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Maryland Responsible Vendor Certification
All registered cannabis business agents employed at any licensed dispensary location must complete a Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) approved Responsible Vendor Training (RVT) that’s required to meet compliance training requirements outlined by state laws (COMAR 14.17.15.05). A cannabis agent must be registered with the MCA before the agent may volunteer or work for a cannabis licensee and complete their MCA-approved RVT program annually.
The Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) outlined a comprehensive Responsible Vendor Training (RVT) framework for cannabis business agents that includes information from required licenses, and age requirements, to patient registry cards issued in the state’s cannabis industry. RVT programs are pivotal compliance training requirements for registered agents to ensure they don’t cause any administrative or criminal liability for licensees from legal court sanctions.
This proactive Responsible Vendor Training (RVT) required by the Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) highlights statutory and regulatory requirements for all employees and owners related to cannabis sale, transfer, and delivery to foster a compliant cannabis industry. Agents will learn acceptable identification forms including patient and caregiver identification cards to state and local licensing for enforcement that includes information on serving size, Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cannabinoid potency, and cannabis impairment.
With Maryland’s growing cannabis industry, the demand for compliant cannabis business agents is critical to ensure everyone is trained to operate legally and responsibly to satisfy state training requirements plus ensure industry best practices are implemented as required by law. The Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, Sec. 36-501 requires all cannabis licensees to have agents complete a Responsible Vendor Training (RVT) program annually to enhance the safety of Maryland medical patients, adult-use consumers, and industry workers.
Licensees still must train all agents on procedures specific to their operations and premises, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), security and safety procedures, including responding to medical emergencies, fires, chemical spills, and threatening events such as an armed robbery, invasion, burglary, or other criminal incident. To reduce the burden for licensees to meet the state’s compliance requirements, Green CulturED provides Maryland Safety & Security Training (tuition-free) to help supplement in-house training for premise-specific topics that are mandated for licensees to provide cannabis business agents.
Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) approved Responsible Vendor Training (RVT) programs provide required training on regulatory requirements including licensing protocols, age verification, record retention, privacy requirements & laws for handling cannabis compliantly.
Registered Maryland cannabis agents are required to complete an RVT program annually as mandated by COMAR 14.17.15.05(E)(2) & the Alcoholic Beverages & Cannabis Article, §36-1001(C), Annotated Code of Maryland. RVT programs are delivered online or through virtual classrooms, they must verify participants’ identity, for online training it’s required to be interactive throughout the training that’s at least four (4) hours in length.
- Provide a core curriculum of relevant statutory and regulatory provisions (Section 36-1001(3)).
- Information on required licenses, age requirements, patient registry cards issued by the Administration, maintenance of records, privacy issues, and unlawful acts (Section 36-1001(3)(i)).
- Administrative and criminal liability and license and court sanctions (Section 36-1001(3)(ii)).
- Statutory and regulatory requirements for employees and owners (Section 36-1001(3)(iii)).
- Statutory and regulatory requirements related to cannabis sale, transfer, and delivery (Section 36-1001(3)(iv)).
- Acceptable forms of identification, including patient and caregiver identification cards (Section 36-1001(3)(v)).
- State and local licensing and enforcement (Section 36-1001(3)(vi)).
- Information on serving size, THC and cannabinoid potency, and impairment (Section 36-1001(3)(vii)).
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Who is required to complete Maryland Responsible Vendor Training (RVT)?
Responsible Vendor Training (RVT) programs support licensee compliance and enhance the safety of Maryland medical cannabis patients, adult-use consumers, and industry employees. Registered agents who are employed at any dispensary location, in any capacity, are required to complete an MCA-approved RVT course. Registered agents who function at both a grower or processor and a dispensary are also required to complete the course and more information about RVT standards is available in the Responsible Vendor Training (RVT) Application Guidance and under COMAR 14.17.15.05(E)(2)—Cannabis Business Agents.
Are agents required to complete Responsible Vendor Training (RVT)?
Who is eligible to provide Maryland Responsible Vendor Training (RVT)?
Business entities, cannabis education professionals, and other qualified professionals who meet minimum qualifications may apply (see Responsible Vendor Training (RVT) Application Guidance, Owners and Key Personnel). An owner or employee of an entity providing a RVT is not permitted to have employment by or interest in a Maryland cannabis licensee or registrant.
Please Note: Approved Responsible Vendor Training providers may elect to add additional, value-added, material outside of the scope of what MCA requires in COMAR 14.17.15.05(E)(2).
Do licensees still need to continue to provide their own training?
