N.D. Admin Code 33-44-01-08 - Compassion center inventory limits

1. A manufacturing facility shall grow an amount of marijuana sufficient to meet the qualifying patient population demands. A manufacturing facility may possess up to fifty plants for the purpose of department-authorized research and development related to production and processing. Plants for research and development shall:

a. Be included in inventory;

b. Be located in a restricted area separate from the restricted area containing plants used for producing and processing of usable marijuana; and

c. Not be used in the production and processing of usable marijuana that is sold to a dispensary for patient consumption unless authorized by the department in writing.

2. A manufacturing facility with a registration certificate may use additional structures located within five hundred feet [152.40 meters] of the location described in the original application. Prior to using additional structures, the manufacturing facility shall submit a written request to the department. The written request must include the reason the structures are necessary, verification the additional structures do not jeopardize public health or safety, and evidence from the appropriate local government official that the additional structures are at least one thousand feet [304.80 meters] from a property line of a pre-existing public or private school. The department shall approve or deny a request within thirty calendar days. The department shall deny a request if the department makes an affirmative finding the use of additional structures would jeopardize public health or safety or the additional structures are within one thousand feet [304.80 meters] of a property line of a pre-existing public or private school.

3. A dispensary may not possess more than three thousand five hundred ounces [99.22 kilograms] of usable marijuana at any time, regardless of formulation.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 33-44-01-08

Adopted by Administrative Rules Supplement 368, April 2018, effective 4/1/2018. Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 374, October 2019, effective 10/1/2019.

General Authority: NDCC 19-24.1-17, 19-24.1-24

Law Implemented: NDCC 19-24.1-17, 19-24.1-24