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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 14.17.06.06" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="06" heading="Standard Grower License.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A standard grower license authorizes the licensee to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Cultivate or package cannabis; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide cannabis, or usable cannabis, to other licensees and registered independent testing laboratories.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A standard grower’s canopy may not exceed the canopy restrictions as established in Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-402, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>On or before October 1 of each year a standard grower shall report to the Administration the square footage of indoor and outdoor canopy as defined in COMAR 14.17.01. The Administration may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Inspect the licensed premise to verify the standard grower’s annual submission of canopy square footage; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Restrict, reduce, fine, or otherwise sanction any standard grower who misrepresents canopy square footage.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>For any standard grower found in violation of §B of this regulation, the Administration may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reduce the canopy of the standard grower by the same percentage as it exceeds the authorized canopy; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Seize, destroy, confiscate, or place an administrative hold on any flowering cannabis plants produced in the excess of the canopy restrictions.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>For the purposes of calculating canopy under §§B—D of this regulation, canopy that is rented, leased, operated, or otherwise controlled by a standard grower other than its owner shall only be attributed to the standard grower in control of the square footage.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>For the purposes of calculating canopy under §§B—D of this regulation, 1 square foot of indoor canopy is equal to 4 square feet of outdoor canopy.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A standard grower licensed under this regulation shall operate in accordance with COMAR 14.17.10.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>