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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. | |
SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT | |
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Introduced By: Senator Leonidas P. Raptakis | |
Date Introduced: March 07, 2023 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 21-28.6 of the General Laws entitled "The Edward O. Hawkins and |
2 | Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following |
3 | section: |
4 | 21-28.6-20. Criminal background check required. |
5 | (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of §§ 21-28.6-9, 21-28.6-12, 21-28.6-14 or 21-28.6- |
6 | 16, any person who is owner, officer, director, manager, employee, or who has a business interest |
7 | including those third-party management companies and their owners, directors, managers or |
8 | employees of a compassion center, licensed medical marijuana cultivator, marijuana establishment |
9 | licensee, medical marijuana emporium, or any compassion center cardholder, practitioner, primary |
10 | caregiver, qualifying patient or holder of a registry identification card, as those terms are defined |
11 | in § 21-28.6-3, shall be required, as part of their application or renewal of any application, to submit |
12 | to a national criminal identification records check that shall include submitting fingerprints to the |
13 | federal bureau of identification. |
14 | (b) Upon the discovery of any plea of guilty or nolo contendere or a felony conviction to |
15 | any felony offense for any person who is the owner, director, manager, employee of any |
16 | compassion center, licensed medical cultivator, medical marijuana establishment licensee, medical |
17 | marijuana emporium, or any compassion center cardholder, practitioner, primary caregiver, |
18 | qualifying patient or holder of a registry identification card, the application shall be denied. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- THE EDWARD O. HAWKINS AND THOMAS C. | |
SLATER MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACT | |
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1 | This act would require any person who is owner, officer, director, manager, employee, or |
2 | who has a business interest including those third-party management companies and their owners, |
3 | directors, managers or employees of a compassion center, licensed medical marijuana cultivator, |
4 | marijuana establishment licensee, medical marijuana emporium, or any compassion center |
5 | cardholder, practitioner, primary caregiver, qualifying patient or holder of a registry identification |
6 | card to submit to a national criminal identification records check as part of their application. Any |
7 | person who has pled guilty, nolo contendere, or who has been convicted of any felony offense shall |
8 | have their application denied. |
9 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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