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Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, the renewal application window opens for Oklahoma medical marijuana industry employees to submit a renewal application for their OMMA-issued credential required by law. All renewal applications must be submitted on or before Jan. 31, 2025.
Senate Bill 1704 (2022) requires employees of licensed medical marijuana businesses to receive credentials from OMMA. Licensed businesses are also responsible for ensuring their employees have a valid credential. Credentials will be valid until Jan. 31 of the following year. To renew or apply for a credential, you must log in to the Thentia licensing portal. When you log in to the Thentia licensing portal, you will be asked to provide:
If your application is incomplete or contains errors, you will receive a rejection notice and have 30 days to correct it. Be aware that if your resubmission remains incomplete or has errors, it will be denied under Oklahoma law, so please double-check your application before submitting. Applicants can continue working while their renewal application is pending. However, if the application is denied, they must stop working until a new application is submitted and approved.
OMMA encourages those seeking or renewing credentials to start the process early to allow for the time needed to complete the required background checks. Other helpful information and FAQs can be found on OMMA’s credentialing page at omma.ok.gov/credentialing.
OMMA has received numerous questions regarding the upcoming pre-packaging requirements that go into effect on June 1, 2025. Although we are still navigating the rulemaking process — including the public comment period mentioned in the next section — we’ve prepared below an initial FAQ of the most common questions we’ve received so far regarding pre-packaging.
Q: Why do businesses have to pre-package medical marijuana and medical marijuana products beginning June 1, 2025?
A: House Bill 3361 was authored by Rep. T.J. Marti and Sen. Bill Coleman and signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt during the 2024 legislative session. The law requires all medical marijuana and medical marijuana products, except concentrates, be sold in pre-packaged quantities between 0.5 grams and 3 ounces.
Q: What types of medical marijuana and medical marijuana products have to be pre-packaged?
A: According to House Bill 3361, all medical marijuana flower, trim, shake, kief, medical marijuana products or other flower-based products that aren't considered concentrate must be sold in pre-packaged form. Products must be sold by licensed processors and growers to licensed dispensaries in pre-packaged quantities between 0.5 grams and 3 ounces.
Q: Does pre-packaging have to be opaque?
A: According to House Bill 3361, non-opaque materials may be used when packaging medical marijuana flower provided all other state packaging and labeling requirements are met and it is placed in an opaque container before leaving a dispensary.
Q: Will there be a grace period to sell deli-style inventory?
A: All medical marijuana and medical marijuana products sent to a dispensary on or after June 1, 2025, must be pre-packaged. However, if a dispensary accepted deli-style flower into its inventory before June 1, 2025, they may continue to sell it until they run out.
Q: Do medical marijuana laboratory testing samples have to be pre-packaged before they are sent for testing?
A: No, the pre-package requirements only apply to medical marijuana and/or medical marijuana product transferred to dispensaries.
Q: Can pre-packaging be opened at a dispensary, and if so, under what circumstances?
A: Pre-packaging must be tamper-evident and remain sealed and unopened with a few exceptions. Dispensaries may open pre-packaged medical marijuana to display samples, which allow patients to see and smell medical marijuana before purchase or to create non-infused pre-rolls.
Q: Can a patient still see and smell medical marijuana?
A: Yes, dispensaries can still display samples of medical marijuana in display cases, jars or containers to allow medical marijuana patients and caregivers to smell the various strains sold by a dispensary.
The public comment period is your opportunity to impact the rulemaking process by speaking on the rules that matter to you. Over the last two public comment periods, OMMA received — and individually responded to — more than 250 public comments. Based on feedback received during previous public comment periods, OMMA clarified rules, provided a summary of all changes in response to the comments and published an agency rule report on our website.
Oklahoma’s annual legislative session begins at noon Feb. 3, 2025. From then till the end of May, the Legislature will consider hundreds of bills, some of which are relevant to OMMA and the medical marijuana industry. Now is the time to reach out to your legislator and share your story and experience — it’s early in the legislative process.
As a resource, OMMA has a dedicated webpage to provide you with legislative updates during session. Medical marijuana-related bills for consideration in 2025 will be listed at omma.ok.gov/legislation once they become available. Please note this resource is for informational purposes only — it is not an indication that OMMA supports or opposes any legislation or their contents.
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a public meeting to take comments from the public, explain the permitting process and answer any other permit-related questions concerning the OKG42T general wastewater permit to dispose of wastewater resulting from the growing of medical marijuana, which is currently under renewal with DEQ.
A final permit, if issued, would allow OMMA-licensed grow facilities to dispose of wastewater consisting of excess nutrient water, waste nutrient water, nutrient water runoff, reverse osmosis (RO) reject wastewater and other related wastewater into an impoundment or underground tank system. This permit will also allow land application of any combination of the previously defined wastewaters that are considered to be Class III wastewater.
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.
OMMA offices and the Call Center will be closed Friday, Dec. 13, for a training event. OMMA and other state agencies will be closed for the following state holidays:
- Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 24-25, 2024: Christmas
- Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025: New Year's Day
- Monday, Jan. 20, 2025: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Monday, Feb. 17, 2025: Presidents' Day
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