Section 22-C5400. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL APPLICANTS

 

5400.1Before issuing, or renewing a registration or permit for either a business applicant or an individual applicant, the Director shall determine that the applicant meets all of the following criteria:

 

(a)The applicant is of good character and generally fit for the responsibilities of registration;

 

(b)The applicant is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

 

(c)The applicant has not been convicted of any felony before filing the application;

 

(d)The applicant has not been convicted of a misdemeanor for a drug-related offense before filing the application;

 

(e)The applicant has paid the annual fee;

 

(f)The applicant is not a licensed physician making patient recommendations;

 

(g)The applicant is not a person whose authority to be a caregiver or qualified patient has been revoked by the Department; and

 

(h)The applicant has complied with all the requirements of the Act and this title.

 

5400.2The Director shall not register either a business applicant or an individual applicant that has failed to file required District tax returns or owes more than one hundred dollars ($100) in outstanding debt to the District as a result of the items specified in D.C. Official Code: § 47-2862(a)(1) through (6)(2005 Repl.; 2011 Supp.), subject to the exceptions specified in D.C. Official Code § 47-2862(b)(2005 Repl. & 2011 Supp.).

 

authority

Section 14 of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Amendment Act of 2010 (Act), effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1671.01, et seq.), and Mayor’s Order 2011-71, dated April 13, 2011.

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, 10174 (December 2, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 10061 (July 12, 2013).