Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-402
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program:
1. “Department” means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry;
2. “Fiber” means the stalk of the industrial hemp plant and
does not include the flower or seeds of the plant;
3. “Flower” means the part of the industrial hemp plant that
contains the majority of the industrial hemp plant’s
tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids;
4. “Grain” means all of the parts of an industrial hemp plant
except the stalk or the flower of the industrial hemp plant;
5. “Handling” means possessing or storing industrial hemp for
any period of time on premises owned, operated or controlled by a
person licensed to cultivate or process industrial hemp and also
includes possessing or storing industrial hemp in a vehicle for any
period of time other than during its actual transport from the
premises of a licensed person to cultivate or process industrial
hemp to the premises of another licensed person;
6. “Industrial hemp” means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any
part of the plant, including the seeds thereof, and all derivatives,
extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers,
whether growing or not, with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol
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concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on
a dry-weight basis;
7. “Key participant” means a person who has a direct or
indirect financial interest in the entity producing hemp, such as an
owner or partner in a partnership. A key participant includes an
individual who is part of a corporate entity or a tribal-owned
corporation. A key participant also includes an executive-level
individual such as a chief executive officer, chief operating
officer, or chief financial officer. Such term shall not include
such management personnel as a farm, field, or shift manager or a
member of the leadership of a tribal government who is acting in his
or her capacity as a tribal leader except when such member exercises
executive managerial control over hemp production;
8. “Licensee” means a person who holds a valid Industrial Hemp
License to grow industrial hemp under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp
Program. A licensee shall have the ability to remediate
noncompliant industrial hemp with a total delta-9
tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than one percent
(1.0%) on a dry-weight basis for retesting as set forth by the
Department as long as the noncompliant industrial hemp has a total
delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-
tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis after retesting,
and the option to remediate the industrial hemp through the
reasonable destruction of the flower or shredding of the entire lot
into a homogeneous biomass results in the remediation of any part of
the industrial hemp plant that is above three-tenths of one percent
(0.3%) on a dry-weight basis. All noncompliant hemp must be tracked
and documented. The State Board of Agriculture shall have
jurisdiction over such remediation, which includes, but is not
limited to, destruction through composting, burning, or other
regulated disposal methods if the industrial hemp is not remediated
into a final product before processing below three-tenths of one
percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis;
9. “License” means authorization by the Department for any
person to grow and cultivate industrial hemp on a registered land
area as part of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program; and
10. “Processing” means converting industrial hemp into a
marketable form, including the production of all derivatives,
extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers.
1. “Department” means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry;
2. “Fiber” means the stalk of the industrial hemp plant and
does not include the flower or seeds of the plant;
3. “Flower” means the part of the industrial hemp plant that
contains the majority of the industrial hemp plant’s
tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids;
4. “Grain” means all of the parts of an industrial hemp plant
except the stalk or the flower of the industrial hemp plant;
5. “Handling” means possessing or storing industrial hemp for
any period of time on premises owned, operated or controlled by a
person licensed to cultivate or process industrial hemp and also
includes possessing or storing industrial hemp in a vehicle for any
period of time other than during its actual transport from the
premises of a licensed person to cultivate or process industrial
hemp to the premises of another licensed person;
6. “Industrial hemp” means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any
part of the plant, including the seeds thereof, and all derivatives,
extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers,
whether growing or not, with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol
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concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on
a dry-weight basis;
7. “Key participant” means a person who has a direct or
indirect financial interest in the entity producing hemp, such as an
owner or partner in a partnership. A key participant includes an
individual who is part of a corporate entity or a tribal-owned
corporation. A key participant also includes an executive-level
individual such as a chief executive officer, chief operating
officer, or chief financial officer. Such term shall not include
such management personnel as a farm, field, or shift manager or a
member of the leadership of a tribal government who is acting in his
or her capacity as a tribal leader except when such member exercises
executive managerial control over hemp production;
8. “Licensee” means a person who holds a valid Industrial Hemp
License to grow industrial hemp under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp
Program. A licensee shall have the ability to remediate
noncompliant industrial hemp with a total delta-9
tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than one percent
(1.0%) on a dry-weight basis for retesting as set forth by the
Department as long as the noncompliant industrial hemp has a total
delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-
tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis after retesting,
and the option to remediate the industrial hemp through the
reasonable destruction of the flower or shredding of the entire lot
into a homogeneous biomass results in the remediation of any part of
the industrial hemp plant that is above three-tenths of one percent
(0.3%) on a dry-weight basis. All noncompliant hemp must be tracked
and documented. The State Board of Agriculture shall have
jurisdiction over such remediation, which includes, but is not
limited to, destruction through composting, burning, or other
regulated disposal methods if the industrial hemp is not remediated
into a final product before processing below three-tenths of one
percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis;
9. “License” means authorization by the Department for any
person to grow and cultivate industrial hemp on a registered land
area as part of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program; and
10. “Processing” means converting industrial hemp into a
marketable form, including the production of all derivatives,
extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers.
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