Updates to OMMA permanent rules take effect today, Aug. 11, 2023, with more updates in a new set of emergency rules soon to follow.
The permanent rule updates include changes required by legislation or to provide clarity for licensees. The rules:
- Clarify specific patient transaction information required to be maintained by a dispensary; OAC 442:10-5-6(b)(3)(A)
- Clarify the requirement that businesses shall use the OMMA-provided verification system; OAC 442:10-5-12(c)
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Adjust packaging standards by allowing transparent child-resistant containers and require an opaque exit package at the point of sale pursuant to House Bill 3019 (2022); OAC 442:10-7-1(d)(3)
- Allow a grower to send a harvest batch to a processor for decontamination before it has been compliance tested and fails; OAC 442:10-8-1(d)(1)
- Permit a commercial licensee to transport their own waste to a licensed waste facility; OAC 442:10-9-6(c)
- Allow the collection of multiple harvest batches of shake and trim that have passed required testing into a new homogenized batch; OAC 442:10-8-1(s)(4)
- Reorganize the subsection on pre-rolls and kief for clarity and clarify testing requirements for infused pre-rolls; OAC 442:10-8-1(s)(3)
Visit omma.ok.gov/rules for a current copy of OMMA rules, and you can learn more in the video below.
New Emergency Rules Later in 2023
As we mentioned previously, OMMA anticipates a new set of emergency rules will come into effect later in 2023. The new emergency rules will incorporate new state laws. OMMA will alert licensees by email and post the rules to omma.ok.gov/rules.
OMMA has a Rulemaking Process page on our website that explains how emergency rules and permanent rules come into effect.
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