# COMAR Title 14 — Independent Agencies

## Subtitle 17 — Maryland Cannabis Administration

### Chapter 12 — Cannabis Dispensary Operations

#### Regulation .11 Standard Operating Procedures.

*COMAR 14.17.12.11*

A. A dispensary shall establish standard operating procedures in accordance with this subtitle for all aspects of:

  (1) Inventory control, including:

    (a) Tracking the dispensary’s stock of cannabis in the seed-to-sale tracking system from the time it is received by the dispensary to the time it is delivered or dispensed to another licensee, a registrant, a qualifying patient, a registered caregiver, or an adult-use consumer; and

    (b) Monthly physical inventory;

  (2) Receiving cannabis or products containing cannabis;

  (3) Receipt, storage, and distribution of edible cannabis products;

  (4) Safe and sanitary storage of cannabis;

  (5) Equipment cleaning, maintenance, calibration;

  (6) Handling, packaging, and labeling cannabis and cannabis products;

  (7) Green waste procedures;

  (8) Security and visitor procedures, including theft and diversion prevention;

  (9) Storage, handling, and disposing of recalled materials;

  (10) Dispensing cannabis and cannabis products to qualifying patients, registered caregivers, and adult-use consumers; and

  (11) If applicable:

    (a) Delivering cannabis to a qualifying patient, a registered caregiver, or an adult-use consumer;

    (b) Repackaging cannabis into usable cannabis products;

    (c) Providing reduced cost or discount cannabis or cannabis products to its agents;

    (d) Drive-through or walk-up window dispensing;

    (e) Curbside dispensing; and

    (f) Examining at a specified regular interval GPS records of all delivery vehicles, including stops made along the delivery route.

B. A dispensary’s standard operating procedures shall:

  (1) Be available to each agent in a form the agent understands;

  (2) Be available on-site for inspection by the Administration; and

  (3) Accurately reflect the procedures used at the premises.