Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(1)
License Required. Integrated Facilities are required to be
licensed as set forth in Rule
538-X-3-.03 of Chapter 3 of these
Rules.
(2)
Number of
Licenses to Be Issued by the Commission. In accordance with §
20-2A-67(b),
Code of Ala. 1975, (as amended), the Commission shall
issue no more than five Integrated Facility licenses, which will be awarded
based on merit, need, and other factors identified generally and specifically
by the Act and these Rules. (See §
20-2A-51, Code of Ala.
1975, (as amended)).
(3)
Number of Dispensing Sites That
May Be Operated by Integrated Facility Licensee.
(a) An Integrated Facility licensee may
operate up to five dispensing sites, each of which must be located in a
different county from any other dispensing site operated by the same
licensee.
(b) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if at least one year has passed after the date in which the maximum
number of dispensing sites allowable by this Chapter are operating, the
Commission may authorize an Integrated Facility licensee to operate a greater
number of dispensing sites if the patient pool has reached a sufficient level
to justify an additional dispensing site in an underserved or unserved area of
the state.
(c) This paragraph shall
not be construed to limit the wholesale distribution of medical cannabis from
an integrated facility licensee to dispensary licensees.
(4)
Authority and Duties. A
license to operate as an Integrated Facility authorizes the following:
(a) The cultivation of cannabis.
(b) The processing of cannabis into medical
cannabis, which shall include properly packaging and labeling medical cannabis
products, in accordance with §
20-2A-63(d),
Code of Ala. 1975, (as amended), Rule
538-X-6-.05 of Chapter 6 of these
Rules, and this Chapter.
(c) The
dispensing and sale of medical cannabis only to a registered qualified patient
or registered caregiver.
(d) The
transport of cannabis or medical cannabis between its facilities.
(e) The sale or transfer of medical cannabis
to a dispensary.
(f) Pursuant to
§
20-2A-67(c),
Code of Ala. 1975, (as amended), an Integrated
Facility licensee shall have the same authorizations granted to, and shall
comply with all requirements for, cultivators, processors, secure transporters,
and dispensaries, in addition to any other authorizations or requirements under
the Act or as established by rule by the Commission. This includes:
1. Licensees generally under Chapters 3 and 4
of these Rules.
2. Cultivators
under Chapter 5 of these Rules.
3.
Processors under Chapter 6 of these Rules.
4. Secure Transporters under Chapter 7 of
these Rules.
5. Dispensaries under
Chapter 8 of these Rules.
(5)
Restrictions.
(a) A license to operate as an Integrated
Facility does not authorize the Integrated Facility to;
1. Transport cannabis or medical cannabis on
behalf of a secure transporter, to or from another licensee facility, or to a
patient or caregiver.
2. Cultivate
or Process cannabis on behalf of another Integrated Facility.
3. Dispense or sell medical cannabis on
behalf of a Dispensary Licensee or another Integrated Facility.
(b) An Integrated Facility may not
perform the functions of a State Testing Laboratory as defined in the Act and
these Rules.
(c) Under no
circumstances may an Integrated Facility operate a dispensing site in the
unincorporated area of a county or in a municipality that has not adopted a
resolution or ordinance authorizing the operation of dispensing sites under
§
20-2A-51(c),
Code of Ala. 1975, (as amended).
Author: William H. Webster; Justin C.
Aday
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §§
20-2A-22, as
amended.