(A)

(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, not later than one year after the effective date of this section, the department of commerce shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the medical marijuana control program.

(2) The department shall adopt rules establishing standards and procedures for the licensure of cultivators not later than two hundred forty days after the effective date of this section.

(3) All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

(B) The rules shall do all of the following:

(1) Establish application procedures and fees for licenses it issues under this chapter;

(2) Specify all of the following:

(a) The conditions that must be met to be eligible for licensure:

(b) Subject to division (B)(2)(c) of this section, the criminal offenses for which an applicant will be disqualified from licensure:

(c) Which of the criminal offenses specified pursuant to division (B)(2)(b) of this section will not disqualify an applicant from licensure if the applicant was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense more than five years before the date the application for licensure is filed.

(3) Establish, in accordance with section 3796.05 of the Revised Code, the number of cultivator licenses that will be permitted at any one time;

(4) Establish a license renewal schedule, renewal procedures, and renewal fees;

(5) Specify reasons for which a license may be suspended, including without prior hearing, revoked, or not be renewed or issued and the reasons for which a civil penalty may be imposed on a license holder;

(6) Establish standards under which a license suspension may be lifted;

(7) Specify if a cultivator, processor, or laboratory that is licensed under this chapter and that existed at a location before a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park became established within five hundred feet of the cultivator, processor, or laboratory, may remain in operation or shall relocate or have its license revoked by the board;

(8) Specify both of the following:

(a) Subject to division (B)(8)(b) of this section, the criminal offenses for which a person will be disqualified from employment with a license holder;

(b) Which of the criminal offenses specified pursuant to division (B)(8)(a) of this section will not disqualify a person from employment with a license holder if the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the offense more than five years before the date the employment begins.

(9) Establish, in accordance with section 3796.05 of the Revised Code, standards and procedures for the testing of medical marijuana by a laboratory licensed under this chapter.

(C) In addition to the rules described in division (B) of this section, the department may adopt any other rules it considers necessary for the program's administration and the implementation and enforcement of this chapter.

(D) When adopting rules under this section, the department shall consider standards and procedures that have been found to be best practices relative to the use and regulation of medical marijuana.

Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 523, §1, eff. 9/8/2016.