(a) The OCR may authorize a Cannabis Cultivation Licensee to purchase Cannabis Items from Cannabis Research and Development Licensees, other Cannabis Cultivation Licensees or Micro-Cultivation Permittees; cultivate, cure, process, internally-test, store, package, and label Cannabis; store, sell, purchase, receive, transfer, and transport Cannabis Items to and from other Cannabis Licensees in accordance with the limitations in this chapter and rules promulgated by the OCR.
(b) A Cannabis Cultivation Licensee may not locate a Licensed Premises within 250 feet of a school or house of worship.(1) A Cannabis Cultivation Licensee is not required to relocate if its premises was located within 250 feet of a school or house of worship on the date the Cannabis Cultivation Licensee filed its application for licensure or change of location to its current address.(2) The OCR may adopt rules for Cannabis Cultivation Licensees located in the Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, and Frederiksted Historic Districts and the town of Cruz Bay that impose additional requirements on licensees, such as security, odor control, and community engagement including, but not limited to signage and fencing. If the rules are adopted, the OCR can waive or reduce the distance requirements in this section for Cannabis Cultivation Licenses located in the Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, and Frederiksted Historic Districts and the town of Cruz Bay.(3) A Cannabis Cultivation Licensee is not located less than within 250 feet of the perimeter of any cruise ship-bearing dock or pier in the Territory.
(1) A Cannabis Cultivation Licensee is not required to relocate if its premises was located within 250 feet of a school or house of worship on the date the Cannabis Cultivation Licensee filed its application for licensure or change of location to its current address.
(2) The OCR may adopt rules for Cannabis Cultivation Licensees located in the Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, and Frederiksted Historic Districts and the town of Cruz Bay that impose additional requirements on licensees, such as security, odor control, and community engagement including, but not limited to signage and fencing. If the rules are adopted, the OCR can waive or reduce the distance requirements in this section for Cannabis Cultivation Licenses located in the Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, and Frederiksted Historic Districts and the town of Cruz Bay.
(3) A Cannabis Cultivation Licensee is not located less than within 250 feet of the perimeter of any cruise ship-bearing dock or pier in the Territory.
(c) A Cannabis Cultivation Licensee shall cultivate Cannabis only in accordance with its authorized production limits established by the OCR in rules.
(d) Cannabis may be cultivated outdoors provided it meets the requirements set forth by the OCR.
(e) Cannabis may be cultivated using only Pesticides on an approved list maintained by the OCR.
(f) A Cannabis Cultivation Licensee may obtain seeds or Immature Cannabis Plants from individuals not in possession of a Cannabis License or permit for the first 30 days after its facility is operational, as determined by the OCR. Thereafter, a Cannabis Cultivation Licensee may obtain seeds or Immature Cannabis Plants only from other Cannabis Cultivation Licensees or Micro-Cultivation Permittees or Cannabis Research and Development Licensees, unless the OCR, upon its discretion and good cause, provides prior written approval due to commercially reasonable needs of the Licensee.
(g) The OCR shall set production limits on the numbers of plants Cultivation Licensees may cultivate, based on market data on Cannabis sales in the Territory to prevent over-saturation, and using a sliding scale of annual fees based on number of plants grown. In the interest of assuring market balance, the OCR shall set production limits at their discretion at not less than 500 and no more than 1,000 Flowering Cannabis plants at a single time. On an annual basis, the OCR shall assess and, if needed, revise its production limits for Cultivation Licensees.