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The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) released this week a comprehensive, third-party study of supply-and-demand within Oklahoma’s medical cannabis industry.
According to the study, the state has 32 times more regulated medical cannabis than is necessary to meet the demand of licensed patients.
Was your medical marijuana business affected by severe weather? Here’s what you need to know:
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OMMA is prepared to receive incoming reports of loss pursuant to 442:10-5-13 in OMMA Rules. Please use our form to report product loss due to a natural disaster. Provide your OMMA license number, business name and details about the missing product, including Metrc RFID tag numbers if known.
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We can also provide next steps for 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.
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If you need further guidance or have questions regarding these resources, contact our Call Center at 405-522-6662, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. You can also send us a message at omma.ok.gov/contact.
OMMA assembled a guide to help licensees navigate common issues in Metrc. If you need more help with Metrc, contact Metrc Support at support@metrc.com or 877-566-6506. Metrc will contact OMMA directly on your behalf if Metrc needs OMMA’s help on your issue. The Metrc Users' Guide is also available at omma.ok.gov/s2s and omma.ok.gov/forms.
Tiered Licensing House Bill 2179 took effect June 1, and creates a tiered application fee structure for grower, processor and dispensary licenses based on size and type of facility. Visit the new Tiered Licensing page for details — be sure to bookmark the page and check back for updates.
Bond Requirement Senate Bill 913 took effect April 20, and requires commercial medical marijuana grower license applicants and licensees to submit proof of a surety bond for at least $50,000 per license, or proof that the licensee has owned the licensed premises for at least five years.
OMMA is working on a surety bond form and will post it in multiple places on our website, including omma.ok.gov/forms. Visit the new Bond Requirement page for details — be sure to bookmark the page and check back for updates.
Please note these are samples — licensees may, but are not required to, use the sample forms to fulfill rules requirements. Use of the forms themselves does not guarantee compliance — you must follow all rules and accurately report the data.
Legislative Updates Now that Oklahoma’s legislative session has come to a close, OMMA has updated omma.ok.gov/legislation to reflect what medical marijuana bills became law.
OMMA’s rulemaking process will incorporate the new laws into our administrative code. Be sure to visit our Rulemaking Process webpage to learn more about the rulemaking process. You can bookmark the page and refer to it for public comment opportunities and updates.
Metrc Bulletin: Lab Test Batch and Item Category Guidance Commercial licensees are encouraged to review Metrc Bulletin 19 which provides guidance regarding the usage of item categories and corresponding lab test batches.
Visit omma.ok.gov/data to view the latest licensing and tax data, plus the OMMA Dashboard which provides a snapshot of Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry.
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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 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 Tuesday, July 4, for Independence Day. Even when OMMA is closed, you can log in to the licensing portal to apply for or manage any license with OMMA.
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