1007 PROHIBITION ON UNAUTHORIZED SALES

1007.1 A licensee shall not deliver, dispense, give, sell, or serve medical cannabis, medical cannabis products, or paraphernalia to the following persons at the time of purchase:

1. (a) A person who is not a registered qualifying patient, caregiver, or otherwise authorized to purchase medical cannabis, medical cannabis products, or paraphernalia; or
2. (b) A minor unless the person holds a valid and unexpired medical cannabis patient card issued by ABCA or another jurisdiction and is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

1007.2 No licensee shall permit the possession or consumption of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products by a minor at the licensed facility unless the minor:

1. (a) is a qualifying patient at a Board-approved safe-use treatment facility, summer garden, or educational activity;
2. (b) Holds a valid and unexpired medical cannabis patient card issued by ABCA or another jurisdiction; and
3. (c) Is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

1007.3 Any stayed suspension days imposed by the Board shall activate and be served by the licensee upon a finding by the Board that the licensee has committed another violation of this section within one year of the date that the violation that resulted in the stayed suspension was adjudicated.

1007.4 It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the licensee or the licensee's agent was shown and inspected a fake or fraudulent identification document from the patient of such quality, and that lacked any of the indicia of a fake or fraudulent identification document, that a reasonable person would believe that it was valid. For the purposes of this subsection, if at the time of inspection, any of the following were present, the presumption shall be that a reasonable person would not believe that the identification document shown by the patient or the patient's caregiver was valid:

1. (a) The identification was visibly damaged;
2. (b) The identification lacked the physical materials or features of the valid identification being imitated;

(c) The photograph contained in the identification that was shown did not match the bearer;

(d) The identification is displayed past the printed expiration date; or

(e) The licensee or their agent knew or had reason to know the person who self-certified to obtain a patient registration card from ABCA was under the age of twenty-one (21).

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 002136 (February 20, 2026).