# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 36. Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis

### Subtitle 4. Cannabis Licensing

#### Section 36-409

(a) The following businesses shall register with the Administration in order to provide services to a cannabis licensee:

  (1) a transporter;

  (2) a security guard agency;

  (3) a waste disposal company;

  (4) a cannabis nursery; and

  (5) any other type of cannabis business that is authorized by the Administration to provide plant or product-touching services to cannabis licensees.

(b) The Administration shall adopt regulations that establish:

  (1) the standards and requirements to be met by an entity to obtain a registration under this subtitle; and

  (2) the basis and processes for approval, denial, revocation, and suspension of the cannabis registration.

(c) A registration to operate a transporter, security guard agency, or waste disposal company issued by the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission on or before July 1, 2023, shall be valid under this title and authorize a transporter, security guard agency, or waste disposal company to handle medical and adult-use cannabis and cannabis products.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)