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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 14.17.16.01" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="16" heading="Conditions of Ownership and Control.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual who holds any amount of ownership interest or control in a cannabis licensee shall be 21 years old or older.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The requirement in §A of this regulation does not apply to beneficiaries of ownership interests held in a trust if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The trustee is 21 years old or older; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ownership interests do not vest prior to the beneficiary’s 21st birthday.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Administration may force divestiture of an individual with ownership interest or control from the licensed business if they are convicted or plead 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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Transfers.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person wishing to hold an ownership interest of greater than 5 percent or control in a cannabis license shall comply with the application requirements under Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-502, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A license issued, regulated, or otherwise authorized under this subtitle shall only be transferred in accordance with Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-503, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Applicants and transferees under this chapter shall submit to a criminal history record check in accordance with Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §36-505, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>