A. There is hereby created a medical marijuana education facility license.
B. A medical marijuana education facility license may be issued to a person to possess or cultivate marijuana for the limited education and research purposes identified in this section.
C. A medical marijuana education facility license may only be granted to a not-for-profit organization structured under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, operating as an Oklahoma not-for-profit registered organization with the Office of the Secretary of State.
D. A medical marijuana education facility license may only be granted upon the submission of an annual fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to the Authority.
E. A medical marijuana education facility license may be issued for the following education and research purposes:
1. To test cultivation techniques, strategies, infrastructure, mediums, lighting and other related technology;
2. To demonstrate cultivation techniques, strategies, infrastructure, mediums, lighting and other related technology;
3. To demonstrate the application and use of product manufacturing technologies;
4. To conduct genomic, horticultural or agricultural research; and
5. To conduct research on marijuana-affiliated products or systems.
F. As part of the application process for a medical marijuana education facility license, an applicant shall submit to the Authority a description of the project and curriculum that the applicant intends to conduct and whether the project and curriculum will be conducted with a public institution or using public money. If the project and curriculum will not be conducted with a public institution or with public money, the Authority shall grant the application. If the research will be conducted with a public institution or public money, the Authority shall review the research project of the applicant to determine if it meets the requirements of this section and to assess the following:
1. The quality, study design, value or impact of the project;
2. Whether the applicant has the appropriate personnel, expertise, facilities, infrastructure, funding and human, animal or other approvals in place to successfully conduct the project; and
3. Whether the amount of marijuana to be grown by the applicant is consistent with the scope and goals of the project.
If the Authority determines that the education project does not meet the requirements of this section or assesses the criteria to be inadequate, the application shall be denied.
G. A medical marijuana education facility licensee may only transfer, by sale or donation, marijuana grown within its operation to medical marijuana research licensees. The Department may revoke a medical marijuana education facility license for violations of this section and any other violation of applicable laws, rules and regulations.
H. A medical marijuana education facility licensee may contract to perform research in conjunction with a public higher education research institution or another research licensee.
I. The growing, cultivating, possessing or transferring, by sale or donation, of marijuana in accordance with this section and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, by a medical marijuana education facility licensee shall not be a criminal or civil offense under state law. A medical marijuana education facility license shall be issued in the name of the applicant and shall specify the location in Oklahoma at which the medical marijuana education facility licensee intends to operate. A medical marijuana education facility licensee shall not allow any other person to exercise the privilege of the license.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 11, § 20. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 553, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.