New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 34 - MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS
Part 4 - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND DISTRIBUTION
Section 7.34.4.26 - PROHIBITIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS ON THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL CANNABIS AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES

A. Participation in the medical cannabis licensing program by a licensed producer or approved entity, or the employees or contractors of a licensed producer or approved entity, does not relieve the producer, approved entity, employee, or contractor from criminal prosecution or civil penalties for activities not authorized in this rule and the act.

B. Locations of production, distribution, and manufacture: Production of medical cannabis and distribution of medical cannabis to qualified patients or their primary caregivers shall take place at locations (or, with respect to distribution, categories of locations) described in the non-profit producer's production and distribution plan approved by the department, and shall not take place at locations that are within 300 feet of any school, church, or daycare center. For purposes of this rule, delivery to the residence of a qualified patient or primary caregiver shall not be deemed "distribution".

C. Fraudulent misrepresentation: Any person who makes a fraudulent representation to a law enforcement officer about the person's participation in the medical cannabis program to avoid arrest or prosecution for a cannabis-related offense is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 et seq., NMSA 1978.

D. Unlawful distribution: If a licensed producer or employee of a licensed producer sells, distributes, dispenses, or transfers cannabis to a person not approved by the department pursuant to this rule and the act, or obtains or transports cannabis outside New Mexico in violation of federal law, the licensed producer or employee of the licensed producer shall be subject to arrest, prosecution, and civil or criminal penalties pursuant to state law.

E. Revocation of registry identification card, licensed primary caregiver card, license to produce or distribute: Violation of any provision of this rule may result in disciplinary action, in accordance with this rule.