Title 7, Human Health Care and Safety.

(a) There is established a medical cannabis program, which shall regulate the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, dispensing, purchase, delivery, sale, possession, administration, and testing of medical cannabis and the manufacture, distribution, purchase, sale, possession, a…

(a) A courier license shall be required for a third party to deliver medical cannabis, medical cannabis concentrates, medical cannabis-infused products, or medical cannabis paraphernalia on behalf of a licensed medical cannabis retailer or internet retailer to a qualifying patien…

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on October 28, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a) Notwithstanding…

(a)(1) No earlier than 180 calendar days after March 22, 2023, ABCA shall make additional cultivation center, retailer, and internet retailer licenses available to unlicensed establishments for a 90-calendar day open application period. (2) To be eligible to apply for a cultivati…

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on October 28, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a) Unlicensed esta…

(a)(1) The holder of a retailer license shall be eligible to apply to the ABC Board for a safe-use treatment facility endorsement. The holder of a safe-use treatment facility endorsement shall be permitted to: (A) Sell medical cannabis, medical cannabis products, and paraphernali…

(a)(1)(A) The holder of a retailer license shall be eligible to apply to the ABC Board for an education tasting endorsement. (B) The holder of an education tasting endorsement shall be permitted to offer cooking and how-to classes and demonstrations, and tastings for educational …

(a) The holder of a retailer license shall be eligible to apply to the ABC Board for a delivery endorsement. The holder of a delivery endorsement shall be permitted to offer curbside pickup and deliver medical cannabis directly to a qualifying patient or the qualifying patient's …

(a) The holder of both a retailer license and a safe use treatment facility endorsement shall obtain a summer garden endorsement from the ABC Board to be eligible to conduct operations in a summer garden, which may include the sale, service, and consumption of medical cannabis on…

(a) Except as provided in § 7-1671.05a regarding protests against unlicensed establishments that applied for licenses prior to January 30, 2024, the following persons may protest the issuance of a license, the renewal of a license, or the transfer of a medical cannabis retailer l…

(a) ABCA shall provide electronic notice to the Councilmember representing the ward where the establishment is or will be located and any affected ANC at least 45 calendar days prior to the approval of a location for a retailer. (b) The ABC Board may, at the request of both an af…

(a) A protest against a medical cannabis retailer license by persons with standing under § 7-1671.06g shall be on the basis of: (1) A violation of this chapter by the applicant; (2) A violation of civil law by the applicant that is directly related to the operation of the busines…

The ABC Board shall accord great weight to input provided by an affected ANC regarding the proposed or existing location of a retailer when approving or rejecting an application for a license.

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on October 28, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a) Any person who …

(a) There is established as a special fund the Medical Cannabis Administration Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by ABCA in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) All funds received from medical cannabis licensing, permitting, and registration fees shall be …

(a) The Mayor shall establish a Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee (“Committee”), which shall monitor: (1) Best practices in other states that allow the use of medical cannabis; (2) Scientific research on the medical use of cannabis; and (3) The Program's effectiveness. (b) Repe…

(a) ABCA is authorized to establish, by rulemaking, fees for the licensing of cultivation centers, manufacturers, retailers, internet retailers, couriers, and testing laboratories and for the inspection and audit of cultivation centers, manufacturers, retailers, internet retailer…

(a) No liability shall be imposed by virtue of this chapter upon any duly authorized District officer engaged in the enforcement of any law relating to controlled substances. (b) The District shall not be held liable for any deleterious outcomes from the use of medical cannabis, …

Nothing in this chapter shall require a governmental, private, or any other health insurance provider or health care service plan to be liable for any claim for reimbursement for the use of medical cannabis.

(a) If the ABC Board, after investigation but before a hearing, has cause to believe that a person is violating a provision of this chapter and the violation has caused or may cause, immediate and irreparable harm to the public, the ABC Board may issue an order requiring the alle…

(a) An applicant for a license, and each licensee, shall allow any ABCA investigator or agent of the ABC Board full opportunity to examine, at any time during business hours: (1) The premises where a cannabis product is manufactured, kept, sold, or consumed for which an applicati…

If a search warrant is issued by any judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or by a United States Magistrate for the District of Columbia for premises where any cannabis products are sold, exchanged as part of a commercial transaction, delivered, or permitted to …

(a) The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, the Office of Tax and Revenue, and the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shall notify the ABC Board if a licensed establishment is the subject of a citation, revocation, or other enforcement action for a violat…

(a) Any unlicensed establishment where cannabis is sold, exchanged as part of a commercial transaction, delivered, or permitted to be consumed shall be a nuisance, except any unlicensed establishment of an applicant that filed an accepted and pending application with the ABC Boar…

(a) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter, including rules to: (1) Adopt manufacturing practices with which cultivation centers, manufacturers, retailers, and internet retailers…