D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5303
A registration for a dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall be returned to the Board if the dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory fails to open for business within one hundred twenty (120) days after the registration has been issued, except that the Board may grant an extension at its discretion for good cause shown.
A registration for a dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall be returned to the Board if the dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory fails to operate for any reason for more than sixty (60) consecutive days after it has opened for business.
An applicant that has been deemed eligible for a dispensary registration shall complete the steps to obtain a registration and open for business within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of receipt of the notice of selection.
Except as provided in §§5303.6, if an applicant that has been deemed eligible for a dispensary registration, or a registrant that has received a dispensary registration, fails to open for business within one hundred twenty (120) days, the Board shall withdraw the applicant's selection, and consider the next highest-ranking applicant. If a registration has been issued, the registrant shall surrender and return the registration to the Board.
If there are no applications pending, the Board may open the application process to select a replacement dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory applicant.
The Board may grant an applicant that has been deemed eligible for a dispensary registration an extension at its discretion for good cause shown.
The Board may hold a safekeeping hearing pursuant to §§6209 to determine whether to extend or cancel a registration for a dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory under this section.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5303