1301.1 Medical cannabis facility license fees shall be paid annually. The fee for the first year shall be paid within sixty (60) calendar days of Board approval but prior to license issuance. The renewal fee shall be paid on or before the anniversary date of issuance of the license.

1301.2 The applicant shall pay the annual license fee for the first year to the D.C. Treasurer. The applicant's duplicate receipt shall accompany the annual license fee payment.

1301.3 A licensee's failure to timely remit the annual license fee shall be cause for the Board to suspend a previously approved or issued license until the licensee pays the fee and any late fees imposed by the Board for late payment not to exceed the annual cost of the license. If a licensee is delinquent thirty (30) days or more on payment of the annual license fee, the Board shall give notice to the licensee of its intent to cancel the license. The licensee shall have fourteen (14) days to respond to the notice in writing. If the Board thereafter determines that the failure to pay the annual fee and late fee is not for good cause, the Board shall cancel the license.

1301.4 Nothing in this section shall preclude a medical cannabis business from paying in advance the second or third-year annual license fee.

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