Oklahoma Cannabis Law
The Facts Behind Insurance Claims During Covid-19
Lets speak on insurance and the coronavirus...Specifically, if your business can claim, can actually file an insurance claim due to COVID-19 epidemic. The short answer is, it depends on what your insurance policy says. The long answer is... Read more »Can Dispensaries do Deliveries During Covid-19?
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Attorney Isaiah Brydie answers a question he has been asked couple of times since this whole coronavirus stuff has sprung up, and that's whether or not medical marijuana businesses could start doing delivery services to their patients who might be stuck in the house or can't leave or anything. The short answer is... Read more »How Trademarks Can Apply to a Medical Marijuana Business
What is a trademark? A trademark is either is a mark, so think of either an image, words, a phrase in a certain sequence, font, whether that be the actual stabilization of the font or actually the color of a font even that come together, that are associated with a particular business. Read more »Can you Grow Then Sell Medical Marijuana to a Dispensary?
Oklahoma Attorney Isaiah N. Brydie, Esq, talks about question he gets asked often. I take phone calls all the time and stuff on a lot of different topics, and this one individual asked me if he is able to grow and then sell medical marijuana to a dispensary, or grow what have you with a patient license. The short answer is....... Read more »How does an Acquisition of a Medical Marijuana Business Look?
If you're in agreement with the other side on what the transaction is going to consist of, it's probably best that both parties retain an attorney, even if it's just for this one transaction and even if it's just for reviewing documents that are drafted. You want to make sure that your interests are adequately represented. So if one side has an attorney, you should probably have an attorney as well. Read more »The Facts Behind Investment Agreements
An investment agreement happens when you set up your business to where you have an investor coming in who you don't want to give them any ownership interest in your business but you still need that injection of capital into the business to finish your build out or to expand to another location. So basically an investment agreement is going to bring in that individual.
Read more »If You Own A Dispensary, You Should Be Aware Of OMMA's Major Rule Changes.
Some of the new major changes made OMMA's is making will consist of the following: waste disposal, in-house doctors, non-conforming goods. How will this affect your business? Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Attorney Isaiah Brydie has all of those answers. Read more »Dispensary Owners Beware of OMMAs New Rules Change: Patient Information, Inventory, and Audits.
Records containing private patient information shall not be retained by medical marijuana business for more than 60 days without the patient or caregiver's consent. Private patient information means personally identifiable information, such as a patient's name, address, date of birth, social security number, a telephone number, email address, photograph, and financial information. This term does not include the patient's medical license number, their patient license, their patient card number, which shall be retained by the medical marijuana business, and provided to the department upon the request for compliance and public health purposes, including the verification of lawful sales or patient trace-ability and over the event of a product recall. Read more »It Is Crucial Dispensary Owners Keep Organized Records.
Business records which shall include but are not limited to employee records, organizational documents such as your operating agreement or your corporate bylaws, tax records, journals, ledgers, supporting documents, checks, invoices, receipts and vouchers, and additionally as applicable any documents related to the processing, preparation and/or testing of medical marijuana and medical marijuana products including but not limited to, lab reports, test records, equipment inspections, training materials and standard operating procedures. Read more »Dispensary Owners Need To Know About OMMA's Inspection Rules Changes.
The Department shall conduct one onsite inspection at a testing laboratory applicant prior to the initial licensure and one onsite inspection annually thereafter. Oklahoma Attorney Isaiah Brydie says that means specifically to the testing facilities, that they're going to get an initial inspection. Licensees shall be afforded at least 24 hours notice to secure legal representation prior to any interviews. Failure to make documents or other requested information available to the Department and/or refusal to appear or cooperate with an interview shall constitute grounds for non-renewal, suspension or revocation of a license. Or any other remedy or relief available under the law. Read more »OMMAs New Renewal Applications Could Affect Your Dispensary Business.
Applicants seeking to renew a commercial license issued prior to the enactment of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act shall submit documentation establishing proof of residency in accordance with the statute. Oklahoma Attorney Isaiah Brydie sees like OMMA is rid of that "grandfathered in" clause that people have tried and have been shelter up under with their older businesses that have been established prior to these changes. Read more »Dispensary Owners Beware: OMMA Makes Big Changes To Medical Marijuana Business Rules.
Medical Marijuana Attorney Isaiah Brydie explains the major changes to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana commercial business rules. These rules were created under OMMA. More specifically, A transporters license shall only be valid at the physical location that has been submitted to and approved by the department and are listed on the application. Read more »These New Medical Marijuana Authority Rules Might Affect Your Business.
According to the statute, whenever a state agency issues out new rules, they're required to issue out a notice and comment phase. Now with that, that phase is supposed to be there, so that the general public can issue in their notices and their comments about how the new rules are going to impact them, what their opinions are, what some proposed changes may be. And also, too, with the statute in place, the governing, the State Agency, is supposed to actually go in and review those comments, and actually take into consideration those comments that were given by the general populace.
Read more »Will The OMMA's Proposed New Transportation Rules Ruin Your Cannabis Business?
Oklahoma Attorney Isaiah Brydie explains how a new statutory change could have an effect on your Oklahoma Medical Marijuana business. There are new statutory changes that could be issued from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority. The first provision basically sets up a medical marijuana transportation license that is going to be issued to each medical marijuana business. Read more »How To Start A Medical Marijuana Operation In Oklahoma
Tulsa Attorney Isaiah Brydie explains how to start up a grow processing and distribution operation for medical marijuana in Oklahoma. Read more »Tulsa Attorney Isaiah Brydie Explains State Question 807 (Oklahoma Recreational Marijuana Part 4.)
According to Oklahoma State Question 807, holders of a professional license or an occupational license are not subject to professional discipline because of any advice or services that they would give to marijuana businesses or marijuana recreational users Read more »Tulsa Attorney Isaiah Brydie Explains State Question 807 (Oklahoma Recreational Marijuana Part 3)
So, here we see an interesting thing going on where marijuana businesses for the sale of marijuana for recreational use, the Oklahoma Marijuana Authority will only start accepting those licenses, or those applications for those licenses, within 12 months after the effective date of the State Question being voted and approved.
And then after that, for the following 24 months, the Oklahoma Marijuana Authority will only issue licenses for the sale of recreational cannabis to those businesses that already have a medical marijuana license. Read more »Tulsa Attorney Isaiah Brydie Explains State Question 807 (Oklahoma Recreational Marijuana Part 2).
According to Oklahoma State Question 807, The possession of marijuana, the smell of marijuana or the use of marijuana is not in itself an unlawful offense, that does not subject you to detention of search or a seizure or arrest unless a couple different things are met. Read more »Tulsa Attorney Isaiah Brydie Explains State Question 807 (Oklahoma Recreational Marijuana Part 1).
Tulsa Attorney Isaiah Brydie breaks down Oklahoma State Question 807. This the second attempt to make recreational marijuana legal in the state of Oklahoma. Read more »Tulsa Attorney Isaiah Brydie Explains State Question 808
Tulsa Attorney Isaiah Brydie Gives an Overview of State Question 808. What does this state question 808 mean to Medical Marijuana business owners? Read more »