What Authorized Marijuana Licensees’ in California Should Know

Assembly Bill 729 require a licensee to post a sign, visible from each public entrance, and a similar sign inside the premises that reads “No Person Under 21 Allowed” and would authorize a licensee that is also a licensed dispensary to include language on the sign that reads “without identification authorizing the purchase of medical cannabis” In other words, if you are an licensed dispensary and an authorized licensee, than you must also include language on the sign that reads without identification authorizing the purchase of medical cannabis.

Will a Authorized Marijuana Licensee Be Subject to Inspections?

1. Conducted during standard business hours of the licensed facility or
2. At any other reasonable time.

Are There Limits to Inspections in a Business Which Offer Medical Marijuana and Non-medical Marijuana or Non-medical Marijuana Products?

1. Sold;
2. Produced; or
3. Stored or at any site where evidence of activities involving evasion of nonmedical marijuana or nonmedical marijuana products tax may be discovered.

Are Recreational Marijuana Businesses Restricted as to Where They Can Be Located?

1. Playground;
2. Hospital;
3. Church

However, the exception that a licensing authority or local agency specifies a different radius.

Will Marijuana Licensee Be Subjected to “Random Inspections”?

Yes, bill allows law enforcement to inspect all recreational marijuana businesses, including anywhere they might find evidence of tax evasion. The bill also allows law enforcement to engage in operations involving person under 21 years of age is to be used in random inspections, including having pictures taken prior to inspections to verify appearance and requiring the person under 21 years of age to present a true and correct personal identification if verbally requested.