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2. Does not include industrial hemp or the weight of any other ingredient combined with
cannabis to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink, or other products.
Marijuana Establishment: means an entity licensed by the Department to operate any of the following:
1. A single retail location at which the licensee may sell marijuana and marijuana products
to consumers, cultivate marijuana and manufacture marijuana products.
2. A single off-site cultivation location at which the licensee may cultivate marijuana and
marijuana products which may not be transferred or sold to consumers.
3. A single off-site location at which the licensee may manufacture marijuana and marijuana
products, but from which marijuana and marijuana products may not be transferred or
sold to consumers.
Marijuana Products: means marijuana concentrate and products that are composed of marijuana and
other ingredients and that are intended for use or consumption, including edible products, ointments, and
tinctures.
Marijuana Testing Facility: means the Department or another entity that is licensed by the Department
to analyze the potency of marijuana and test marijuana for harmful contaminants.
Nonprofit Medical Marijuana Dispensary: means a nonprofit entity as defined in A.R.S. § 36-
2801(12).
Open Space: means a public park, public sidewalk, public walkway, or public pedestrian thoroughfare.
Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other entity of whatever kind
or nature.
Process and Processing: means to harvest, dry, cure, trim or separate parts of the marijuana plant.
Public Place: has the same meaning prescribed in the Smoke-Free-Arizona Act, A.R.S. § 36-601.01.
Public Property: means property that is occupied, owned, controlled, or operated by the County.
Smoke: means to inhale, exhale, burn, carry, or possess any lighted marijuana or lighted marijuana
products, whether natural or synthetic.
Transfer of Ownership or Control: of marijuana establishment facility means and includes any of the
following: sale, lease, or sublease of the business; the transfer of securities which constitute a controlling
interest in the business, whether by sale, exchange, or similar means; or the establishment of trust, gift
or other similar legal device which transfers ownership or control of the business, except for transfer by
bequest or other operation of law upon the death of the person possessing the ownership or control.
C. Marijuana Establishment (Dual Licensing)
1. A Marijuana Establishment shall only be allowed under the following provisions;
a. Operates both a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary and marijuana
establishment cooperatively in a shared or adjacent parcel location; and
b. Has not forfeited or terminated the nonprofit medical marijuana
dispensary registration from the Department.
c. Marijuana Establishment Licenses issued under the social equity
provisions (ARS 36-2854) shall not be required to comply with the Section
607.D.1.(a) dual licensing. Social Equity dispensaries shall only be