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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Subdivision 1. Authorized actions. A cannabis wholesaler license entitles the license holder to:
(1) purchase immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products from cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis cultivators, cannabis manufacturers, and cannabis microbusinesses;
(2) purchase hemp plant parts and propagules from industrial hemp growers licensed under chapter 18K;
(3) purchase hemp concentrate from an industrial hemp processor licensed under chapter 18K;
(4) sell immature cannabis plants and seedlings, cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, and hemp-derived consumer products to cannabis microbusinesses, cannabis mezzobusinesses, cannabis manufacturers, and cannabis retailers;
(5) sell lower-potency hemp edibles to lower-potency hemp edible retailers;
(6) import hemp-derived consumer products and lower-potency hemp edibles that contain hemp concentrate or artificially derived cannabinoids that are derived from hemp plants or hemp plant parts; and
(7) perform other actions approved by the office.
Subd. 2. Additional information required. In addition to the information required to be submitted undersection 342.14, subdivision 1, and rules adopted pursuant to that section, a person, cooperative, or business seeking a cannabis wholesaler license must submit the following information in a form approved by the office:
(1) an operating plan demonstrating the proposed layout of the facility including a diagram of ventilation and filtration systems and policies to avoid sales to unlicensed cannabis businesses; and
(2) evidence that the business will comply with the applicable operation requirements for the license being sought.
Subd. 3. Multiple licenses; limits. (a) A person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis wholesaler license may also hold a cannabis transporter license, a cannabis delivery service license, and a cannabis event organizer license.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), no person, cooperative, or business holding a cannabis wholesaler license may own or operate any other cannabis business or hemp business.
(c) The office by rule may limit the number of cannabis wholesaler licenses a person or business may hold.
(d) For purposes of this subdivision, a restriction on the number or type of license a business may hold applies to every cooperative member or every director, manager, and general partner of a cannabis business.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Minnesota Statutes Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection (Ch. 324-341) § 342.33. Cannabis wholesaler licensing - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mn/trade-regulations-consumer-protection-ch-324-341/mn-st-sect-342-33/
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