§201. License process; license types The department, upon receipt of an application in the prescribed form that meets all applicable requirements for licensure under this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall issue to the applicant a conditional license to operate one or more of the following types of cannabis establishments or […]
§202. General licensing criteria An applicant for a license to operate a cannabis establishment must meet each of the following requirements, if applicable. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the applicant is a business entity, every officer, director, manager and general partner of the business entity must meet each of the requirements of […]
§203. Additional licensing considerations An applicant for a license to operate a cannabis establishment shall submit, and the department shall consider in determining whether to grant the license, the following additional information. If the applicant is a business entity, the applicant must submit the information required by this section for every officer, director, manager and […]
§204. Criminal history record check The department shall request a criminal history record check for each applicant for a license under this chapter and may at any time require a licensee to submit to a criminal history record check in accordance with this section. If the applicant is a business entity, every officer, director, manager […]
§205. Application process; issuance of license 1. Forms; payment of fees. An applicant shall file an application on forms prepared and furnished by the department for the type of license sought along with the appropriate application fee as determined by the department pursuant to section 207. [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] […]
§206. Denial of license 1. Denial for good cause. The department, for good cause, may deny an application for an initial license, a license renewal, a transfer of ownership interests or a relocation of licensed premises. Denial of an application by the department pursuant to this section constitutes a final agency action as defined in […]
§207. Application fees; license fees The department, in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall adopt by rule a licensing fee schedule establishing fees that are designed to meet, but not to exceed, the estimated licensing, enforcement and administrative costs of the department under this chapter. [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 […]
§208. License term An active license issued by the department pursuant to section 205, subsection 4 is effective for a period of one year from the date of issuance and may be renewed pursuant to section 209. [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 […]
§209. License renewal 1. Notification of expiration date. Ninety days prior to the expiration of an existing license issued under section 205, subsection 4, the department shall notify the licensee of the expiration date and the opportunity for renewal. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a licensee seeking to renew an existing license must […]
§210. Transfer of ownership interests 1. Transfer application. A licensee may apply to the department, on forms prepared and furnished by the department, for approval to transfer ownership interests in the license, including, but not limited to, a transfer of only a portion of the ownership interests in the license. [PL 2017, c. 409, […]
§211. Relocation of licensed premises 1. Relocation application. A licensee may apply to the department, on forms prepared and furnished by the department, for approval to relocate the licensed premises of the cannabis establishment that the licensee is licensed to operate. [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 […]
§212. Termination of license 1. Notification of termination required. A licensee may not permanently abandon the licensed premises of the licensee or otherwise permanently cease all activities relating to the operation of the cannabis establishment under its license, whether voluntarily or pursuant to a license revocation in accordance with subchapter 8, without notifying the department […]
§213. Notice of new owner, officer, manager or employee Before any proposed new owner, officer, manager or employee may own, manage, work for or otherwise associate with a licensee, the licensee shall notify the department in writing of the name, address and date of birth of the proposed new owner, officer, manager or employee and […]
§214. Inactive licenses The department may revoke or refuse to renew any license if it determines that the licensed premises have been inactive without reasonable justification for a period of one year or more. [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).
§215. Notification to municipality; sharing of information with Bureau of Revenue Services The department shall notify a municipality within 14 days of the date the department approves, renews, denies, suspends or revokes the license of a licensee whose licensed premises are located or proposed to be located in the municipality; imposes a monetary penalty on […]
