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Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program



Guiding Principles

Medical Marijuana Control Program is: 1. Patient-centered and safe. 2. Responsive, data-driven, and transparent. 3. Flexible, scalable, and sustainable. 4. Characterized by consistency, integrity, and collaboration across one

program.

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Timeline

? September 8, 2016 ? House Bill 523 Effective ? November 1, 2016 ? First Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee

meeting ? May 6, 2017 ? Cultivator rules adopted ? September 8, 2017 ? All other rules adopted ? September 8, 2018 ? Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program

operational ? October 8, 2021 ? Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee sunsets

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Medical Marijuana Process Flow Chart

Cultivators

Testing Lab

Processors

Testing Lab

Dispensaries

Patients

Physicians

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Who is Responsible?

Department of Commerce

? Cultivators ? Processors ? Testing laboratories

Pharmacy Board

? Dispensaries ? Patients/Caregivers ? New forms and methods of medical marijuana

Medical Board

? Certified physicians ? New qualifying conditions

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Ohio Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce Responsibilities

? Issue licenses to medical marijuana cultivators, processors and testing laboratories in the State of Ohio, which includes the following:

? Number of licenses issued for each business type; ? Production control mechanisms; and ? Eligibility criteria for licensure.

? Develop rules necessary for the administration of the program, such as:

? Facility security; ? Product quality control and assurance; ? Packaging and labeling standards; ? Product consistency and availability; and ? Testing laboratory standards and uniformity of analysis.

? Establish enforcement and compliance measures with licensure requirements.

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Cultivators

? When drafting the regulations, the MMCP balanced the cost of compliance with the benefit of the regulation.

? Based on conversations with regulators in others states with established medical marijuana programs and industry stakeholders, Ohio pursued different mechanism that are unique in the industry.

? The MMCP created two levels of cultivator licenses with different production capacities.

? Level I ? up to 12 licenses prior to September 8, 2018. ? Level II ? up to 12 licenses prior to September 8, 2018.

? Existing licensees have the ability to expand the marijuana cultivation area if certain triggers are met.

? Level I licensees can have 25,000 sq. ft. of marijuana cultivation area. Expandable to 50,000 sq. ft. and 75,000 sq. ft., dependent on demand.

? Level II licensees can have 3,000 sq. ft. of marijuana cultivation area. Expandable to 6,000 sq. ft. and 9,000 sq. ft., dependent on demand.

? The MMCP identified the need for a plant-only processor license to allow for direct shipment of plant material from a cultivator to a dispensary.

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