Section: 22-C9900

DEFINITIONS


Title :  22 HEALTH
Sub Title :  22-C MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Chapter :  22-C99 DEFINITIONS

Most recent version of the final adopted rule codified in the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)


Effective Date : 3/13/2024 12:00:00 AM

Authority : Section 14 of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 (the Act), effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code § 7-1671.13); and Mayor's Order 2020-099, dated September 30, 2020.

Source : Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10237 (December 2, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 10061 (July 12, 2013); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6639 (July 14, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 7487 (August 4, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 11922 (November 17, 2017); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 3650 (April 6, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 3926 (April 13, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10217 (August 9, 2019); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 7479 (June 12, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 8837 (July 17, 2020); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 002388 (March 8, 2024).

Editor's Note :

Rulemaking notices were published in the D.C. Register(DCR) and Adopted Rules were codified into the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR)

  Notice ID Register Category Heading Notice/
Adopted Section
Register Issue/
Effective Date
N143891 Final Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 22-C DCMR Ch. 1, etc. - Rules for Cannabis Businesses View Text 2/20/2026
Vol 73/8
N143980 Emergency Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration - Notice of Ninth Emergency Rulemaking - Amending 22-C DCMR Ch. 1. etc. - Rules for Cannabis Businesses View Text 2/6/2026
Vol 73/6
N143262 Emergency Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration - Notice of Eighth Emergency Rulemaking - Title 22-C Notice of Eight Emergency Rulemaking View Text 11/28/2025
Vol 72/48
N141385 Emergency Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration - Notice of Seventh Emergency Rulemaking - Amending 22-C DCMR Ch. 1, etc. - Rules for Cannabis Businesses View Text 6/20/2025
Vol 72/25
N140806 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration – Notice of Sixth Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 22-C DCMR Ch. 1, etc. – Rules for Cannabis Businesses View Text 4/25/2025
Vol 72/17
N138815 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration - Notice of Fifth Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 22-C DCMR Ch. 1, etc. - Rules for Medical Cannabis Businesses View Text 12/13/2024
Vol 71/50
R0054303 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
3/13/2024

N135106 Final Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 22-C DCMR Ch. 1, etc. - Medical Marijuana View Text 3/8/2024
Vol 71/10
N129759 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration - Notice of Eighth Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - Amending 22-C DCMR Ch. 1-14, 50-64, 99 - Medical Marijuana Program View Text 3/10/2023
Vol 70/10
N127891 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration - Notice of Fifth Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - 22C DCMR Ch. 3 - Medical Marijuana View Text 11/4/2022
Vol 69/44
N127889 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration - Notice of Third Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - 22C DCMR Ch. 3 Medical Marijuana View Text 11/4/2022
Vol 69/44
N109871 Emergency Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration - Notice of Second Emergency Rulemaking - Medical Marijuana Regulations View Text 7/30/2021
Vol 68/31
N105747 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration - Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - Medical Marijuana Regulations View Text 4/23/2021
Vol 68/17
N101536 Emergency Rulemaking Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration - Notice of Emergency Rulemaking - Definitions View Text 12/11/2020
Vol 67/51
R0042377 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
7/17/2020

N0096006 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC HEALTH)- Final Rulemaking for Medical Marijuana Clones View Text 7/17/2020
Vol 67/30
R0041232 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
6/12/2020

N0093767 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC Health) - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Medical Marijuana Program reciprocity with all states that have a functioning Medical Marijuana Program View Text 6/12/2020
Vol 67/25
N0089270 Emergency Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC Health)- Notice of Second Emergency Rulemaking -Regarding Nonresident Qualifying Medical Marijuana Patients View Text 2/7/2020
Vol 67/6
N0086773 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC Health) - Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking - Recognizing all functioning medical marijuana state programs for reciprocity View Text 10/25/2019
Vol 66/44
R0038599 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
8/9/2019

N0085774 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC Health) - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Medical Marijuana Testing Laboratories View Text 8/9/2019
Vol 66/33
N0079899 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC Health) - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Governing medical marijuana clones View Text 2/15/2019
Vol 66/7
N0078628 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of (DC Health) - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending current rules and adding a new Chapter 64 for the registration and regulation of medical marijuana testing laboratories View Text 2/8/2019
Vol 66/6
R0035362 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
4/13/2018

N0068236 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Additional Recommenders of Medical Marijuana View Text 4/13/2018
Vol 65/15
R0035361 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
4/6/2018

N0068165 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of- Notice of Final Rulemaking - Nonresident Qualifying Patients View Text 4/6/2018
Vol 65/14
N0067026 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Second Proposed Rulemaking - Governing Reciprocity for Nonresident Qualifying Medical Marijuana Patients View Text 1/19/2018
Vol 65/3
R0033476 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
11/17/2017

N0066321 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Clarifying bona fide physician-patient relationship for the purposes of determining patient's ability to access use of medical marijuana View Text 11/17/2017
Vol 64/46
N0065724 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Nonresident Qualifying Patients Participating in the District's Medical Marijuana Program Through Reciprocity View Text 10/20/2017
Vol 64/42
N0064877 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - For advanced practice registered nurses, dentists, naturopathic physicians, and physician assistants to recommend the use of medical marijuana to a qualifying patient View Text 8/11/2017
Vol 64/32
R0021373 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
8/4/2017

N0064723 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Prohibiting labeling, packaging, and production of edible products intended to appeal to children. View Text 8/4/2017
Vol 64/31
N0009085 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking to Implement the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 View Text 4/15/2011
Vol 58/15
N0005483 Proposed Rulemaking Errata Notice: Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Medical Marijuana Regulations View Text 11/19/2010
Vol 57/47
N0005342 Proposed Rulemaking Second Proposed Rulemaking to Implement the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Intiative of 1999 View Text 11/12/2010
Vol 57/46
N0004161 Proposed Rulemaking Proposed Rulemaking for Medical Marijuana Patient, Caregiver, Dispensary, and Cultivation Center registration regulations and Patient Recommendation regulations View Text 8/6/2010
Vol 57/32
N0064392 Final Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Regarding the Use of Pesticides in the Cultivation of Medical Marijuana View Text 7/14/2017
Vol 64/28
N0063384 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Concerning the use of pesticides in medical marijuana cultivation View Text 4/28/2017
Vol 64/17
N0062965 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - For Physician Referrals and Consultations for the Recommendation of Medical Marijuana View Text 3/31/2017
Vol 64/13
N0061090 Proposed Rulemaking Health, Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Prohibiting labeling, packaging, and production of edible products intended to appeal to children. View Text 11/11/2016
Vol 63/47
N0043467 Final Rulemaking Final Rulemaking amending the medical marijuana program regulations and adding regulations governing the medical marijuana advisory committee. View Text 7/12/2013
Vol 60/30
N0041521 Proposed Rulemaking Proposed Rulemaking establishing the medical marijuana advisory committee and the sliding scale program, and prohibiting the transfer of a cultivation center or dispensary registration to a new owner. View Text 3/29/2013
Vol 60/14
R0013783 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
7/12/2013

R0011333 Adopted Rule DEFINITIONS View Text Effective:
12/2/2011

N0017567 Final Rulemaking Final Rulemaking to implement the District's Medical Marijuana Program. View Text 12/2/2011
Vol 58/48
N0014194 Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking to Implement the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 View Text 8/12/2011
Vol 58/32
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