For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
AMENDMENT 2
A voter-initiated amendment to the Missouri constitution
adopted November 6, 2018, codified as Section 1 of Article XIV of
the Missouri Constitution.
COUNTY LICENSE
A County Medical Marijuana Business License issued by St.
Charles County pursuant to this Chapter.
DEPARTMENT
The State of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services,
or its successor agency.
FACILITY
A Medical Marijuana Cultivation Facility; a Medical Marijuana-Infused
Products Manufacturing Facility; a Medical Marijuana Testing Facility;
a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility; a Medical Marijuana Transportation
Facility; any combination thereof; or any business related to the
possession, sale, use, cultivation, or manufacture of Marijuana. Any
warehouses constructed for a Facility are to be considered part of
the Facility for which the warehouse is being constructed.
IDENTIFICATION CARD
A card issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior
Services that permits a Qualified Patient or Primary Caregiver to
purchase medical Marijuana.
LICENSEE
An entity issued a license or certification by the Department
for the cultivation, manufacture, dispensing, sale, testing, tracking,
and/or transportation of Marijuana for medical use.
MARIJUANA or MARIHUANA
Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, and Cannabis ruderalis,
hybrids of such species, and any other strains commonly understood,
within the scientific community to constitute marijuana, as well as
resin extracted from the plant and marijuana-infused products. "Marijuana"
or "Marihuana" does not include industrial hemp containing a crop-wide
average tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed three-tenths
of one percent (3/10 of 1%) on a dry weight basis, or commodities
or products manufactured from industrial hemp.
MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS
Products that are infused with Marijuana or an extract thereof
and are intended for use or consumption other than by smoking, including
but not limited to edible products, ointments, tinctures, and concentrates.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY
A Facility licensed by the Department to acquire, cultivate,
process, store, transport, and sell marijuana to a Medical Marijuana
Dispensary Facility, Medical Marijuana Testing Facility, or to a Medical
Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY FACILITY
A Facility licensed by the Department, to acquire, store,
sell, transport, and deliver Marijuana, Marijuana-Infused Products,
and drug paraphernalia used to administer Marijuana as provided for
in this Section to a Qualifying Patient, a Primary Caregiver, another
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a Medical Marijuana Testing
Facility, or a Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA TRANSPORTATION FACILITY
A Facility certified by the Department to transport Marijuana
to a Qualifying Patient, a Primary Caregiver, a Medical Marijuana
Cultivation Facility, a Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing
Facility, a Medical Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a Medical Marijuana
Testing Facility, or another Medical Marijuana Transportation Facility.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA-INFUSED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING FACILITY
A Facility licensed by the Department to acquire, store,
manufacture, transport, and sell Marijuana-Infused Products to a Medical
Marijuana Dispensary Facility, a Medical Marijuana Testing Facility,
or to another Medical Marijuana-Infused Products Manufacturing Facility.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, firm, company, corporation, association,
sole proprietorship, limited liability company, joint venture, estate,
trust, or other legal entity.
PRIMARY CAREGIVER
An individual twenty-one (21) years of age or older who has
significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a Qualifying
Patient and who is designated as such on the Primary Caregiver's
application for an identification card or in other written notification
to the Department.