California: Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation Info Update

And here’s the full annoucement…

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.

In addition, you can now follow the Bureau on social media!

 

Information at the website is as follows

Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation

In 2015, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law three bills (Assembly Bills 243 and 266, and Senate Bill 643) that create a licensing and regulatory framework for medical cannabis through the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act. This legislation created the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation within the Department of Consumer Affairs. It also divided the responsibility for state licensing between three state entities – the CA Department of Food and Agriculture, the CA Department of Public Health and the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, with the Bureau designated as the lead agency in regulating the cannabis industry in California.

The Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation is not issuing licenses at this time. DCA recommends interested parties continue to work with their city or county governments to procure the local licenses and permits required to establish a medical cannabis business

Go to  http://www.bmcr.ca.gov/   to download the following as PDF’s

***NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING FOR TESTING LABS***
***PROPOSED TEXT OF LAB REGULATIONS***
***INITIAL STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR LAB REGULATIONS***
***NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING***
***PROPOSED TEXT OF MEDICAL REGULATIONS***
***INITIAL STATEMENT OF REASONS***
***HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE REGULATORY PROCESS***
***CLICK HERE AND FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING FORM TO BE NOTIFIED OF COMING REGULATIONS***

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