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Dispensary means an entity registered by the North Dakota Department of Health as a compassion center authorized to dispense usable marijuana to a registered qualifying patient and a registered designated caregiver.
Applications and application windows are yet to be released by the state. They will be released by the Department of Health, at which point information here will be updated.
North Dakota is pursuing a vertically integrated cannabis business model. Licensed operators will be responsible for the cultivation, processing and manufacturing, transportation and retail dispensing of medical marijuana. Fees related to operating are established within state law. Here’s what we know:
The Department of Health will establish open application periods for potential compassion centers to submit required information. NDCC Section 19-24.1-14 includes information on applications. Applicants are required to obtain certain approval from local officials prior to submitting an application to the Department. A draft manufacturing facility application is available for viewing at: http://www.ndhealth.gov/MM/PDF/Draft_Manufacturing_App.pdf. 7.
The open application period for manufacturing facilities is from March 16 to April 19. Application materials can be viewed at: www.ndhealth.gov/MM/.
A nonrefundable application fee of $5,000 is required to be submitted with an application.
Applicants selected for registration must also pay:
Pesticides are not allowed to be used in the cultivation of useable marijuana. Compassion Centers must not be within 1000 ft. of a school. Monthly inventory audits and tracking systems will be required. During a 30 day period, a registered dispensary can dispense up to 2.5 ounces of dried leaves and flowers (if authorized by the patient’s health care provider) and 2000 mg total THC of other products to registered qualifying patients.
Compassion Centers shall:
For detailed information, check out the North Dakota Century Code Chapter 19-24.1 and North Dakota Administrative Code Chapter 33-44-01.
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Manufacturing facility means an entity registered by the North Dakota Department of Health as a compassion center authorized to produce and process and to sell usable marijuana to a registered dispensary.
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Qualifying patient means an individual who has been diagnosed by a health care provider as having a debilitating medical condition.
Designated caregiver means an individual who agrees to manage the well-being of a registered qualifying patient with respect to the patient’s medical use of marijuana. Designated caregivers can care for up to five qualifying patients.
Current Estimated Patient Counts: Approximately 3,700 – The Department of Health was quoted saying, “5 out of every 1000 North Dakotans will use Medical Marijuana.”
According to the department’s Most Recent Status Update, patient and caregiver applications are accepted, but that is after the dispensary application period opens and dispensaries are selected with neither action receiving a green check mark indicating completion by the department.
Patients must receive a written certification from their health care provider to apply for and be issued a registry identification card if they have one of the debilitating medical conditions listed below. You will need to provide the following information in your medical marijuana application.
Interested applicants must receive written certification from your health care provider, supporting application documents, and a fifty dollar non-refundable application fee. The originally written certification verifying patient eligibility shall contain the following:
Debilitating medical conditions, which qualify for medical marijuana are as follows:
Designated caregivers must meet the following requirements:
For detailed info on North Dakota’s Compassionate Care Act, click here.
North Dakota’s Medical Marijuana Program will be operated by the state’s Department of Health.
You can see the full set of rules and regulations within the Compassionate Care Act here.
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33-44-01-08. Compassion center inventory limits.
33-44-01-16. Recall procedures.
Each compassion center must establish a procedure for issuing voluntary and mandatory recalls for usable marijuana.
33-44-01-19. Inventory control measures.
33-44-01-20. Conducting inventory.
33-44-01-26. Manufacturing facility labeling.
(1) Manufacturers’ business or trade name and registry certification number;
(2) Container unique identification number;
(3) Harvest lot number;
(4) Date of harvest;
(5) Name of strain;
(6) Net weight in U.S. customary and metric units;
(7) Concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, and cannabidiol;
(8) Activation time expressed in w
(9) Activation time, expressed in words or through a pictogram;
(10) Expiration date;
(11) Universal symbol and,
(12) Pediatric symbol, if applicable;
(13) A consumer warnings that state:
(a) “This product is not approved by the FDA to treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”
(b) “For use by North Dakota registered qualifying patients only.”
(c) “Keep out of reach of children.”
(d) “It is illegal to drive or to be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of marijuana.”
(a) “This product is not approved by the FDA to treat, cure, or prevent any disease.”
(b) “For use by North Dakota registered qualifying patients only.”
(c) “Keep out of reach of children.”
(d) “It is illegal to drive or to be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of marijuana.”
33-44-01-27. Dispensary labeling.
33-44-01-30. Transportation requirements.
(1) The name and address of the destination.
(2) The description of each individual container that is part of the shipment and the total number of individual containers.
(3) The date and time the shipment is placed into the transport vehicle.
(4) The date and time the shipment is accepted at the delivery destination.
(5) The person’s identity, and the circumstances, duration, and disposition of any other person who had custody or control of the shipment.
(6) Any handling or storage instructions.
(1) Complete a manifest on a form approved by the department.
(2) Transmit a copy of the manifest to the receiving entity or individual.
(1) A compassion center agent or laboratory agent upon departure.
(2) A compassion center agent, laboratory agent, an employee of a waste facility, registered qualifying patient, or registered designated caregiver upon its receipt.
(1) Verify and document the type and quantity of the transported marijuana, usable marijuana, or medical marijuana waste, against the manifest.
(2) Return a copy of the signed manifest to the originating entity upon completion.
(1) The reason for the stop;
(2) The duration of the stop;
(3) The location of the stop; and
(4) All activities of compassion center agents or laboratory agents exiting the vehicle.
33-44-01-31. Compassion center inspections and compliance.
The department, or a department designee, shall conduct inspections of compassion centers to ensure compliance with North Dakota Century Code chapter 19-24.1 and these rules. Compassion centers shall receive the results of an inspection in writing. Issues of noncompliance and concerns about the continued operation of the compassion may result in a plan of correction, suspension, or revocation of a registry identification card or registration certificate.
33-44-01-33. Data reporting.
Data related to usable marijuana dispensed for registered qualifying patient use shall be submitted to the North Dakota prescription drug monitoring program. The department will submit the data to the prescription drug monitoring program.
33-44-01-40. Usable marijuana testing.
33-44-01-41. Ordering tests.
33-44-01-42. Compliance testing requirements for dried leaves and flowers.
33-44-01-43. Compliance testing requirements for cannabinoid concentrates.
33-44-01-44. Compliance testing requirements for medical cannabinoid products.
A manufacturing facility must have every process lot of a medical cannabinoid product, to be packaged in a container for transfer to a dispensary, tested for the following:
33-44-01-45. Batch requirements for compliance testing.
33-44-01-46. Manufacturing facility requirements for labeling, storing, and securing usable marijuana batches.
When samples are taken from a harvest or process lot batch, a manufacturing facility must:
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