Background
In the spring of 2017, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), and the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC; formerly the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation) released draft regulations for the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act of 2015.
The three licensing authorities held a series of public hearings on the draft medical cannabis regulations in the summer of 2017 and had planned to move forward with a separate regulatory framework for implementation of Proposition 64: The Adult Use Cannabis Act of 2016. However, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) in June 2017, creating one regulatory framework for both medicinal and adult use cannabis.
As a result, the draft medical cannabis regulations that were released in April 2017 were rescinded on October 6, 2017. The three state licensing authorities released emergency regulations in November 2017 which took effect in December 2017. In the Spring of 2018, all three licensing authorities released revised emergency regulations which were readopted on June 6, 2018.
On July 13, 2018, all three regulatory agencies released their proposed regular cannabis regulations, which began the formal rulemaking process and opened a 45-day public comment period. Revisions to the proposed permanent cannabis regulations were released on October 19, 2018, for an additional 15-day comment period.
In early December 2018, the three state regulatory agencies released their proposed regular cannabis regulations, as modified during the public comment period, that were filed with the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) for review. All three agencies also released their final statement of reasons for the regulations including responses to all comments received by the agencies during the public comment period. OAL has thirty days to review and approve the regulations with the regulations, if adopted, to go into effect immediately.
On January 16, 2019, OAL adopted the final regulations.
State Regulations and Materials
Final Regular Regulations and Summaries – Filed with OAL December 2018, Adopted by OAL January 2019
- CDPH – Manufacturing
- CDPH – Manufacturing Statement of Reasons
- CDPH Manufacturing Response to Comments
- CHEAC Summary of CDPH Responses to CHEAC comments
- CDFA – Cultivation
- CDFA – Cultivation Statement of Reasons
- CHEAC Summary of CDFA Responses to CHEAC comments
- BCC – Distribution, Transportation, Retailers, and Laboratories
- BCC – DTRL Statement of Reasons
- CHEAC Summary of BCC Responses to CHEAC comments
Revised Proposed Regular Regulations and Summaries – October 2018
- CDPH Manufacturing
- CHEAC Summary
- CDFA – Cultivation
- CHEAC Summary
- BCC – Distribution, Transportation, Retailers, and Laboratories
- CHEAC Summary
Emergency Regulations – September 2018
- CDPH – Manufacturing – CEQA Compliance and Shared-Use Facilities
Proposed Regular Regulations and Summaries – August 2018
- CDPH – Manufacturing
- CHEAC Summary
- CDFA – Cultivation
- CHEAC Summary
- BCC – Distribution, Transportation, Retailers, and Laboratories
- CHEAC Summary
Emergency Regulations and Summaries – May 2018
- CDPH – Manufacturing
- CHEAC Summary
- CDFA – Cultivation
- CHEAC Summary
- BCC – Distribution, Transportation, Retailers, and Laboratories
- CHEAC Summary
Emergency Regulations and Summary – April 2018
- CDPH – Manufacturing – CEQA Compliance and Shared-Use Facilities
- CHEAC Summary
Emergency Regulations and Summaries – November 2017
- CDPH – Manufacturing
- CHEAC Summary
- CDFA – Cultivation
- CHEAC Summary
- BCC – Distribution, Transportation, Dispensaries, and Laboratories
- CHEAC Summary
Draft Medical Cannabis Regulations and Summaries – April/May 2017
Please note: These proposed regulations have been rescinded as of October 6, 2017.
- CDPH – Manufacturing
- CHEAC Summary
- CDFA – Cultivation
- CHEAC Summary
- BMCR – Licensing Dispensaries, Distribution and Transporters
- CHEAC Summary
- BMCR – Testing Laboratories
Legislation
- AB 133 (Committee on Budget) – Chapter 253, Statutes of 2017
- Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act of 2017 (MAUCRSA)
- Proposition 64 Official Title and Summary
- Proposition 64: Adult Use of Marijuana Act
State Resources
CHEAC Activities
Memos and Letters
- CHEAC Recommendation Letter to Governor’s Office on Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) Regarding Proposition 64 California Community Reinvestment Grants – December 13, 2018
- Proposition 64 – Cannabis Funding Distributions – February 20, 2018
- State Budget Cannabis Trailer Bill Summary – June 30, 2017
Updates and Overviews
- Cannabis Trailer Bill Heard in Assembly – April 28, 2017
- State Releases Proposed Medical Cannabis Regulations – April 28, 2017
- Administration Releases Cannabis Trailer Bill – April 7, 2017
- LAO Cannabis Proposal Analysis – February 18, 2017
All CHEAC Updates related to medical and adult-use cannabis are available here.
Webinars
MMIC Webinar – January 19, 2018
- MMIC Webinar Slide Deck
- Los Angeles County Physician Attestation Form
- Los Angeles County MMIC Manual (Draft)
- San Bernardino County Physician Attestation Form
- San Bernardino County MMIC Manual
- Sample Attestation Form (.docx)
Resources
Analyses and Reports
- Report on the Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Presentations
- February 2017 Cannabis Implementation Presentation – Mark Starr, Deputy Director for Environmental Health, California Department of Public Health
- 2016 Presentations – Denver Marijuana Management Symposium