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An act relating to medical marijuana, the official text

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1                    STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 2237    By: Munson

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6                    AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to medical marijuana; requiring

    employees of licensed medical marijuana dispensaries

8   to apply for and receive a medical marijuana

    credential from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana

9   Authority; directing applicants to submit certain

    information to the Authority; stating restrictions

10  and prohibitions for holders of medical marijuana

    credentials; requiring the display of medical

11  marijuana credentials; providing guidelines;

    directing the Authority to provide notification of

12  complaints; providing procedures when responding to

    complaints; authorizing the denial, suspension, or

13  revocation of medical marijuana credentials under

    certain circumstances; directing the Authority to

14  send written notices of denials, suspensions, and

    revocations; providing for hearings; stating

15  procedures for renewing medical marijuana

    credentials; providing renewal and reprint fees;

16  requiring medical marijuana credential holders to

    update name changes and addresses with the Authority;

17  stating restrictions for expired medical marijuana

    credentials; requiring completion of continuing

18  education; directing the Authority to promulgate

    rules; providing for codification; and providing an

19  effective date.

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    Req. No. 11088                                         Page 1
1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

2   SECTION 1.      NEW LAW        A new section of law to be codified

3 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 427.14d of Title 63, unless

4 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

5   A. As provided for in Section 427.14a of Title 63 of the

6 Oklahoma Statutes, beginning January 1, 2024, any employee of a

7 licensed medical marijuana dispensary that provides services to

8 customers shall apply for and receive a credential from the Oklahoma

9 Medical Marijuana Authority that authorizes the employee to work as

10 a medical marijuana consultant within the licensed medical marijuana

11 dispensary.

12  B. An applicant for a medical marijuana consultant credential

13 shall submit to the Authority:

14  1. A completed initial application on forms provided by the

15 Authority;

16  2. A nonrefundable application fee of Thirty Dollars ($30.00);

17  3. Certificate of successful completion from a credentialing

18 and training program approved by the Authority;

19  4. Proof of being twenty-one (21) years of age or older.

20 Acceptable forms of proof shall be a copy of the valid driver

21 license of the applicant or other government-issued identification

22 card, United States passport, or certified birth certificate; and

23  5. Any other documentation required by the Authority.

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1   C. The holder of a medical marijuana credential may only

2 provide services when acting in the capacity of an owner, employee,

3 or volunteer of a licensed medical marijuana dispensary.

4   1. The holder of a medical marijuana credential may:

5   a. perform regular job duties and business functions

6   including, but not limited to, assisting a customer

7   with the selection of medical marijuana products and

8   other items sold at the medical marijuana dispensary,

9   b. assist a licensed medical marijuana patient or

10  licensed medical marijuana caregiver with the

11  following:

12  (1) selection of medical marijuana products and other

13                  items sold at the licensed medical marijuana

14                  dispensary that may benefit the medical condition

15                  of the licensed medical marijuana patient,

16  (2) understanding the risks and benefits of medical

17                  marijuana products and other items sold at the

18                  licensed medical marijuana dispensary,

19  (3) understanding the risks and benefits of methods

20                  of administration of medical marijuana products

21                  sold at the licensed medical marijuana

22                  dispensary. Whenever practicable, the holder of

23                  a medical marijuana credential shall encourage

24                  methods of administration other than smoking,

    Req. No. 11088                                                Page 3
1   (4) advice about the safe handling and storage of

2                   medical marijuana products, including strategies

3                   to reduce access by minors, and

4   (5) instruction and demonstration about proper use

5                   and application of medical marijuana products.

6   2. When discussing a medical marijuana product with a licensed

7 medical marijuana patient or licensed medical marijuana caregiver,

8 the holder of a medical marijuana credential shall refer to the

9 product using the labeling required by the Authority in addition to

10 the represented name of the strain.

11  3. The holder of a medical marijuana credential shall not:

12  a. offer or undertake to diagnose or cure any human or

13  animal disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity,

14  pain, or other condition, physical or mental, real or

15  imaginary, by use of medical marijuana products or any

16  other means or instrumentality,

17  b. recommend or suggest modification or elimination of

18  any course of treatment that does not involve the

19  medical use of marijuana products,

20  c. solicit or accept any form of remuneration directly or

21  indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or any other

22  form in return for recommending a certain product,

23  producer, processor, clinic, or health care

24  practitioner,

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1   d. provide medical marijuana consultant services at any

2               location other than at licensed medical marijuana

3               dispensaries for which the holder of the medical

4               marijuana credential serves as an owner, employee, or

5               volunteer,

6   e. provide free samples of a medical marijuana product to

7               a licensed medical marijuana patient or licensed

8               medical marijuana caregiver,

9   f. open or allow a licensed medical marijuana patient or

10              licensed medical marijuana caregiver to open a medical

11              marijuana product on the premises, or

12  g. consume or allow a licensed medical marijuana patient

13              or licensed medical marijuana caregiver to consume any

14              medical marijuana product on the premises.

