(410 ILCS 705/15-37) Sec. 15-37. Medical Cannabis Dispensing Organization License. (a) Beginning 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Department may issue a Medical Cannabis Dispensing Organization License to any entity holding an Adult Use Dispensing Organization License. (b) The Medical Cannabis Dispensing Organization License shall be issued to the same entity holding the Adult Use Dispensing Organization License and for the same address of the corresponding dispensary. (c) The Department shall provide an approval process for issuing Medical Cannabis Dispensing Organization Licenses to corresponding Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licensees, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (1) payment of a one-time, nonrefundable fee of $5,000, which shall be deposited into the Cannabis Regulation Fund; (2) proof of the corresponding Adult Use Dispensing Organization License that is in active status; (3) certification that the licensee shall comply with the requirements contained in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act; (4) the legal name of the dispensing organization; (5) the physical address of the dispensing organization; (6) affirmation that the dispensing organization understands it is prohibited from separating its Medical Cannabis Dispensing Organization License from its Adult Use Dispensing Organization License; (7) proof of proper zoning for both medical and adult use sales in a form and manner prescribed by the Department; and (8) any other information which the Department may request. (d) If an Adult Use Dispensing Organization is issued a corresponding Medical Cannabis Dispensing Organization License, the entity holding the 2 corresponding licenses is prohibited from separating the 2 licenses from each other. In this subsection, "separating" means, but is not limited to, the following: (1) relocating either license without relocating the other to the same facility; or (2) changing the ownership for only one of the licenses. (e) For the purpose of subsection (c) of Section 15-36, a dispensing organization holding an Adult Use Dispensing Organization License and a Medical Cannabis Dispensing Organization License at a single location pursuant to this Section 15-37 shall count as a single dispensing organization.
(Source: P.A. 104-463, eff. 6-12-26.)