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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="36-203" title_number="36" title_name="Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Cannabis Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>evaluate the regulations adopted by the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission in Title 10, Subtitle 62 of the Code of Maryland Regulations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on or before July 1, 2023, adopt emergency regulations to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>carry out the licensure requirements specified under this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>implement procedures related to cannabis applications, licenses, and registrations in accordance with this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>assist the Comptroller in the collection of taxes imposed on the sale of adult–use cannabis under § 11–104(k) of the Tax – General Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>implement inventory management and tracking that does not differentiate between adult–use or medical cannabis or cannabis products before the point of sale, except for products allowed by the Administration for sale only to patients and caregivers; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>establish operating requirements for cannabis licensees or cannabis registrants, including requirements for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>security, including lighting, physical security, video, and alarm requirements;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>safe and secure delivery, transport, and storage of cannabis;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>preventing the sale or diversion of cannabis and cannabis products to persons under the age of 21 years; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>health and safety standards governing the cultivation, manufacture, testing, and dispensing of cannabis or cannabis products.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The emergency regulations that the Administration is required to adopt under subsection (a) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be supplemental to the medical cannabis regulations under Title 10, Subtitle 62 of the Code of Maryland Regulations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>notwithstanding any other law, remain in effect until the taking effect of nonemergency regulations adopted under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before July 1, 2024, the Administration shall adopt nonemergency regulations to carry out this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To the extent practicable, the Administration shall adopt regulations requiring cannabis licensees to transition from a cash system and to use traditional banking services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration shall adopt regulations:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>governing Internet sales of cannabis;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>implementing and supplementing packaging and labeling requirements for cannabis products under § 36–203.1 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>establishing procedures for the use of point of sale technologies by dispensaries for all transactions in order to verify a consumer’s age using a driver’s license or other valid identification issued by a governmental unit specified by the Administration; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>establishing health, safety, security, and tracking requirements for the packaging and repackaging of cannabis by a dispensary in accordance with § 36–203.1 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The regulations adopted by the Administration under this section shall, to the extent practicable, regulate medical and adult–use cannabis in the same manner.</text>
  </level>
</section>
