Effective upon adoption of this rulemaking, the registration period and renewal period for each registration type listed below shall occur annually between the following dates:
Registration Type | Registration Period | Renewal Period |
Cultivation Center | January 1 to December 31 | November 1 to December 31 |
Dispensary | January 1 to December 31 | November 1 to December 31 |
Testing Laboratory | January 1 to December 31 | November 1 to December 31 |
A registration set forth in §§5101.1 that is active and in good standing as of the date of adoption of this rulemaking shall remain in full force and effect until December 31, 2022, unless suspended or revoked by the Board for cause.
In addition to the initial application or a transfer to new location application, the Board shall provide all Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) located in the affected ward forty-five (45) days for public comment once every three (3) years on an applicant for a dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory's renewal. The renewal ANC comment period for each registration listed below shall occur sequentially every three (3) years starting with the following dates:
License Class | Licensure Period | Ending Year |
Dispensary | Jan. 1 to Dec 31 | 2023 |
Cultivation Center | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | 2024 |
Testing Laboratory | Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 | 2025 |
The notice to the ANCs set forth in §§5101.3 of this chapter on a renewal application shall be provided to the ANCs not later than forty-five (45) days before a registration is renewed. The Board shall renew the registration or inform the applicant in writing of its intent not to renew the registration within sixty (60) days following the conclusion of the ANC forty-five (45) day comment period.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5101