Starting a Colorado Dispensary – Permits

and Licenses You Should Have

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Introduction

• Arguably, the cannabis capital of the United States, Colorado’s marijuana laws make life a little easier than other places if you are planning to open a dispensary.

• That said, it’s not as though you can just roll into the Rocky Mountain State tomorrow and start selling weed, especially if you’re going down the route followed by the Colorado dispensaries of helping those in need through the distribution of medical marijuana.

• Sure, you may not have to jump through as many hoops to get going as you probably would in other states.

• But if you’re going to run a marijuana dispensary legally and legitimately, you’ll want to arm yourselves with the correct licenses and permits.

• Here’s a summary of what you will need:• Medical marijuana vendor registration• Seller’s Permit• Colorado medical marijuana business license• Other types of medical marijuana business licenses

Medical Marijuana Vendor Registration

• The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division says that vendor is a requirement for:

“All businesses that work within the Medical Marijuana industry providing services to industry members and whose employees commonly work within restricted areas of the MM business or take custody of Medical Marijuana products for transportation.”

• So, if you are starting a Colorado dispensary or cannabis delivery service, you’ll need to get one of these!

Colorado Medical Marijuana Occupational Business License

• There’s actually two types of Occupational Business License, though depending on the size of your cannabusiness, you may only need the first one:• Key employees• Support employees

Key Employees• This is for anyone whose work, or the decisions they make have a

significant impact on your operations, such as the master grower or a member of your management team responsible for day-to-day running of your store without actually being an owner.

Support Employees• Bud tenders, assistants, and other employees who make work at

your medical cannabis dispensary but do not many any important decisions will need to get a license for support staff.

• You’ll get one occupational license, with your vendor registration, but the MED then asks you to get separate ones for other members of your crew.

• To help you out and your team, we’ve put together this guide on how to apply for medical marijuana occupational business license.

Seller’s Permit

• When you open your dispensary, the sales of marijuana that you make will all be taxable.

• As a result, it pay’s to sign up for a seller’s permit.

Other Types of Medical Marijuana Business License

• Ok, so we’ve listed the key dispensary permits and licenses you’re going to need in the previous slides, but, there are a few more things you might need to check out.

• Let’s take a quick look, shall we?

Medical Marijuana Center Business License• You can’t a open a dispensary in Colorado without this one.• It essentially covers you for the retail sales of medical marijuana,

but doesn’t permit you to grow weed or produce any products on the premises.

Medical Marijuana Optional Premises Cultivation (OPC)

• This one, on the other hand, only covers the premises where you’ll grow and process cannabis for sale to retail outlets.

Medical Marijuana Infused Product Manufacturer• If you are going to produce things like edibles and other cannabis-

infused products, this is the license that you will need.

Conclusion

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