Section R. 420.601 - DefinitionsRule 1.
(1) As used in these rules:(a) "Acts" refers to the medical marihuana facilities licensing act, 2016 PA 281, MCL 333.27101 to 333.27801, and the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 2018 IL 1, MCL 333.27951 to 333.27967, when applicable.(b) "Agency" means the marijuana regulatory agency.(c) "Cultivator" means both a grower under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act and a marihuana grower under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act.(d) "Designated consumption establishment" means a commercial space that is licensed by the agency and authorized to permit adults 21 years of age and older to consume marihuana products at the location indicated on the state license.(e) "Employee" means, except as otherwise provided in these rules, a person performing work or service for compensation. "Employee" does not include individuals providing trade or professional services who are not normally engaged in the operation of a marihuana establishment.(f) "Laboratory" means both a safety compliance facility under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act and a marihuana safety compliance facility under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act.(g) "Limited access area" means a building, room, or other contiguous area of a marihuana business where marihuana is grown, cultivated, stored, weighed, packaged, sold, or processed for sale and that is under the control of the licensee.(h) "Marihuana business" means a marihuana facility under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act or a marihuana establishment under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, or both.(i) "Marihuana customer" means a registered qualifying patient under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act, a registered primary caregiver under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act, or an individual 21 years of age or older under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, or all 3.(j) "Marihuana establishment" means a marihuana grower, marihuana safety compliance facility, marihuana processor, marihuana microbusiness, marihuana retailer, marihuana secure transporter, marihuana designated consumption establishment, or any other type of marihuana related business licensed by the agency under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act.(k) "Marihuana event organizer" means a person licensed to apply for a temporary marihuana event license under these rules.(l) "Marihuana facility" means a location at which a licensee is licensed to operate under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act.(m) "Marihuana product" means marihuana or a marihuana-infused product, or both, as those terms are defined in the acts unless otherwise provided for in these rules.(n) "Marihuana sales location" means a provisioning center under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act or a marihuana retailer, marihuana microbusiness or class A marihuana microbusiness under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, or both.(o) "Marihuana tracking act" means the marihuana tracking act, 2016 PA 282, MCL 333.27901 to 333.27904.(p) "Marihuana transporter" means a secure transporter under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act or a marihuana secure transporter under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, or both.(q) "Medical marihuana facilities licensing act" or "MMFLA" means the medical marihuana facilities licensing act, 2016 PA 281, MCL 333.27101 to 333.27801.(r) "Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act" or "MRTMA" means the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 2018 IL 1, MCL 333.27951 to 333.27967.(s) "Producer" means both a processor under the medical marihuana facilities licensing act and a marihuana processor under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act.(t) "These rules" means the administrative rules promulgated by the marijuana regulatory agency under the authority of the medical marihuana facilities licensing act, the marihuana tracking act, the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, and Executive Reorganization Order No. 2019-2, MCL 333.27001.(u) "Temporary marihuana event license" means a state license held by a marihuana event organizer under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, for an event where the onsite sale or consumption of marihuana products, or both, are authorized at the location indicated on the state license.(2) Terms defined in the acts have the same meanings when used in these rules unless otherwise indicated.Mich. Admin. Code R. 420.601
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