1. A. Except as provided in R9-17-324, a dispensary may not transfer or assign the dispensary registration certificate.

2. B. A dispensary may change the location of the:

   1. 1. Dispensary:

      1. a. If the dispensary was allocated a dispensary registration certificate on or after April 1, 2020, according to A.R.S. § 36-2803.01(D); and

      2. b. If the dispensary was allocated a dispensary registration certificate before April 1, 2020:

         1. i. Within the first three years after the Department issued the dispensary’s registration certificate, to another location in the geographic area where the dispensary is located; or
         2. ii. After the first three years after the Department issued a dispensary registration certificate to the dispensary, to another location in the state; or
   2. 2. Dispensary’s cultivation site to another location in the state.

3. C. A dispensary or the dispensary’s cultivation site shall not cultivate, manufacture, distribute, dispense, or sell medical marijuana at a new location or make a change in the activities conducted at a current location until the dispensary:

   1. 1. Submits an application for a change in R9-17-307; and

   2. 2. Receives an amended dispensary registration certificate or an approval for:

      1. a. The dispensary’s new location, including the activities to be conducted at the new location;
      2. b. The dispensary’s cultivation site’s new location, including the activities to be conducted at the new location; or
      3. c. The requested change in the activities conducted at a current location.

Historical Note

New Section made by exempt rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 734, effective April 14, 2011 (Supp. 11-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 111, with an immediate effective date of January 15, 2021 (Supp. 20-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 1587, with an immediate effective date of September 7, 2021 (Supp. 21-3). Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 2562 (September 30, 2022), with an immediate effective date of September 8, 2022 (Supp. 22-3).