Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-427.28
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Fingerprints — Medical marijuana facility employees
Official statutory text
A. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall require all
employees of medical marijuana facilities to submit their
fingerprints to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI)
for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based
criminal background check.
B. The Authority may require that such fingerprint submissions
be made as part of an individual’s application for a license,
permit, identification card, or credential authorizing that
individual to be an employee of a medical marijuana facility.
C. Fingerprint cards and any required fees shall be sent to the
OSBI central repository. The fingerprint records shall be used for
searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be
forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal
criminal record search as provided in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of
the Oklahoma Statutes. The OSBI shall notify the Authority of any
criminal history record information or lack of criminal history
record information discovered on the submitting individual.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 150.9b of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, all records related to any criminal history
information discovered shall be accessible and available to the
Authority.
D. As used in this section:
1. “Employee” means any natural person who:
a. grows, harvests, dries, cures, purchases, sells,
transfers, transports, processes, produces,
manufactures, creates, or packages medical marijuana,
medical marijuana products, or medical marijuana waste
on behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana
commercial grower, processor, or dispensary,
b. samples, trains, or educates on behalf of or for a
licensed medical marijuana education or research
facility,
c. disposes of or transports medical marijuana, medical
marijuana products, and medical marijuana waste on
behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana waste
disposal facility,
d. tests and conducts research on medical marijuana and
medical marijuana products on behalf of or for a
medical marijuana licensed testing laboratory,
e. transports, stores, distributes, but does not take
ownership of, medical marijuana and medical marijuana
products on behalf of or for a licensed medical
marijuana commercial transporter,
f. tracks, traces, reports, and inputs any information
into the state inventory tracking system on behalf of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1201
or for a licensed medical marijuana commercial license
holder, or
g. serves in a role or provides services which would be
reasonably expected to involve regular physical
contact with medical marijuana, medical marijuana
products, or medical marijuana waste; and
2. “Medical marijuana facility” means an entity licensed or
certified by the Authority to acquire, cultivate, process,
manufacture, test, store, sell, transport, or deliver medical
marijuana.
employees of medical marijuana facilities to submit their
fingerprints to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI)
for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based
criminal background check.
B. The Authority may require that such fingerprint submissions
be made as part of an individual’s application for a license,
permit, identification card, or credential authorizing that
individual to be an employee of a medical marijuana facility.
C. Fingerprint cards and any required fees shall be sent to the
OSBI central repository. The fingerprint records shall be used for
searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be
forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal
criminal record search as provided in Section 150.9 of Title 74 of
the Oklahoma Statutes. The OSBI shall notify the Authority of any
criminal history record information or lack of criminal history
record information discovered on the submitting individual.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 150.9b of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, all records related to any criminal history
information discovered shall be accessible and available to the
Authority.
D. As used in this section:
1. “Employee” means any natural person who:
a. grows, harvests, dries, cures, purchases, sells,
transfers, transports, processes, produces,
manufactures, creates, or packages medical marijuana,
medical marijuana products, or medical marijuana waste
on behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana
commercial grower, processor, or dispensary,
b. samples, trains, or educates on behalf of or for a
licensed medical marijuana education or research
facility,
c. disposes of or transports medical marijuana, medical
marijuana products, and medical marijuana waste on
behalf of or for a licensed medical marijuana waste
disposal facility,
d. tests and conducts research on medical marijuana and
medical marijuana products on behalf of or for a
medical marijuana licensed testing laboratory,
e. transports, stores, distributes, but does not take
ownership of, medical marijuana and medical marijuana
products on behalf of or for a licensed medical
marijuana commercial transporter,
f. tracks, traces, reports, and inputs any information
into the state inventory tracking system on behalf of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1201
or for a licensed medical marijuana commercial license
holder, or
g. serves in a role or provides services which would be
reasonably expected to involve regular physical
contact with medical marijuana, medical marijuana
products, or medical marijuana waste; and
2. “Medical marijuana facility” means an entity licensed or
certified by the Authority to acquire, cultivate, process,
manufacture, test, store, sell, transport, or deliver medical
marijuana.
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