Unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the words and phrases used shall have the following meanings:
CANNABIS: All parts of the plant genus Cannabis containing a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of more than three-tenths (0.3) percent on a dry weight basis, whether growing or not; the seeds of the plant; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the plant, its seeds or its resin; and does not include:
A. The mature stalks of the plant; fiber produced from the stalks; oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant; any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of the mature stalks, fiber, oil or cake; or the sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination; or
B. The weight of any other ingredient combined with cannabis products to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink or another product.
CANNABIS CONSUMPTION AREA: An area, licensed by the New Mexico Cannabis Control Division, where cannabis products may be served and consumed.
CANNABIS COURIER: A person that transports cannabis products to qualified patients, primary caregivers or reciprocal participants or directly to consumers.
CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT:
A. A cannabis testing laboratory;
B. A cannabis manufacturer;
C. A cannabis producer;
D. A cannabis retailer;
E. A cannabis research laboratory;
F. A vertically integrated cannabis establishment;
G. A cannabis producer microbusiness; or
H. An integrated cannabis microbusiness
CANNABIS MANUFACTURER: A person that:
A. Manufactures cannabis products;
B. Packages cannabis products;
C. Has cannabis products tested by a cannabis testing laboratory; or
D. Purchases, acquires, sells or transports wholesale cannabis products to other cannabis establishments
CANNABIS PRODUCER: A person that:
A. Cultivates cannabis plants;
B. Has unprocessed cannabis products tested by a cannabis testing laboratory;
C. Transports unprocessed cannabis products only to other cannabis establishments; or
D. Sells cannabis products wholesale.
CANNABIS PRODUCER MICROBUSINESS: A cannabis producer at a single licensed premises that possesses no more than two hundred (200) total mature cannabis plants at any one time.
CANNABIS PRODUCT: A product that is or that contains cannabis or cannabis extract, including edible or topical products that may also contain other ingredients.
CANNABIS RESEARCH LABORATORY: A facility that produces or possesses cannabis products and all parts of the plant genus Cannabis for the purpose of studying cannabis cultivation, characteristics or uses.
CANNABIS RETAILER: A person that sells cannabis products to qualified patients, primary caregivers or reciprocal participants or directly to consumers.
CANNABIS TESTING LABORATORY: A person that samples, collects and tests cannabis products and transports cannabis products for the purpose of testing.
DAYCARE: A facility required to be licensed by the State of New Mexico that provides care, services, and supervision for less than twenty-four (24) hours a day to children.
INTEGRATED CANNABIS MICROBUSINESS: A person that is authorized to conduct one or more of the following:
A. Production of cannabis at a single licensed premises; provided that the person shall not possess more than two hundred total (200) mature cannabis plants at any one time;
B. Manufacture of cannabis products at a single licensed premises;
C. Sales and transportation of only cannabis products produced or manufactured by that person;
D. Operation of only one retail establishment; and
E. Couriering of cannabis products to qualified patients, primary caregivers or reciprocal participants or directly to consumers.
SCHOOL: That part of a school district that is a single attendance center in which instruction is offered by one or more teachers and is discernible as a building or group of buildings generally recognized as either an elementary, middle, junior high or high school or any combination of those and includes a charter school.
VERTICALLY INTEGRATED CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENT: A person that is authorized to act as any of the following:
A. A cannabis courier;
B. A cannabis manufacturer;
C. A cannabis producer; and
D. A cannabis retailer. (Ord. 2021-8, 9-7-2021)