Section 22-C5411. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

 

5411.1Each applicant required to be registered under the Act and this title shall be required to undergo a criminal background check conducted by MPD prior to being registered. In the case of an applicant for a non-profit or for-profit corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, a criminal background check shall be conducted on all of its directors, officers, members, incorporators, or agents.  The criminal background check shall include both a local and FBI investigation. The applicant shall be responsible for paying the applicable fee to MPD.

 

5411.2 No director, officer, member, incorporator, agent, manager, or employee of a dispensary or cultivation center who has access to the medical marijuana at the dispensary or cultivation center shall have:

 

(a) A felony conviction; or

 

(b)A misdemeanor conviction for a drug-related offense.

authority

The Mayor, pursuant to section 14 of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 (Act), effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1671.01, et. seq. (2011 Supp.)).

source

Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10195 (December 2, 2011).