Section 22-C6000. DIRECTOR REVIEW OF REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS

 

6000.1No registration application shall be approved until the Director has determined that the applicant has complied with the requirements of §    5400.1 or, in the case of a renewal, in compliance with the legal     requirements of the Act and this subtitle.  The Department shall also have    considered, in the case of a third renewal for a cultivation center or    dispensary, any timely comments filed by an ANC located in the affected    ward.

 

6000.2The Director may deny an application for good cause.  For purposes of this section, “good cause” shall include, but not be limited to, a finding by the Department that either:

 

(a) The applicant does not meet the requirements or has failed to comply with any of the provisions of the Act or this subtitle;

 

(b) The registered premises has been operated in a manner that adversely affects the public health or welfare of the neighborhood in which the establishment is located; or

 

(c) In the case of a third year renewal, timely comments received from an ANC located in the affected ward regarding the proposed or current location warrant denying the application.

 

6000.3 Within sixty (60) days of receiving the final proposed selections from the panel, the Director shall notify the applicant and the ANCs located in the    affected ward of the approval or denial of the application.

 

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, 10219 (December 2, 2011).