Maryland Marijuana Business Licenses
Status: In Maryland, all individuals with a legal prescription may possess and use medical marijuana. State licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense medical marijuana.
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Number of Maryland Marijuana Business Licenses Licenses Available
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You can read the full text of the Maryland Marijuana Business Licenses law at: http://mmcc.maryland.gov
Maryland Medical Cannabis Growers License Guidelines
Grower License: Required to cultivate, manufacture, process, or package, or dispense medical cannabis; or to processes medical cannabis products; and is authorized by the Commission to provide cannabis to a qualifying patient, caregiver, processor, dispensary, or independent testing laboratory.
- The Commission has announced the names of the 15 Pre-approved Growers. The Commission is to establish an application review process for granting 4 additional medical cannabis grower licenses.
- Growers will contract with one or more independent testing laboratories for the laboratory to test every batch of medical cannabis
- The Commission will rely upon the zoning and planning approval issued by the local jurisdiction. The local jurisdiction will determine whether a zoning designation that permits agricultural production included production of medical cannabis.
- There are no limitations to the number of plants that a licensed grower must or may cultivate.
- Applicant must demonstrate Maryland residency by providing one or more of the following:
1) Most recent Maryland tax return; 2) Most recent Maryland property tax bill; 3) Local gas and electric bill that is no more than 4 months old; 5) Valid Maryland Driver’s license; or 6) Another record that corroborates the Maryland residency. Source: Maryland Medical Cannabis Growers FAQ
RECOMMENDED MARYLAND CANNABIS BUSINESS PLANS FOR MARYLAND MEDICAL CANNABIS GROWER APPLICATION:
- Maryland Application Guide & Checklist
- Marijuana Business Plan Package
- Cultivation Plan Template
- Environmental Plan Template
- Financial Plan Template
- Fire Safety Plan Template
- Inventory Control Plan Template
- Product Safety Plan Template
- Security Plan Template
- Staffing Plan Template
- Suitability of Proposed Facility Plan Template
- Transportation Plan Template
Maryland Medical Cannabis Processor License Guidelines
Processing License: Required to transform the medical cannabis into another product or extract; and package and label medical cannabis.
- The Commission has announced the names of 15 Pre-approved Processors. The Commission is to establish an application review process for granting 10 additional medical cannabis processor licenses.
- A processor will process usable medical cannabis into medical cannabis concentrates, or medical cannabis-infused products, to include oil, wax, ointment, salve, tincture, capsule, suppository, dermal patch, cartridge or other product containing medical cannabis concentrate, or usable cannabis that has been processed so that the dried leaves and flowers are integrated into other material.
- Processors will contract with one or more licensed growers to obtain medical cannabis to process. They will need to follow inventory controls specified in the regulations, and in the standard operating procedures of the processors and growers.
Source: Maryland Medical Cannabis Processors FAQ
RECOMMENDED MARYLAND CANNABIS BUSINESS PLANS FOR MARYLAND MEDICAL CANNABIS PROCESSOR APPLICATION:
- Maryland Application Guide & Checklist
- Marijuana Business Plan Package
- Manufacturing/Processing Plan Template
- Environmental Plan Template
- Financial Plan Template
- Fire Safety Plan Template
- Inventory Control Plan Template
- Product Safety Plan Template
- Security Plan Template
- Staffing Plan Template
- Transportation Plan Template
Maryland Medical Cannabis Dispensary License Guidelines
Dispensary License: Required to that acquire, possess, repackage, process, transfer, transport, sell, distribute, or dispense, products containing medical cannabis, related supplies, related products including tinctures, aerosols, oils, or ointments, or educational materials for use by a qualifying patient or caregiver.
- The Commission awarded 100 pre-approved dispensary licensees
- The regulations state that there be no more than two dispensaries located in each of the 47 legislative districts in the state.
- Dispensaries may distribute medical cannabis in processed form or dried flower. Dispensaries will also be permitted to supply devices to administer medical cannabis.
- Dispensaries may offer delivery services to patients.
- The Commission will rely upon the zoning and planning approval issued by the local jurisdiction. The local jurisdiction will determine whether a zoning designation that permits retail or commercial activity includes dispensing of medical cannabis.
Source: Maryland Medical Cannabis Dispensary FAQ
RECOMMENDED MARYLAND CANNABIS BUSINESS PLANS FOR MARYLAND MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARY APPLICATION:
The History of Maryland Marijuana Business Licenses Marijuana
Maryland Governor signed twin bills HB 881 and SB 923 on April 14, 2014, legalizing medical cannabis in the state of Maryland. The Natalie M. LaPrade Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission is responsible for regulating the state’s medical cannabis program. Three different types of business licenses were available to apply for – dispensing, growing and processing medical cannabis. The application submission deadline was on Nov 6th, 2015.
An emergency bill, otherwise known as the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission Reform Act, was signed into law by the Governor Larry Hogan on May 15, 2018. The bill was previously on hold as the state waited for results from a Disparity Study to evaluate minority and women-owned business participation in the medical cannabis program.
After the Disparity Study Report was released, the bill began to move through legislation again. The bill allows for 14 new medical marijuana business licenses – 4 grower licenses and 10 processor licenses – which would be issued in such a way that ensures racial diversity among the companies that win them.
The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) accepted new license applications for additional medical cannabis growers and processors April 1, 2019 through May 24, 2019. Due to technical difficulties, all applicants were required to re-submit their applications again by June 24, 2019.
Qualifying Medical Conditions: Cachexia, anorexia, or wasting syndrome; Severe or chronic pain; Severe nausea; Seizures; or Severe or persistent muscle spasms. The law also allows recommendations for “any other condition that is severe and for which other medical treatments have been ineffective if the symptoms reasonable can be expected to be relieved by the medical use of marijuana.