The Pennsylvania Department of Health coordinates the state’s Medical Marijuana Program (MMP). The MMP provides access to medical marijuana for patients with a serious medical condition through a safe and effective method of delivery that balances patient need for access to the latest treatments with patient care and safety as top priority.
An applicant for a grower/processor permit shall provide an affidavit that the applicant has at least $2 million in capital, $500,000 of which is on deposit with one or more financial institutions.
An applicant for a dispensary permit shall provide an affidavit that the applicant has at least $150,000 on deposit with one or more financial institutions.
The Department may conduct announced or unannounced inspections or investigations to determine the medical marijuana organization’s compliance with its permit, the act or this part.
An investigation or inspection may include:
- Inspection of a medical marijuana organization’s site, facility, vehicles, books, records, papers, documents, data, and other physical or electronic information.
- Questioning of employees, principals, operators, financial backers, authorized agents of, and any other person or entity providing services to the medical marijuana organization.
- Inspection of a grower/processor facility’s equipment, instruments, tools and machinery that are used to grow, process and package medical marijuana, including containers and labels.
A medical marijuana organization shall submit the following reports to the Department, on forms prescribed by the Department, at the end of the first 12-month period following the issuance of a permit, and as of the end of each 3-month period thereafter:
In the case of a grower/processor:
- The number of medical marijuana products sold by the grower/processor to dispensaries during the period for which the report is being submitted.
- The per-dose price of an amount of medical marijuana products sold by the grower/processor to a medical marijuana organization in a unit of measurement as determined by the Department.
- The number or amount of seeds, immature medical marijuana plants, medical marijuana plants, medical marijuana and medical marijuana products sold by a grower/processer to other growers/processors during the period for which the report is being submitted.
In the case of a dispensary:
- The number of medical marijuana products purchased by the dispensary during the period for which the report is being submitted.
- The per-dose price of medical marijuana products purchased by a dispensary in a unit of measurement as determined by the Department.
- The per-dose price of an amount of medical marijuana products dispensed to a patient or caregiver by a dispensary and in a unit of measurement as determined by the Department.