Minnesota Statutes 342.47 – Medical Cannabis Business Licenses
Subdivision 1.License types.
(a) The office shall issue the following types of medical cannabis business licenses:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 342.47
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
(1) medical cannabis cultivator;
(2) medical cannabis processor;
(3) medical cannabis retailer; and
(4) medical cannabis combination business license.
(b) The Division of Medical Cannabis may oversee the licensing and regulation of medical cannabis businesses.
Subd. 2.Multiple licenses; limits.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person, cooperative, or business holding:
(1) a medical cannabis cultivator license may also hold a medical cannabis processor license, a cannabis cultivator license, a cannabis manufacturer license, and a cannabis event organizer license subject to the ownership limitations that apply to those licenses;
(2) a medical cannabis processor license may also hold a medical cannabis cultivator license, a cannabis cultivator license, a cannabis manufacturer license, and a cannabis event organizer license subject to the ownership limitations that apply to those licenses; or
(3) a medical cannabis retailer license may also hold a cannabis mezzobusiness license, a cannabis retailer license, a cannabis delivery service license, and a cannabis event organizer license subject to the ownership limitations that apply to those licenses.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), no person, cooperative, or business holding a medical cannabis license may own or operate any other cannabis business or hemp business.
(c) The office by rule may limit the number of medical cannabis business licenses that a person or business may hold.
(d) For purposes of this subdivision, a restriction on the number of licenses or type of license that a business may hold applies to every cooperative member or every director, manager, and general partner of a medical cannabis business.
Subd. 3.Medical cannabis combination business license.
(a) A person, cooperative, or business holding a medical cannabis combination license is prohibited from owning or operating any other cannabis business or hemp business.
(b) A person or business may only hold one medical cannabis combination license.