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The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has noticed common mistakes licensees often make in Metrc. Licensees are responsible for ensuring their actions are compliant with OMMA rules and state law, including tracking and reporting requirements in Metrc. Mistakes made by licensees in Metrc may result in the need for assistance in resolving errors or disciplinary action.
Harvest Batches
All harvested medical marijuana must be separated into harvest batches. Samples from each harvest batch must be tested. Harvest batches must be uniform in strain, cultivation practices, grow location, dry/cure conditions and harvesting time. Inventories must be reconciled each day in Metrc at the close of business.
Batch size is very important when harvesting. Harvest batches must be no more than 15 pounds. An exception is plant material that will be transferred to a processor for concentrate production, which may be in batches of no more than 50 pounds.
Production Batches
Production batches are either any amount of medical marijuana concentrate of the same category and produced using the same extraction methods, standard operating procedures and an identical group of harvest batch of medical marijuana, or any amount of medical marijuana product of the same exact type, produced using the same ingredients, standard operating procedures and the same production batch of medical marijuana concentrate. Production batches should not exceed:
- Four liters of liquid concentrate
- Nine pounds of nonliquid products
- For final products, 1,000 grams of THC
Primary and Reserve Testing Samples
Samples from each harvest and production batch are required to be submitted for testing. Samplers are required to collect both primary and reserve samples from each harvest or production batch. Retests requested by the licensee are required to be performed on the reserve sample first. Please review this Metrc bulletin on creating primary and reserve samples.
Harvest and Production Batch Packaging
For proper harvest and production batch packaging, review user guides available under the “Support” tab on your Metrc account homepage, Metrc bulletins, the Metrc FAQs on OMMA's website and the Metrc Oklahoma Knowledge Center to ensure you are complying with law and OMMA regulations. Metrc provides additional training for credentialed licensees through Metrc Learn.
When lawmakers create new state laws regarding medical marijuana, OMMA enters the rulemaking process to incorporate the new state laws into OMMA’s permanent rules. As part of the rulemaking process, we accept and review public comments about proposed changes.
Visit omma.ok.gov/comment through 5 p.m. Dec. 15 to review and comment on OMMA’s proposed permanent rules. The rules and summaries of changes are included on the page. There will also be a public hearing to comment in person at 9 a.m. Dec. 15 in Room 535 of the Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., in Oklahoma City. The meeting will be livestreamed and recorded on the Oklahoma State Senate website. Anyone who wishes to speak must sign in at the door by 9:05 a.m.
This is the first set of proposed permanent rules since OMMA became an independent state agency Nov. 1.
OMMA will consider the comments received and submit rule documents to the Oklahoma Legislature for consideration during the 2023 regular legislative session. The permanent rules would take effect with the governor’s approval later in 2023. They’ll be posted at omma.ok.gov/rules.
Dec. 15: OMMA Veterans Roundtable
OMMA is pleased to announce our second Veterans Roundtable from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 15. This session will focus primarily on patient information.
The session is in the Multipurpose Room on the first floor of the east side of the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd.
Please RSVP to attend.
Free parking is available in the south lot. The closest entrance is on the east side, and ADA compliant entrances are on the south and west sides. Tobacco and cannabis consumption are prohibited in and around the Capitol.
If you have questions, please contact OMMA Education and Outreach Manager Nyomi Barrick-Wommack.
Week of Jan. 17, 2023: OMMA Live Webinar
OMMA will host a Metrc-related webinar the week of Jan. 17, 2023. More information and registration details will be coming out soon.
New: OMMA Podcast
Nov. 21 is the launch of Let’s Talk OMMA — our agency’s first-ever podcast. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube for a behind-the-scenes look at OMMA and our partners through a series of interviews conducted by OMMA Public Information Officer Porsha Riley. OMMA Executive Director Adria Berry is the first guest. Hear her take on OMMA becoming a stand-alone agency, what it's like to lead the regulatory agency for a relatively new industry and the journey that brought her here.
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