# COMAR Title 14 — Independent Agencies

## Subtitle 17 — Maryland Cannabis Administration

### Chapter 15 — Cannabis Business Agents

#### Regulation .02 Registration.

*COMAR 14.17.15.02*

A. To volunteer or work for a licensee or registrant, an individual shall be registered with the Administration as an agent.

B. Agent registration shall be conducted pursuant to Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-501, Annotated Code of Maryland.

C. A licensee shall apply to register an agent by submitting to the Administration:

  (1) The name, address, date of birth, and Social Security Number or Individual Tax Identification Number of an agent;

  (2) Documentation of the submission of fingerprints of the agent of to the Criminal Justice Information System’s Central Repository in accordance with Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-505, Annotated Code of Maryland;

  (3) The request for the criminal history record information of the agent to be forwarded to the Administration.

D. As a condition of registration, an agent shall report to the Administration a conviction of or plea of nolo contendere to a crime involving moral turpitude within 14 days of the conviction or plea.

E. The Administration may:

  (1) Disqualify as an agent an individual who 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;

  (2) Revoke the registration of an agent who is convicted of or pleads 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; and

  (3) Disqualify as an agent an individual who previously had a registration revoked under Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-202(a)(7), Annotated Code of Maryland, or for good cause.

F. The Administration may not deny a cannabis agent registration based on any cannabis-related offense occurring before July 1, 2023.