Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 460
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Bullard moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (369986) 
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    3         Delete lines 270 - 282
    4  and insert:
    5         (c) Award dispensing licenses to all qualified nurseries
    6  that timely submitted applications pursuant to paragraph (b) on
    7  or before July 8, 2016, and were found to have satisfied the
    8  threshold provisions contained within part II of the Department
    9  of Health Application for Low-THC Cannabis Dispensing
   10  Organization Approval. The department shall notify the
   11  qualifying nurseries of the award of a dispensing license by
   12  July 11, 2016. The department’s award of such licenses is final
   13  and not subject to legal challenge by third parties pursuant to
   14  chapter 120.
   15         (d) Authorize the establishment of five additional
   16  dispensing organizations without regard to the five regions and
   17  to paragraph (b). An applicant for approval must demonstrate its
   18  technological ability to cultivate and produce low-THC cannabis.
   19  An applicant that applied in more than one region, or an
   20  applicant that is corporately affiliated with another applicant
   21  or licensee, may receive only one license. As used in this
   22  paragraph, the term “corporately affiliated” means applicants
   23  that are related to each other in a significant way or manner or
   24  that have a legal affiliation with any owner, investor, or
   25  related party.
   26         (e) Allow a dispensing organization to make a wholesale
   27  purchase of low-THC cannabis or medical cannabis from, or a
   28  distribution of low-THC cannabis or medical cannabis to, another
   29  dispensing organization.
   30         (f)(c) Monitor physician registration and ordering of low
   31  THC cannabis, medical cannabis, or a cannabis delivery device
   32  for ordering practices that could facilitate unlawful diversion
   33  or misuse of low-THC cannabis, medical cannabis, or a cannabis
   34  delivery device and take disciplinary action as indicated.
   35         (g) Require a licensee selected under this section to
   36  deliver an updated plan to fulfill the department’s requirements
   37  before it may commence cultivation of medical cannabis.
   38         (h) Adopt new rules for medical cannabis cultivation and
   39  distribution and for the necessary protocols for product safety,
   40  facility security, whole plant cultivation, and final product
   41  delivery for licensees.