1. A. A dispensary shall establish standard operating procedures in accordance with this subtitle for all aspects of:

   1. (1) Inventory control, including:

      1. (a) Tracking the dispensary’s stock of cannabis in the seed-to-sale tracking system from the time it is received by the dispensary to the time it is delivered or dispensed to another licensee, a registrant, a qualifying patient, a registered caregiver, or an adult-use consumer; and
      2. (b) Monthly physical inventory;
   2. (2) Receiving cannabis or products containing cannabis;
   3. (3) Receipt, storage, and distribution of edible cannabis products;
   4. (4) Safe and sanitary storage of cannabis;
   5. (5) Equipment cleaning, maintenance, calibration;
   6. (6) Handling, packaging, and labeling cannabis and cannabis products;
   7. (7) Green waste procedures;
   8. (8) Security and visitor procedures, including theft and diversion prevention;
   9. (9) Storage, handling, and disposing of recalled materials;
   10. (10) Dispensing cannabis and cannabis products to qualifying patients, registered caregivers, and adult-use consumers; and

   11. (11) If applicable:

       1. (a) Delivering cannabis to a qualifying patient, a registered caregiver, or an adult-use consumer;
       2. (b) Repackaging cannabis into usable cannabis products;
       3. (c) Providing reduced cost or discount cannabis or cannabis products to its agents;
       4. (d) Drive-through or walk-up window dispensing;
       5. (e) Curbside dispensing; and
       6. (f) Examining at a specified regular interval GPS records of all delivery vehicles, including stops made along the delivery route.

2. B. A dispensary’s standard operating procedures shall:

   1. (1) Be available to each agent in a form the agent understands;
   2. (2) Be available on-site for inspection by the Administration; and
   3. (3) Accurately reflect the procedures used at the premises.

Authority: Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, §§36-202, 36-203, 36-401, and 36-410, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.09 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2023 (50:14 Md. R. 559); emergency status expired June 30, 2024

Regulations .01—.11 adopted as an emergency provision effective June 7, 2024 (51:14 Md. R. 676)

Regulations .01—.11 adopted effective July 22, 2024 (51:14 Md. R. 678)

Regulation .02M amended effective April 14, 2025 (52:7 Md. R. 324)

Regulation .02N amended effective March 16, 2026 (53:5 Md. R. 244)

Regulation .02O amended effective March 16, 2026 (53:5 Md. R. 244)

Regulation .02P amended effective April 14, 2025 (52:7 Md. R. 324); March 16, 2026 (53:5 Md. R. 244)

Regulation .02Q adopted effective April 14, 2025 (52:7 Md. R. 324)

Regulation .04E adopted effective April 14, 2025 (52:7 Md. R. 324)

Regulation .06B, D amended effective May 26, 2025 (52:10 Md. R. 436)

Regulation .10A, B amended effective April 14, 2025 (52:7 Md. R. 324)

Regulation .10D adopted effective April 14, 2025 (52:7 Md. R. 324)