notwithstanding any 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 an...

...(A)(1) Notwithstanding any 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...

...(A)(1) Notwithstanding any 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 accordanc...

...(A) Notwithstanding any 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 ...

...(A) Notwithstanding any 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 ...

...(A) Notwithstanding any 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 adopt...

...(A) Notwithstanding any 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 administratio...