Sec. 10.62.08.02. Application for a Medical Cannabis Grower License

A. An applicant shall submit an application for a license.

B. An application shall be:

(1) Completed on a form developed by the Commission; and

(2) Submitted to the Commission for consideration.

C. In addition to the application form, the applicant shall submit the following documents to be included as addenda to the application form:

(1) A list identifying the applicant’s potential medical cannabis grower agents;

(2) A list identifying each individual investor with 5 percent or more of investment known at the time of application;

(3) A detailed business plan including an organizational chart;

(4) Documentation and source of adequate capitalization;

(5) If the applicant is a corporation or business entity, a copy of the articles of incorporation and authorization to do business in Maryland;

(6) A record of tax payments in all jurisdictions in which an applicant has operated as a business for the 5 years before the filing of the application;

(7) A description of the proposed premises, including a preliminary site plan;

(8) A security plan;

(9) Details of the applicant’s experience, knowledge, and training in commercial horticultural or agronomic production;

(10) The medical cannabis varieties proposed to be grown with proposed cannabinoid profiles;

(11) A plan for quality control;

(12) A plan for inventorying, safekeeping and tracking:

(a) Medical cannabis from “seed to sale,” and

(b) Waste plant material prior to destruction; and

(13) A disposal plan for medical cannabis waste.

D. A grower planning to operate as a dispensary of medical cannabis shall submit a dispensary application.

E. The application shall be accompanied by the stage 1 application fee specified in COMAR 10.62.35.

F. A person may not have an ownership interest in or control of, including the power to manage or operate, more than one grower license.

G. An applicant shall amend an application within 3 business days to include the name and documentation of a request to forward the criminal history record information to the Commission of:

(1) A new individual investor of an interest of 5 percent or more; or

(2) Another manager or director of the entity, even after a license is issued.