Under the current law, a grower can be a registered patient or a designated provider, both registered under the Department of Health. A grower can cultivate no more than fifteen cannabis plants and no more than twenty-four ounces of useable cannabis. If the person is both a qualifying patient and a designated provide/caregiver for a qualifying patient, he cannot possess more than twice the legal amount.
A new law has been approved that will take effect on July 1, 2016, wherein growers such as patients or designated providers must be registered with the Liquor Control Board and can form a cooperative or collective garden for up to ten patients or designated providers to cultivate in one of the member’s places and no where else. For cooperative members, everyone should be 21 years of age or above and none may be a member of another cooperative group. Plants to be grown for a cooperative should total no more than fifteen plants for each patient and not more than forty-five plants in one collective garden group, producing no more than twenty-four ounces of useable cannabis per patient and totaling up to seventy-two ounces of useable cannabis. A copy of each qualifying patient’s valid documentation or proof of registration with the registry, including a copy of the patient’s proof of identity, must be available at all times.
Current Requirements
- Must be 21 years of age or above.
- Must be registered with the Department of Health.
- Must be in a fully enclosed, secure, indoor facility or greenhouse with rigid walls, a roof, and doors.
- Outdoor production must be enclosed by a sight-obscuring wall or fence at least eight feet high