Ron Strider
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The state Department of Health has given conditional approval to five companies seeking new licenses to grow, produce and sell medical marijuana products, with plans to dole out full registrations later this month if those companies meet certain requirements.
That information, contained in documents related to a lawsuit filed in April against DOH, conforms with the department's public timeline for registering five new medical marijuana companies – doubling the business side of the program to 10 producers and sellers – by July.
It also comes as DOH battles with current "registered organizations," as they are known, over expanding the program. The New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association, on behalf of four of the five current companies, sued the department in late April over its moves toward registering new operators, claiming that doing so is not only illegal but could destroy the industry and harm thousands of patients.
In an affidavit included with court papers filed in state Supreme Court in Albany late last week, Nicole Quackenbush, director of the state's medical marijuana program, wrote that DOH had on May 25 conditionally registered five companies it had been considering for new licenses. Those five companies had been runners-up in the original medical marijuana license application process in 2015, scoring sixth through 10th out of 43 applicants.
Quackenbush wrote that DOH anticipates that full registrations will be given out within 30 days.
"Conditional registration provides these applicants with the assurance that their initial applications and updated paperwork have been deemed satisfactory by the department," DOH spokeswoman Jill Montag said. "This allows them to take the next steps in the process, including finalizing their locations, so patient access can continue to be improved."
In her affidavit, Quackenbush wrote that the companies "must satisfy certain regulatory conditions before being formally registered" and also submit to DOH inspection, provide lease information and meet security requirements.
"That is, (registered organizations) 6-10 will still need to meet these requirements before they can grow or manufacture medical cannabis, and ultimately begin sales," she wrote. "As such, ROs 6-10 will not immediately join the market as full entrants."
DOH anticipates that the new companies wouldn't begin selling products until early 2018, according to Quackenbush's affidavit.
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That information, contained in documents related to a lawsuit filed in April against DOH, conforms with the department's public timeline for registering five new medical marijuana companies – doubling the business side of the program to 10 producers and sellers – by July.
It also comes as DOH battles with current "registered organizations," as they are known, over expanding the program. The New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association, on behalf of four of the five current companies, sued the department in late April over its moves toward registering new operators, claiming that doing so is not only illegal but could destroy the industry and harm thousands of patients.
In an affidavit included with court papers filed in state Supreme Court in Albany late last week, Nicole Quackenbush, director of the state's medical marijuana program, wrote that DOH had on May 25 conditionally registered five companies it had been considering for new licenses. Those five companies had been runners-up in the original medical marijuana license application process in 2015, scoring sixth through 10th out of 43 applicants.
Quackenbush wrote that DOH anticipates that full registrations will be given out within 30 days.
"Conditional registration provides these applicants with the assurance that their initial applications and updated paperwork have been deemed satisfactory by the department," DOH spokeswoman Jill Montag said. "This allows them to take the next steps in the process, including finalizing their locations, so patient access can continue to be improved."
In her affidavit, Quackenbush wrote that the companies "must satisfy certain regulatory conditions before being formally registered" and also submit to DOH inspection, provide lease information and meet security requirements.
"That is, (registered organizations) 6-10 will still need to meet these requirements before they can grow or manufacture medical cannabis, and ultimately begin sales," she wrote. "As such, ROs 6-10 will not immediately join the market as full entrants."
DOH anticipates that the new companies wouldn't begin selling products until early 2018, according to Quackenbush's affidavit.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: State prepares for new medical marijuana companies - Capitol Confidential
Author: Matthew Hamilton
Contact: Help: Contact Us - Times Union
Photo Credit: John Carl D'Annibale
Website: Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Saratoga News, Weather, Sports, Capitol | timesunion.com - Times Union
