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2020 Op. Okla. Att'y Gen. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.sag/sagok0055 and id is 1 raw text is: OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION 2020-1 February 24, 2020 Gary Cox, Commissioner of Health Oklahoma State Department of Health 1000 NE 10th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73117 Dear Commissioner Cox, This office received a request from your predecessor for an official Attorney General Opinion in which he asked, in effect, the following question: The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act requires applicants for medical marijuana business licenses to satisfy a durational residency requirement. See 63 O.S.Supp.2019, § 427.14(E)(11). The Act was signed into law on March 14, 2019 and took effect on August 29, 2019. Meanwhile, a separate law exempted from the Act's residency requirement those licensees who were issued a license before the Act's enactment. Id. Must the Oklahoma State Department of Health revoke licenses issued between when the Act became law and when it took effect if the licensee does not meet the new residency requirement? I. BACKGROUND In June of 2018, by voter initiative. State Question 788 ('SQ 788) established a medical marijuana program in Oklahoma. The following year, the Legislature passed several laws amending or clarifying the parameters of the program, including eligibility criteria for medical marijuana business licenses. Your question focuses on two provisions of these laws: (1) the new durational residency requirement for business license applicants and (2) the requirement's associated grandfather clause. The request included two other questions that are not addressed herein regarding the licensing status of medical marijuana dispensaries located within 1,000 feet of a preschool entrance. Those questions were answered in Attorney General Opinion 2019-6. 313 N.E. 21sT STREE * OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73105 (405) 521-3921 - FAx: (405) 521-6246 recycled paper

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