(2) Optional premises cultivation licenses may be combined in a common area solely for the purposes of growing and cultivating medical marijuana and used to provide medical marijuana to more than one licensed medical marijuana center or licensed medical marijuana-infused product manufacturer so long as the holder of the optional premise cultivation license is also a common owner of each licensed medical marijuana center or licensed medical marijuana-infused product manufacturer to which medical marijuana is provided. In accordance with promulgated rules relating to plant and product tracking requirements, each optional premises cultivation licensee shall supply medical marijuana only to its associated licensed medical marijuana centers or licensed medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers; except that an optional premises cultivation licensee associated with a licensed medical marijuana center may transport medical marijuana directly to any other licensed medical marijuana center for a transaction pursuant to section 44-11-402 (4) or a licensed medical marijuana-infused products manufacturer for a transaction pursuant to section 44-11-404 (3) if there is a corresponding documented point-of-sale transaction prior to transporting the medical marijuana from the optional premises cultivation premises to the licensed medical marijuana center or licensed medical marijuana-infused products manufacturer.

(3) A medical marijuana optional premises cultivation facility shall track the marijuana it cultivates from seed or immature plant to wholesale transfer.

(4) (a) An optional premises cultivation licensee may provide a medical marijuana sample and a medical marijuana concentrate sample to no more than five managers employed by the licensee for purposes of quality control and product development. An optional premisescultivation licensee may designate no more than five managers per calendar month as recipients of quality control and product development samples authorized pursuant to this subsection (4)(a).

(b) Managers who receive a sample pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section must have a valid registry identification card issued pursuant to section 25-1.5-106 (9).

(c) A sample authorized pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section is limited to one gram of medical marijuana per batch as defined in rules promulgated by the state licensing authority, and one-quarter gram of a medical marijuana concentrate per batch as defined in rules promulgated by the state licensing authority; except that the limit is one-half gram of medical marijuana concentrate if the intended use of the final product is to be used in a device that can be used to deliver medical marijuana concentrate in a vaporized form to the person inhaling from the device.

(d) A sample authorized pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section must be labeled and packaged pursuant to the rules promulgated pursuant to section 44-11-202 (2)(a)(XIV) and (2)(a)(XV).

(e) A sample provided pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section must be tracked with the seed-to-sale tracking system. Prior to a manager receiving a sample, a manager must be designated in the seed-to-sale tracking system as a recipient of quality control and product development samples. A manager receiving a sample must make a voluntary decision to be tracked in the seed-to-sale tracking system and is not a consumer pursuant to section 16 (5)(c) of article XVIII of the state constitution. The optional premises cultivation licensee shall maintain documentation of all samples and shall make the documentation available to the state licensing authority.

(f) Prior to a manager receiving a sample pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section, an optional premises cultivation licensee shall provide a standard operating procedure to the manager explaining requirements pursuant to this section and personal possession limits pursuant to section 18-18-406.

(g) A manager shall not:

(I) Receive more than one ounce total of medical marijuana samples or fifteen grams of medical marijuana concentrate samples per calendar month, regardless of the number of licenses that the manager is associated with; or

(II) Provide to or resell the sample to another licensed employee, a customer, or any other individual.

(h) An optional premises cultivation licensee shall not:

(I) Allow a manager to consume the sample on the licensed premises; or

(II) Use the sample as a means of compensation to a manager.

(i) The state licensing authority may establish additional inventory tracking and record keeping, including additional reporting required for implementation. The optional premises cultivation licensee shall maintain the information required by this subsection (4)(i) on the licensed premises for inspection by the state and local licensing authorities.

(j) For purposes of this subsection (4) only, "manager" means an employee of the medical marijuana business who holds a valid key license or associated key license and is currently designated pursuant to state licensing authority rules as the manager of the medical marijuana business.

(5) (a) The state licensing authority may issue a centralized distribution permit to an optional premises cultivation facility authorizing temporary storage on its licensed premises of medical marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana-infused products received from a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturer for the sole purpose of transfer to the permit holder's commonly owned medical marijuana centers. Prior to exercising the privileges of a centralized distribution permit, an optional premises cultivation facility licensed pursuant to this section shall, at the time of application to the state licensing authority, send a copy of the application or supplemental application for a centralized distribution permit to the local licensing authority in the jurisdiction in which the centralized distribution permit is proposed. The state licensing authority shall notify the local licensing authority of its decision regarding the centralized distribution permit.

(b) An optional premises cultivation facility shall not store medical marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana-infused products pursuant to a centralized distribution permit for more than ninety days.

(c) An optional premises cultivation facility shall not accept any medical marijuana concentrate or medical marijuana-infused products pursuant to a centralized distribution permit unless the medical marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana-infused products are packaged and labeled for sale to a consumer as required by rules promulgated by the state licensing authority pursuant to section 44-11-202.

(d) All medical marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana-infused products stored and prepared for transport on an optional premises cultivation facility's licensed premises pursuant to a centralized distribution permit must only be transferred to an optional premises cultivation facility licensee's commonly owned medical marijuana centers. All transfers of medical marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana-infused products by an optional premises cultivation facility pursuant to a centralized distribution permit are without consideration.

(e) All security and surveillance requirements that apply to an optional premises cultivation facility apply to activities conducted pursuant to the privileges of a centralized distribution permit.

(f) An optional premises cultivation facility shall track all medical marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana-infused products possessed pursuant to a centralized distribution permit in the seed-to-sale tracking system from the point it is received from a medical marijuana-infused products manufacturer to the point of transfer to an optional premises cultivation facility licensee's commonly owned medical marijuana centers.

(g) For purposes of this section only, "commonly owned" means licenses that have an ownership structure with at least one natural person with a minimum of five percent ownership in each license.