The Office of the State Fire Marshal is offering third-party building plan reviews for licensed medical marijuana businesses under the Fire Marshal’s jurisdiction, which is most of Oklahoma outside Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Licensees may submit building plans to one of the Fire Marshal’s authorized companies, which are listed under the Plan Review Permits tab at ok.gov/fire. Check the Fire Marshal’s website periodically for an updated authorized vendor list. Once an authorized third-party plan review company approves the plans, submit them with all documentation and required fees to the Fire Marshal for a building permit.
OMMA rules require all certificate(s) of occupancy, final inspection report(s) and site plan(s) be submitted with any new or renewal commercial license application or location change request. State law (74 O.S. § 324.11) requires such documentation to come from the Fire Marshal in all geographical areas where the applicable certificate(s) of occupancy, final inspection report(s), site plan(s) and/or permit(s) are not issued from and/or approved by local authorities.
OMMA published recently our Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report — a first for the agency. The report is available to the public alongside OMMA’s Strategic Plan on our new webpage: omma.ok.gov/publications.
OMMA continues tracking bills during the legislative session: Several bills passed the committee and chamber of origin deadlines and are now ready for consideration in the opposite chamber as they move through the legislative process.
For your convenience, OMMA has a dedicated webpage to provide you with updates during legislative 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.
OMMA continued the next step in the permanent rulemaking process by submitting rulemaking documents to lawmakers.
This submission to Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Legislature contained an agency rule report including a summary of all comments received during the public comment period that closed Feb. 16. In all, OMMA received around 187 comments from industry leaders, patients and the public: 162 written comments via our website and 25 verbal comments from a public meeting held Feb. 16.
OMMA considered the comments received, clarified rules and made note for future rulemaking discussions. Visit omma.ok.gov/comment to see the agency rule report. These rules are now eligible for consideration by the Legislature later during the 2024 legislative session. The permanent rules would take effect with Gov. Stitt’s approval later in 2024.
Testing: Tamper-Proof Seals
For primary test samples and reserve samples, licensees shall collect samples at the location of the grower, processor or dispensary and must affix the samples with a tamper-proof seal at the time of collection. See OAC 442:10-8-3(a)(2) in the rules at omma.ok.gov/rules for more information.
OMMA, OID Reminder
OMMA is working with the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) to address bonds issued by Talisman Insurance Company and Talisman Surety & Fidelity Protected Cell, Inc. (Talisman). Read more in the March 18 email from OMMA.
Severe Weather Impact
Visit omma.ok.gov/disaster if severe weather impacts your business this spring.
Forms, Resources and Checklists
OMMA keeps a list of commercial inspection forms, resources and checklists available to you at omma.ok.gov/forms.
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.
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 will subject the license to revocation. 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 this website. 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 Office of Investigation and Enforcement (OIE). 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.
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