Bureau of Cannabis Control announcement emergency rulemaking process. Earlier this spring, the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Bureau of Cannabis Control, Department of Public Health and Department of Food and Agriculture released proposed regulations for the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act. These licensing authorities held public hearings and accepted written comments regarding the proposed regulations. However, in late June, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, which creates one regulatory system for both medicinal and adult-use cannabis. As a result, the licensing authorities will withdraw the proposed medical cannabis regulations noticed for public comment on April 28 and May 5, 2017. The withdrawal is likely to happen early next month.

The three cannabis licensing authorities are each developing new proposed regulations based on the new law for the commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis industries. During this process, the licensing authorities will consider the robust and valuable public comment received regarding the proposed medical cannabis regulations.

The licensing authorities will use the emergency rulemaking process for the new proposed regulations. The emergency regulations are expected to be published in fall 2017. The implementation date for the issuance of commercial cannabis licenses remains the same: January 2, 2018.

For additional information about the Bureau, or to subscribe to email alerts to hear about updates as they become available, please visit our website www.bmcr.ca.gov.

Getting your cannabis business license is never simple there are very specific requirements and guidelines that differ by state and its usually highly competitive, which is why most successful applicants work with consultants to help guide them.

We highly advise you read up on current rules and regulations for your state and then consider working with a consultant.

You can find more information about California cannabis regulations at: California Department of Cannabis Control.

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