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Was your medical marijuana business impacted by the severe weather on April 19, 2023? Here are the three things you need to know:
- Our Compliance Department has identified the counties most impacted by the storm: Potawatomi, McClain and Cleveland. OMMA inspectors have been informed to reschedule any field visits in the affected counties/areas to prioritize health and public safety.
- OMMA is prepared to receive incoming reports of loss pursuant to 442:10-5-13 in OMMA Rules: Please use our contact form to report product loss because of a natural disaster. Please provide the business name, license number and details about the missing product, including Metrc RFID tag numbers if known.
We can also provide next steps on how to reconcile medical marijuana inventory and support communications with Metrc. If a power outage caused you to lose Metrc access, please refer to 442:10-5-6(h) in OMMA Rules on how to proceed.
- If we can be of service during this difficult time, please let us know by contacting our Call Center at 405-522-6662, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. You can also email us by using our contact form.
For your convenience, this information is available on our website.
All medical marijuana commercial grower licensees who operate an outdoor medical marijuana production facility are required to register with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) as an environmentally sensitive crop owner. . ODAFF has detailed instructions and a link to the registry on its Sensitive Crop Registry Guide.
case you missed it, a recent Metrc bulletin provides information on the latest system enhancements, including updated fields on the transfer manifest. It updates wording on Metrc manifests to more closely match terms used in OMMA rules.
Transporter Agent Information A medical marijuana commercial transporter agent license is required for employees, officers or owners of a licensed medical marijuana business to transport medical marijuana or medical marijuana products. Transporter agent licenses are linked to the specific licensed medical marijuana business for which the agent is an employee, officer or owner. If you are transporting for multiple businesses, you need to be licensed as a transporter agent for each of the different OMMA-licensed businesses. Visit omma.ok.gov/businesses for more information.
Tiered Licensing OMMA is working with our licensing vendor to develop tiered licensing software in accordance with House Bill 2179. We’ll provide updates as they are available.
Patient Licensing Queue OMMA is making headway on reducing processing times for patient license applications, which tend to spike in the spring. Trained staff in other units are pitching in with patient license processors to review more applications and reduce wait times. OMMA processes patient license applications within 14 business days.
Renewals Commercial renewal applications open 60 days before your license expiration date. Check license expiration dates by logging in your OMMA licensing portal. To verify the status of a license, please use OMMA Verify. OMMA’s licensing vendor updates the status in real time. Any commercial license appearing on OMMA Verify is active and valid, even if the listed expiration date is in the past.
Pesticides, Heavy Metals or Mycotoxins Medical marijuana or medical marijuana products that fail laboratory testing for pesticides, heavy metals or mycotoxins may not be remediated or decontaminated. Instead, they must be disposed of in accordance with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Waste Management Act and OMMA rules.
Legislative Updates The Oklahoma Legislature’s regular session runs February through May. For your convenience, OMMA has a dedicated webpage to provide you with legislative updates during session. Visit omma.ok.gov/legislation to see bills related to the industry. Please note this resource is for informational purposes only — it is not an indication that OMMA supports or opposes any legislation.
Forms, Resources and Checklists OMMA keeps a list of commercial inspection forms, resources and checklists available to you at omma.ok.gov/forms. Also, be sure to bookmark our Events page at omma.ok.gov/events, and check it periodically for events and engagement opportunities.
Metrc Support Tickets The best way to get help for a Metrc-related issue is to submit a support ticket to Metrc and wait for Metrc to contact you. NOTE: Metrc will contact OMMA on your behalf if it requires OMMA's action or guidance. If you call or email again about the same issue, Metrc will open a new ticket which creates a longer wait time for you.
Seed-to-Sale Page If you haven’t already, please bookmark and refer to OMMA’s dedicated Seed-to-Sale webpage at omma.ok.gov/s2s. It includes guides, training information and more. The page also includes comprehensive lists of frequently asked questions you can use as a resource. If you're on a desktop or laptop computer, you can use Ctrl + F to do a keyword search on OMMA's PDF version. If you're on a smartphone or tablet, you can use the search function on your PDF reader or web browser.