15  D. 1. The holder of a medical marijuana credential shall

16 display his or her credential certificate in his or her principal

17 place of business in a place and manner visible to all licensed

18 medical marijuana patients and licensed medical marijuana

19 caregivers.

20  2. The holder of a medical marijuana credential who owns, is

21 employed by, or volunteers at more than one licensed medical

22 marijuana dispensary location shall display a duplicate credential

23 certificate or an unaltered photocopy of his or her credential

24 certificate in each business location in a place and manner visible

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1 to licensed medical marijuana patients and licensed medical

2 marijuana caregivers.

3   E. 1. The Authority shall notify an applicant or holder of a

4 medical marijuana credential upon receipt of a complaint, except

5 when the notification would impede an effective investigation. Upon

6 request by the Authority, the applicant or holder of the medical

7 marijuana credential shall submit a written statement about the

8 complaint.

9   2. An applicant or holder of a medical marijuana credential

10 must produce documents, records, or other items that are within his

11 or her possession or control within twenty-one (21) calendar days of

12 service of a request by the Authority.

13  3. Failure to submit a full and complete written statement

14 explaining the matter contained in a complaint pursuant to paragraph

15 1 of this subsection or to comply with a request made pursuant to

16 paragraph 2 of this subsection may result in action by the Authority

17 to refuse the application or revoke or suspend the medical marijuana

18 credential.

19  F. The Authority has the power to deny, suspend, or revoke a

20 medical marijuana credential upon proof that:

21  1. The medical marijuana credential was procured through fraud,

22 misrepresentation, or deceit;

23  2. The applicant or holder of a medical marijuana credential

24 has violated or has permitted any employee or volunteer to violate

    Req. No. 11088                                              Page 6
1 any of the laws or rules of this state relating to drugs or

2 controlled substances or has been convicted of a felony; and

3   3. The applicant or holder of a medical marijuana credential

4 has violated or has permitted any employee or volunteer to violate

5 any of the terms, conditions, and guidelines set forth in the

6 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act.

7   G. The Authority shall provide written notice of a denial,

8 suspension, or revocation of a medical marijuana credential by the

9 Authority. All hearings related to the denial, suspension, or

10 revocation of a medical marijuana credential shall be held in

11 accordance with the provisions of Section 427.6 of Title 63 of the

12 Oklahoma Statutes.

13  H. 1. Medical marijuana credentials shall be renewed every

14 year on the birthday of the holder of the medical marijuana

15 credential. Initial medical marijuana credentials issued within

16 ninety (90) days of the birthday of the medical marijuana credential

17 holder do not expire until the next birthday of the credential

18 holder.

19  2. The holder of the medial marijuana credential shall attest

20 to completion of annual credentialing requirements.

21  3. A nonrefundable renewal fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)

22 may be accepted by the Authority no sooner than ninety (90) days

23 prior to the expiration date.

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    Req. No. 11088                                                 Page 7
1   4. The holder of a medical marijuana credential may obtain a

2 duplicate credential certificate by submitting a written request to

3 the Authority. The fee for a credential certificate reprint shall

4 be Twenty Dollars ($20.00).

5   5. It shall be the responsibility of each holder of a medical

6 marijuana credential to maintain his or her correct name on file

7 with the Authority. Requests for name changes shall be submitted in

8 writing to the Authority along with documentation showing his or her

9 name was legally changed.

10  6. It is the responsibility of each holder of a medical

11 marijuana credential to maintain his or her current address on file

12 with the Authority. Requests for address changes shall be made in

13 writing to the Authority.

14  7. The holder of a medical marijuana credential shall not

15 practice at any time while the credential is expired. The medical

16 marijuana credential is expired if the holder of the medical

17 marijuana credential does not renew on or before the expiration

18 date.

19  I. The holder of a medical marijuana credential shall complete

20 a minimum of ten (10) hours of continuing education each year in

21 order to renew the medical marijuana credential. Acceptable

22 continuing education topics for the hours required shall be

23 determined by the Authority.

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    Req. No. 11088                                                  Page 8
1   J. The Authority shall promulgate rules to implement the

2 provisions of this section.

3   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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