11-1-2-5-3: DEFINITIONS:
CULTIVATOR:
A person licensed to plant, cultivate, grow, harvest, and dry marijuana and to package and relabel marijuana produced at the location for sale at a licensed dispensary.
DISPENSARY:
A licensed medical marijuana dispensary, or a licensed adult-use marijuana dispensary.
LICENSED:
Means to have licensing from the Montana Department of Revenue (DOR) or the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) for the intended marijuana activities including cultivation, transportation, manufacturing, testing, and dispensing.
MANUFACTURER :
A person licensed to convert or compound marijuana into marijuana products, marijuana concentrates, or marijuana extracts and package, repackage, label, or relabel marijuana products.
MARIJUANA:
All plant material from the genus cannabis containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or seeds of the genus capable of germination. The term does not include hemp, or hemp products.
MARIJUANA BUSINESS:
A cultivator, manufacturer, adult-use dispensary, medical marijuana dispensary, combined-use marijuana licensee, testing laboratory, marijuana transporter, or any other business or function that is licensed by the DOR or the DPHHS.
PROVIDER:
A person licensed by the DPHHS to assist a registered cardholder as allowed under this part. The term does not include a cardholder's treating physician or referral physician.
PHYSICIAN:
A person who is licensed under title 37, chapter 3, Montana Code Annotated.
QUALIFYING PATIENT:
A person who has been diagnosed by a physician as having a debilitating medical condition.
REGISTERED CARDHOLDER:
A Montana resident with a debilitating medical condition who has received and maintains a valid registry identification card.
REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD:
A document issued by the state department of public health and human services that identifies a person as a qualifying patient or caregiver.
TESTING LABORATORY:
A qualified person, licensed by the DOR or DPHHS that provides testing of representative samples of marijuana and marijuana products and provides information regarding the chemical composition and potency of a sample, as well as the presence of molds, pesticides, or other contaminants in a sample. (Ord. 2010-15, 7-6-2010; Ord. 2021-02, 9-21-2021)