1. (1) The purpose of OAR 845-025-7000 to 845-025-7190 is to set the minimum standards for the packaging and labeling of marijuana items and hemp items that are for ultimate sale or transfer to a consumer, patient, or designated primary caregiver at an OMMP registered dispensary or OLCC licensed retailer. These minimum standards are applicable to:

   1. (a) A Commission licensee as defined in OAR 845-025-1015;
   2. (b) A Commission-certified hemp handler transferring a hemp item to a licensee if the hemp item is in its final form ready for sale or transfer to a consumer; and
   3. (c) A person registered with the Authority under ORS 475C.770 to 475C.919 who is not exempt from the labeling requirements as described in section (2) of this rule.

2. (2) The labeling requirements in these rules do not apply to:

   1. (a) A grower if the grower is transferring usable marijuana or an immature marijuana plant to:

      1. (A) A patient who designated the grower to grow marijuana for the patient; or
      2. (B) A designated primary caregiver of the patient who designated the grower to grow marijuana for the patient.
   2. (b) A designated primary caregiver of a patient if the caregiver is transferring a marijuana item to a patient of the designated primary caregiver.
   3. (c) A licensee or registrant transferring a bulk quantity or amount of marijuana items to another licensee or registrant for processing or packaging.
   4. (d) A licensee, hemp handler, or hemp grower transferring a bulk quantity or amount of a hemp item or industrial hemp to a licensee for processing or packaging.
   5. (e) A marijuana processor registered under ORS 475C.141 when the marijuana processor receives marijuana or usable marijuana from a patient or a designated primary caregiver and processes the marijuana or usable marijuana into cannabinoid products, cannabinoid concentrates, and cannabinoid extracts and transfers the processed marijuana items back to the patient or designated primary caregiver.

3. (3) Nothing in these rules prohibits the Commission, the Authority, or the Oregon Department of Agriculture from:

   1. (a) Imposing additional labeling requirements in their respective rules governing licensees and registrants as long as those additional labeling requirements are not inconsistent with these rules; or
   2. (b) Requiring licensees or registrants to provide informational material to a consumer, patient, or designated primary caregiver at the point of sale.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 475C.604, ORS 475C.612 & 571.337

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 475C.604 & ORS 475C.612

History

OLCC 202-2022, amend filed 11/21/2022, effective 01/01/2023
OLCC 144-2022, minor correction filed 03/25/2022, effective 03/25/2022
OLCC 6-2018, adopt filed 05/23/2018, effective 06/01/2018