Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-427.19

A. A medical marijuana research license may be issued to a

person to grow, cultivate, possess and transfer, by sale or

donation, marijuana pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and

Patient Protection Act for the limited research purposes identified

in this section.

B. The annual fee for a medical marijuana research license

shall be Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and shall be payable by an

applicant for a medical marijuana research license upon submission

of his or her application to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana

Authority.

C. A medical marijuana research license may be issued for the

following research purposes:

1. To test chemical potency and composition levels;

2. To conduct clinical investigations of marijuana-derived

medicinal products;

3. To conduct research on the efficacy and safety of

administering marijuana as part of medical treatment;

4. To conduct genomic, horticultural or agricultural research;

and

5. To conduct research on marijuana-affiliated products or

systems.

D. 1. As part of the application process for a medical

marijuana research license, an applicant shall submit to the

Authority a description of the research that the applicant intends

to conduct and whether the research will be conducted with a public

institution or using public money. If the research will not be

conducted with a public institution or with public money, the

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Authority shall grant the application if it determines that the

applicant meets the criteria in this section.

2. If the research will be conducted with a public institution

or public money, the Authority shall review the research project of

the applicant to determine if it meets the requirements of this

section and to assess the following:

a. the quality, study design, value or impact of the

project,

b. whether the applicant has the appropriate personnel,

expertise, facilities, infrastructure, funding and

human, animal or other approvals in place to

successfully conduct the project, and

c. whether the amount of marijuana to be grown by the

applicant is consistent with the scope and goals of

the project.

3. If the Authority determines that the research project does

not meet the requirements of this section or assesses the criteria

to be inadequate, the application shall be denied.

E. A medical marijuana research licensee may only transfer, by

sale or donation, marijuana grown within its operation to other

medical marijuana research licensees. The Authority may revoke a

medical marijuana research license for violations of this section

and any other violation of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and

Patient Protection Act.

F. A medical marijuana research licensee may contract to

perform research in conjunction with a public higher education

research institution or another medical marijuana research licensee.

G. The growing, cultivating, possessing or transferring, by

sale or donation, of marijuana in accordance with this section and

the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, by a medical marijuana

research licensee shall not be a criminal or civil offense under

state law. A medical marijuana research license shall be issued in

the name of the applicant and shall specify the location in this

state at which the medical marijuana research licensee intends to

operate. A medical marijuana research licensee shall not allow any

other person to exercise the privilege of the license.

H. If the research conducted includes a public institution or

public money, the Authority shall review any reports made by medical

marijuana research licensees under state licensing authority rule

and provide the Authority with its determination on whether the

research project continues to meet research qualifications pursuant

to this section.

I. Submission of an application for a medical marijuana

research license shall constitute permission for entry to and
money, the Authority shall review any reports made by medical

marijuana research licensees under state licensing authority rule

and provide the Authority with its determination on whether the

research project continues to meet research qualifications pursuant

to this section.

I. Submission of an application for a medical marijuana

research license shall constitute permission for entry to and

inspection of the facility of the medical marijuana research

licensee during hours of operation and other reasonable times.

Refusal to permit such entry for inspection shall constitute grounds

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for the nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of the medical

marijuana research license. The Authority, the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation, and the Attorney General may perform an

unannounced, on-site inspection of the operations and any facility

of the medical marijuana research licensee. If the Authority

receives a complaint concerning noncompliance by a medical marijuana

research licensee, the Authority, the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Oklahoma State Bureau of

Investigation, and the Attorney General may conduct additional

unannounced, on-site inspections beyond the required biannual

inspections provided for in Section 427.6 of this title. The

Authority shall refer all complaints alleging criminal activity that

are made against a licensed medical marijuana research facility to

appropriate state or local law enforcement authorities.