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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 14.17.07.05" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="07" heading="Micro Grower License.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A micro grower license authorizes the licensee to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Cultivate or package cannabis; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide cannabis to other licensees and registered independent testing laboratories.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A micro grower’s canopy may not exceed the restrictions as established in Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-401(c)(2)(i), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>On or before October 1 of each year, micro growers shall report to the Administration the square footage of indoor and outdoor canopy as defined in COMAR 14.17.01.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Administration may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Inspect the licensed premise to verify the micro grower’s annual submission of canopy square footage; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Restrict, reduce, fine, or otherwise sanction any micro grower who misrepresents canopy square footage.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>For any micro grower found in violation of §B of this regulation, the Administration may:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reduce the canopy of the micro 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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>For the purposes of calculating canopy under §§B—E of this regulation, canopy that is rented, leased, operated, or otherwise controlled by one micro grower to another micro grower shall only be attributed to the micro grower in control of the square footage.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A micro grower licensed under this regulation shall operate in accordance with COMAR 14.17.10.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A micro grower licensed under this regulation may convert to a standard grower license under COMAR 14.17.06.06 in accordance with Regulation .08 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>