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...trol 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. The division shall administer the medical...

...(A) The medical marijuana advisory committee is hereby created in the state board of pharmacy. The committee shall consist of the following: (1) Two members who are practicing pharmacists, at least one of whom supports the use of marijuana for medical purposes and at least one of whom is a member of the board of pharmacy; (2) Two members who are practicing physicians, at least one of whom supports the use of mariju...

...ishing 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 following: (a) The conditions that must be met to be eligible for...

...; (3) The distribution of marijuana to minors; (4) The use of state-authorized marijuana activity as a cover or pretext for the trafficking of other illegal drugs or for other illegal activity. (B) The information recorded by the system shall be fully accessible to the state board of pharmacy and all state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the United States department of the treasury's financial crim...

...nducted 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 national institutes of health; (C) The national academy of sciences; (D) The c...

...) 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 use medical marijuana; (3) The geographic distribution of dispensary sites in an effort to ensure patient access to medical ...

...(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) With respect to the methods of using medical marijuana, all of the following apply: (1) The smoking or combustion of medical ...

...sting 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 division shall review it to determine whether to approve the...

...ntain 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 to be updated instantaneously. Any cultivator, pr...

... report; (iv) That the physician has informed the patient of the risks and benefits of medical marijuana as it pertains to the patient's qualifying medical condition and medical history. (b) In the case of an application submitted on behalf of a patient, the name or names of the one or more caregivers that will assist the patient in the use or administration of medical marijuana; (c) In the case of an applic...

...tity that seeks to cultivate or process medical marijuana or to conduct laboratory testing of medical marijuana shall file an application for licensure with the department of commerce. 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 department shall issue a l...

...entity that seeks to dispense at retail medical marijuana shall file an application for licensure 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 c...

...(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 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 ...

... civil or criminal action regarding the medical marijuana control program or any violation of this chapter. (F) The division shall deny a license if, after receiving the information and notification required by this section, a person subject to the criminal records check requirement fails to do either of the following: (1) Access, complete, or forward to the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identificati...

...(A) Each person seeking employment with an entity licensed under this chapter shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, such an entity shall not employ the person unless the person has submitted a criminal records check under those sections. The report of the resulting criminal records check shall demonstrate that the person has not been con...

...ansfer of regulatory authority over the medical marijuana control program to the division; (2) Refuse to issue a license; (3) Impose on a license holder a civil penalty in an amount to be determined by the division. (4) With respect to a suspension of a retail dispensary license without prior hearing, the division may utilize a telephone conference call to review the allegations and take a vote. The division...

..., the division may place under seal all medical marijuana owned by or in the possession, custody, or control of the affected license holder or registrant. Except as provided in this division, the division of marijuana control shall not dispose of the medical marijuana sealed under this division until the license holder or registrant exhausts all of the holder's or registrant's appeal rights under Chapter 119. of the ...

...ment 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 caregiver registr...

...ssionals regarding adverse reactions to medical 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.

...either of the following: (1) Cultivate medical marijuana; (2) Deliver or sell medical marijuana to one or more licensed processors. (B) A cultivator license holder shall not cultivate medical marijuana for personal, family, or household use or on any public land, including a state park as defined in section 154.01 of the Revised Code.

... do any of the following: (1) Obtain medical marijuana from one or more licensed cultivators; (2) Subject to division (B) of this section, process medical marijuana obtained from one or more licensed cultivators into a form described in section 3796.06 of the Revised Code; (3) Deliver or sell processed medical marijuana to one or more licensed retail dispensaries. (B) When processing medical marijuana, a ...

...do both of the following: (1) Obtain medical marijuana from one or more processors; (2) Dispense or sell medical marijuana in accordance with division (B) of this section. (B) When dispensing or selling medical marijuana, a licensed retail dispensary shall do all of the following: (1) Dispense or sell only upon a showing of a current, valid identification card and in accordance with a written recommendati...

...y do both of the following: (1) Obtain medical marijuana from one or more cultivators, processors, and retail dispensaries licensed under this chapter; (2) Conduct medical marijuana testing in the manner specified in rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (B) When testing medical marijuana, a licensed laboratory shall do both of the following: (1) Test the marijuana for potency, homogeneity, and...

...gistered under this chapter who obtains medical marijuana from a retail dispensary licensed under this chapter may do both of the following: (1) Use medical marijuana; (2) Possess medical marijuana, subject to division (B) of this section; (3) Possess any paraphernalia or accessories specified in rules adopted under section 3796.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The amount of medical marijuana possessed by a re...

...gistered under this chapter who obtains medical marijuana from a retail dispensary licensed under this chapter may do both 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; (3) Possess any paraphernal...