If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our agency’s podcast, Let’s Talk OMMA. Listen and follow for a behind-the-scenes look at OMMA and our partners through a series of interviews conducted by OMMA Public Information Officer Porsha Riley. Episodes available on YouTube, Spotify, Anchor by Spotify and Amazon.
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Visit omma.ok.gov/data to view historical licensing data.
Patients pay the 7% State Question 788 excise tax when buying medical marijuana products at a dispensary. As of fiscal year 2023, the revenue is handled as proposed in SQ 788:
- It goes first to OMMA’s authorized budget.
- Then, 75% of excess revenue is earmarked for education via the general fund, and 25% is earmarked for drug and alcohol rehabilitation via the state Health Department.
OMMA does NOT receive state or local sales tax revenue. Patients pay state and local sales tax when buying medical marijuana products at the dispensary. The rate varies by city/county and is the same at dispensaries as other non-medical marijuana retailers in the same area. The money goes straight to the state government and city/county — OMMA never touches it. State and local sales tax revenue funds things like education, general state government and municipal/county services (streets, public safety, etc.).
Visit omma.ok.gov/data to view historical tax data.
In March 2023, flower and buds made up 48% of retail sales for a little more than $31 million.
The OMMA Dashboard provides licensees and the public with data and analytics for Oklahoma's medical marijuana industry — including the number of commercial licenses by county, reported sales and harvest/plant counts, just to name a few. Powered by NCS Analytics, this tool actively monitors and analyzes data from multiple systems like the state’s seed-to-sale tracking system. OMMA uses this information to help guide compliance and enforcement activities.
View this data-driven tool at omma.ok.gov/data. Please note the dashboard is best viewed on a desktop browser.
Photo credit: OMMA
OMMA Executive Director Adria Berry attended CannaCon South OKC to discuss OMMA rules, cannabis-related legislation and what's new with the agency.
As a reminder, growers, processors, dispensaries, labs and transporters are required to submit a Foreign Financial Interest Attestation form within 60 days of OMMA’s approval of the license application. Applications are submitted by businesses for initial and renewal licenses.
By state law, failure to complete this attestation within 60 days of application approval will result in the revocation of your OMMA license.
A separate attestation is required for each business operation at the time its application is approved. Failure to submit the required attestation within the 60-day time period is subject to revocation of the license. For example, if your business owns a grow license and a processing license, an attestation must be completed for the grow license and an attestation must be completed for the processing license. If your business owns more than one grow license, a separate attestation is required for each grow license.
If you have not completed the Foreign Financial Interest Attestation, visit the website of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control.
If your business is no longer active or operational, you may surrender your license. To surrender your license, please visit omma.ok.gov/surrender. Any associated transporter agent cards will also be surrendered.
As a reminder, OMMA can order embargoes. OMMA-licensed businesses can issue voluntary recalls, and OMMA can also ask businesses to issue them. Be sure to bookmark and refer to our Embargoed and Recalled Products webpage at omma.ok.gov/recall. State laws and OMMA rules require the businesses to provide notice to patients who bought recalled products.
Complaints about medical marijuana businesses are reviewed by OMMA’s Compliance Department. Compliance inspectors and/or law enforcement officers may follow up on complaints for further investigation.
Visit omma.ok.gov/complaint to use the OMMA Business Complaint form. You may remain anonymous if you want. Please provide as much information as possible. Complaints are reviewed in the order received, but threats to public health and safety are prioritized.
Licensees who wish to voluntarily surrender their OMMA license may do so by visiting omma.ok.gov/surrender.
OMMA and other state agencies will be closed Monday, May 29, for Memorial Day. Even when OMMA is closed, individuals can log in to the licensing portal to apply for or manage any license with OMMA.
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