Section 1290.150  Dispensing Organization Renewals

a)         Every dispensing organization registration issued under the Act shall expire annually, on the date it was issued.  A registered dispensing organization shall receive written notice 90 days prior to the expiration of its registration that the registration will expire.

b)         The Division will accept renewal applications within 45 days before the date a registration expires.  Provided the dispensing organization is in compliance with the Act and this Part, and the renewal fee is paid, the Division shall renew the registration within 45 days after the renewal request submission. (See Section 1290.80.)

c)         If the dispensary premises is leased, when submitting for renewal the dispensing organization must provide documentation that the registered premises has been leased for the following calendar year.

d)         Upon a dispensing organization's request for a renewal, the Division shall consider the dispensing organization's history of compliance with regulations promulgated under the Act, the number and severity of any violations, and the correction of violations, penalties or other enforcement actions. 

e)         The Director of the Division may deny a dispensing organization's request to renew a registration due to poor compliance history or if it has been disciplined under the Act or this Part.

f)         If a renewal fee is not paid before the registration's expiration date, and the dispensing organization has not requested an extension of time to renew, the registration expires on the registration expiration date.

g)         Dispensing medical cannabis on an expired registration is unlawful under the Act, unlicensed activity and grounds for discipline.

h)         If the Division, after notice to the dispensing organization, denies the request to renew a registration and the registrant contests the non-renewal, it shall be entitled to an administrative hearing in accordance with the hearing rights prescribed in the Act and this Part.