Licensees must train all agents on procedures specific to their operations and premises, including:
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Security Procedures
- Safety Procedures
Including responding to:
- Fire
- Chemical Spill
- Medical Emergency
- A threatening event such as an armed robbery, invasion, burglary, or other criminal incident.
What are the obligations for prioritizing patients in their designated line?
A dispensary must either provide exclusive access to patients and caregivers for at least one hour per day or establish a dedicated service line to serve only patients and caregivers for the duration of the licensed premises’ operating hours.
A dispensary that chooses to provide a dedicated service line for patients and caregivers must make a good-faith effort to prioritize patients and caregivers waiting in line over adult-use consumers. For example, if a dispensary has one agent tending to the designated line and multiple agents tending to adult-use customers in other lines, agents should make sure there are no patients or caregivers waiting to be served in the designated lines before tending to the next adult-use customer.
What can and can’t a dispensary do outside of business hours?
A dispensary must make and record all sales between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and should not allow any consumer or patient to enter the premises outside of that window. Within that window, the dispensary may set and post operating hours for entering individuals into a lobby or the operations zone however it believes will best manage patient and consumer flow.
A dispensary may conduct setup, closing, or other business activities, including receiving delivery orders, outside of those hours as long as the dispensary is closed to the public and cannabis inventory is locked in the secure room as required. For inventory and repackaging purposes, the secure room may be open and cannabis inventory may be outside of the secure room during the two hours immediately before and after a dispensary’s posted hours of operation. If a dispensary needs additional time to complete these activities, they may request an exemption via email to their MCA regional investigator.
What may be sold to Maryland's adult-use consumers?
Adult-use consumers may purchase:
- Cannabis vaporizing devices, of any product weight (ex. vapes, etc.)
- Concentrated cannabis products with a total weight of one (1) gram (g) or less
- Infused pre-rolls of any product weight
- Infused non-edible cannabis products (no potency limit)
- Home cultivation products – up to two (2) plants
- Usable cannabis products (ex. flower, pre-rolls, etc.)
- Edible cannabis products, capsules, and tinctures containing up to ten (10) milligrams (mg) of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per serving or one-hundred (100) mg of THC per package
A dispensary agent may not knowingly dispense to an adult-use consumer an amount of cannabis or cannabis products greater than the personal use amount under Criminal Law Article, §5-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, in a single day.
How much cannabis can you purchase in Maryland?
Adult-use consumers in Maryland may purchase up to the personal use amount authorized under law. This amount is up to one-and-a-half (1.5) ounces (oz) of cannabis flower (including joints and pre-rolls), twelve (12) grams (g) of concentrated cannabis, or a total amount of edible cannabis products that do not exceed seven-hundred and fifty (750) milligrams (mg) Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
These are combined limits, an individual purchasing the MAXIMUM amount of any one product type MAY NOT purchase any additional product type(s). A qualifying patient may possess up to the amount of cannabis or cannabis-infused products that are authorized in their written certification.
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How does the legislation address social equity?
The legislation prioritizes equity in cannabis licensing and seeks to ensure that individuals and communities harmed by cannabis prohibition can access the economic opportunities associated with cannabis legalization. Specifically, it prioritizes diversity and equity in licensing by:
- Establishing exclusive social equity applicant licensing rounds for individuals and businesses from communities disproportionately harmed by cannabis prohibition and enforcement;
Providing access to capital – in the form of grants and no-interest loans – and technical application and operational assistance to businesses that qualify as social equity applicants. - Establishing new license categories (e.g., on-site consumption, incubator) and classes of licenses (e.g., micro businesses) that require less capital to operationalize.
- Eliminating non-violent cannabis convictions as a barrier to employment in the cannabis industry.
- Creating an Office of Social Equity that will assist social equity applicants and small, minority- and women-owned businesses apply for licenses and obtain financing for their businesses.
- Eliminating barriers to entry for small businesses, such as property requirements, high application fees, and competitive scoring applications.
Additionally, the laws passed in 2022 and 2023:
- Establish a process for expungement of cases in which possession of less than 10 grams of cannabis is the only charge (along with additional expungement provisions).
- Increase the amount of cannabis a person may possess that is subject to a civil fine rather than criminal penalty from 10 grams to 2.5 ounces (effective January 1, 2023)
- Establish new funds including a business assistance fund to increase participation in the cannabis industry by small, minority, and women-owned businesses and a community reinvestment and repair fund, which provides monies to communities disproportionately impacted by cannabis prohibition and enforcement. Approximately thirty percent of adult-use sales tax revenue (less MCA operating costs) goes to the community reinvestment and repair fund.