A. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall require all employees of medical marijuana facilities to submit their fingerprints to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal background check.B. The Authority may require that such fingerprint submissions be made as part of an individual's application for a license, permit, identification card, or credential authorizing that individual to be an employee of a medical marijuana facility.C. Fingerprint cards and any required fees shall be sent to the OSBI central repository. The fingerprint records shall be used for searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal record search as provided in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The OSBI shall notify the Authority of any criminal history record information or lack of criminal history record information discovered on the submitting individual. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 150.9b of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the Authority.D. As used in this section:1. "Employee" means any natural person who:a. grows, harvests, dries, cures, purchases, sells, transfers, transports, processes, produces, manufactures, creates, or packages medical marijuana, medical marijuana products, or medical marijuana waste on behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana commercial grower, processor, or dispensary,b. samples, trains, or educates on behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana education or research facility,c. disposes of or transports medical marijuana, medical marijuana products, and medical marijuana waste on behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana waste disposal facility,d. tests and conducts research on medical marijuana and medical marijuana products on behalf of or for a medical marijuana licensed testing laboratory,e. transports, stores, distributes, but does not take ownership of, medical marijuana and medical marijuana products on behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana commercial transporter,f. tracks, traces, reports, and inputs any information into the state inventory tracking system on behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana commercial license holder, org. conducts any other additional business for the benefit of a medical marijuana commercial license holder as authorized by rules promulgated by the Executive Director of the Authority, with the exception of professional services not involved in the handling of medical marijuana, medical marijuana products, or medical marijuana concentrates; and2. "Medical marijuana facility" means an entity licensed or certified by the Authority to acquire, cultivate, process, manufacture, test, store, sell, transport, or deliver medical marijuana.Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 427.28
Added by Laws 2024, c. 381,s. 2, eff. 6/14/2024.