# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 36. Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis

### Subtitle 5. Agent, Owner, and License Transfer Requirements

#### Section 36-501

(a) A cannabis agent must be registered with the Administration before the agent may volunteer or work for a cannabis licensee or cannabis registrant.

(b) A cannabis agent registration is valid for 2 years.

(c)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, to register as a cannabis agent with the Administration, an individual must:

    (i) be at least 21 years old; and

    (ii) if the records are legally accessible, obtain a State and national criminal history records check in accordance with Sec. 36-505 of this subtitle.

  (2) A cannabis agent who is employed to provide security services for a cannabis licensee or cannabis registrant as a security guard or by a security guard agency, as defined in Sec. 19-101 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article, is not required to obtain a State or national criminal history records check in accordance with Sec. 36-505 of this subtitle if the cannabis agent is authorized to provide security guard services under Title 19, Subtitle 4 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article.

(d)

  (1) The Administration may not register as a cannabis agent an individual who does not meet the criteria established under subsection (c) of this section.

  (2) The Administration may disqualify an individual from registering as a cannabis agent if the individual has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to a crime involving moral turpitude, whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is pending to have the conviction or plea set aside.

(e) The Administration may not deny a cannabis agent registration based on any cannabis-related offenses occurring before July 1, 2023.

(f) A cannabis licensee shall require each registered cannabis agent to complete a cannabis agent training program authorized under this title:

  (1) within 90 days of the cannabis agent's start date as an employee of or volunteer for the cannabis licensee; and

  (2) at least once every 2 years.

(g) A registration of a cannabis agent issued by the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission on or before July 1, 2023, shall:

  (1) be valid under this title; and

  (2) authorize the cannabis agent to be employed by or volunteer with a licensed cannabis business.

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