Open A Dispensary In Rhode Island - Dispensary Permits Cannabis Consulting and Templates

Status: In Rhode Island, qualifying patients may possess and use medical marijuana. State licensed businesses may grow, process, transport, and dispense medical marijuana.

CBD Program	Medical Program	Recreational Program	Are Applications Open?
Legal	Legal	Not legal	closed

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Number of Rhode Island Licenses Available

Dispensaries	Cultivation	Manufacturing/Processing	Transportation
6	6	6	6

Every state has different marijuana laws- they are regulated by state, not federal law. Some states allow marijuana for recreational and medical use, some states only allow medical use, and some only allow certain low THC products for medical use. Most states limit the number of licenses they will grant and the window to apply for them. Getting licenced is never simple- there are very specific requirements and guidelines that differ by state and its usually highly competitive, which is why most successful applicants work with consultants like Dispensary Permits to help guide them. We highly advise you read the guidelines below thoroughly and then consider working with a consultant or using our templates and guides.
You can read the full text of the Rhode Island law at: http://sos.ri.gov

Rhode Island Medical Marijuana Compassion Center Guidelines

Three Registered Medical Marijuana Compassion Centers in Rhode Island have been approved by the state
A registered Rhode Island Compassion Center may acquire, possess, cultivate, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, supply, or dispense marijuana to registered qualifying patients and their registered primary caregivers who have designated the compassion center as one of their primary caregivers.
Each application for a compassion center shall include:
1. A non-refundable application fee paid to the department in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000);
2. The proposed legal name and proposed articles of incorporation of the compassion center;
3. The proposed physical address of the compassion center, if a precise address has been determined, or, if not, the general location where it would be located. This may include a second location for the cultivation of medical marijuana;
4. A description of the enclosed, locked facility that would be used in the cultivation of marijuana;
5. The name, address, and date of birth of each principal officer and board member of the compassion center;
6. Proposed security and safety measures that shall include at least one security alarm system for each location, planned measures to deter and prevent the unauthorized entrance into areas containing marijuana and the theft of marijuana, as well as a draft, employee-instruction manual including security policies, safety and security procedures, personal safety, and crime-prevention techniques; and
7. Proposed procedures to ensure accurate record keeping.

Source: CHAPTER 21-28.6. The Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act

REQUIRED RHODE ISLAND MARIJUANA BUSINESS PLANS FOR RHODE ISLAND MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMPASSION CENTER APPLICATION:

RECOMMENDED RHODE ISLAND MARIJUANA BUSINESS PLANS FOR RHODE ISLAND MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMPASSION CENTER APPLICATION:

Rhode Island Marijuana Business Plan Package

The History of Rhode Island Marijuana

In January of 2006, Rhode Island legalized the possession and use of medical marijuana for qualifying patients in the state. A registered Rhode Island compassion center may acquire, possess, cultivate, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, supply, or dispense marijuana to registered qualifying patients and their registered primary caregivers who have designated the compassion center as one of their primary caregivers. On April 19, 2013 Rhode Island’s first medical marijuana dispensary, The Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center in Providence, opened.

In July 2019, Governor Gina Raimondo signed the state’s $9.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2020 into law. The budget proposal includes language that allows the state to issue six additional vertically-integrated medical marijuana business licenses for the cultivation, manufacturing and dispensing of medical marijuana products. The application fee for these centers was increased to $10,000 each and the licensing fee was increased to $500,000 each. The state has not yet released additional information regarding when applications will become available.

Qualifying Medical Conditions: Cancer or the treatment of this condition, Glaucoma or the treatment of this condition, Positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or the treatment of this condition, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or the treatment of this condition, Hepatitis C or the treatment of this condition. A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: Cachexia or wasting syndrome, Severe, debilitating, chronic pain, Severe nausea, Seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy, Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis or Crohn’s disease, Agitation related to Alzheimer’s Disease.

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