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Council member Randy Hendricks described reports that 13- and 14-year-olds obtained unregulated products at convenience stores in Duncan, Oklahoma, and urged OMA to seek expanded authority to regulate those products. Sheriff Tommy Johnson told the council he would support efforts to give law enforcement clearer guidance and authority.

\"There are rules and regulations that this industry follows and then, you know, we certainly appreciate that because from a law enforcement perspective, we are trying to navigate this process too,\" Sheriff Johnson said. \"What we can and can't do, how we can and can't enforce — I think that will be critical for our industry, critical for your industry as well.\" (Sheriff Tommy Johnson)

Agency leaders said they will take the matter as an action item to discuss with the legislature and the governor's office, including prior offers to the legislature that OMA regulate these products. The chair also pointed to federal activity: staff noted bills introduced in both chambers — including legislation by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Andy Harris — that would close the 2018 farm-bill loophole that some vendors rely on to market hemp-derived intoxicants.

\"Just yesterday, Senator Mitch McConnell introduced a bill in The, US Senate Appropriations Committee that would close the farm bill loophole completely,\" the chair said, urging council members to monitor federal developments. The chair cautioned that the bills face a long path but said they could change the legal landscape nationally if enacted.

Council members asked OMA to pursue state-level changes if federal action stalls. The agency confirmed it will raise the issue with the governor's office and pursue legislative options to give the agency or enforcement partners clearer authority over unregulated products and out-of-state sellers that ship into Oklahoma.

The council did not adopt new rules at the meeting; members asked staff to return with legislative strategies and with suggestions for how to provide law enforcement with practical guidance and letters that might prompt enforcement activity by local authorities.

The chair closed the discussion by noting the topic will be an action item and that OMA staff will continue conversations with the governor's office and lawmakers.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","OMMA Executive Advisory Council Meeting: July 11, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Council members raised concerns that unregulated hemp-derived products and black-market sales are undermining licensed businesses and posing public-safety risks; OMA said it will pursue conversations with the legislature and the governor's office and monitor federal bills that may close the farm-bill loophole.","taxTitle","Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, Executive, Oklahoma","taxId",27358,"location","Oklahoma","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6655175,"Industry pushes OMA for clearer timelines on prepack, barcodes, Metrc units and FBI background checks",278,1099000,1377000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5419100-24d41b2dd1d4c8907983d867903f7810&start=1099&end=1377","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5419100-24d41b2dd1d4c8907983d867903f7810/thumbnail_1099000.jpg","/articles/6655175/Oklahoma/Industry-pushes-OMA-for-clearer-timelines-on-prepack-barcodes-Metrc-units-and-FBI-background-checks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655175-983db335138713269e5df97fb7bccd84/orig.mp4?Expires=1771104082&Signature=N1aeFjosYbMHX-s0FVk9fswnq-WAeQ8hJNJLoA-a~8LHlvNWQU2A26lM9EFFfAM3a4fztl2IEZsxPT23lDGmTqxX-ZaAaUcWlDdtK3h05pDAUoEV8JeeoXRaidHG1VB7ygI35PcgrPcJibEtBoErqMgpLklUrgdOMmUNxlPOz21IJN2hdFxJdkFdOEu16OF~paqzxqKroSMNmN0vusIQWeQevveA0I6Eosa90AqyDCSBkCa8X7ixMOGv1t8-E3KyDXYQmHWVwBAX0Fax1x06xs0wLaVmbJmBdfLCaNCBLjy6R89DOR0ncrkNxARSlCnY0ErFPuoz5c1zbC9Ouuin5w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At its July 9 meeting the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority\u0000Executive Advisory Council discussed timelines and operational questions about recently enacted laws and associated rule changes, including prepack labeling, patient-card barcodes, the unit-vs.-weight handling in Metrc and fingerprint background checks.

Council member Randy Hendricks and other licensees told the council that prepack labeling and the new unit/weight requirements are straining cultivation, processing and delivery operations. Members asked how Metrc and OMA would track packaged units that had previously been accounted by weight and whether Metrc could treat a prepacked bag as a single unit for inventory and reporting.

Hendricks said the prepack rule had been implemented June 1 and that more than 50,000 packages have already been packed and labeled. He asked whether any new labeling or packaging fields in the rules would be effective immediately or only on the bill's earliest effective date. The chair and agency staff said the earliest effective date for key legislative changes discussed is Nov. 1, 2025.

Adria Berry and industry speakers urged OMA to survey licensees to determine whether tracking by unit or by weight best matches common practices. Agency staff said some states handle units and others handle weight; there is no universal consensus and OMA will survey licensees and identify options.

On patient cards, the chair said the bill requires barcodes on “any new or replacement card after the effective date of Nov. 1.” The chair explained that existing, unexpired cards will not be forcibly reissued before their renewal; replacements or new cards after that date will contain the barcode.

Industry members also asked about the logistics of fingerprint-based background checks required by recent legislation. The agency said the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is the agency working with the FBI for the required national fingerprint-based checks and that OMA is coordinating with OSBI; staff said they do not yet have all implementation answers and will share details when they are available.

The council asked for clearer interim processes. OMA said it is building manual application workflows for license types such as transportation/warehousing permits (House Bill 2807) until the licensing system has a permanent interface.

The council also discussed physician education required by Senate Bill 1066: OMA staff reported they are collaborating with medical boards to develop CME modules and a CME portal to record physicians who complete the required training. Staff provided aggregate counts showing roughly 1,457 physicians have issued recommendations since 2018, totaling over 1,100,000 patient recommendations; the top 23 physicians accounted for roughly 600,000 recommendations (about 56%).

Council members requested that OMA provide clearer, earlier communications on which requirements are effective immediately, which will follow the Nov. 1, 2025 effective dates in statute and which will require system buildout. Agency staff agreed to circulate more-specific timelines and to establish a survey and working group with industry volunteers on unit/weight and Metrc reporting.","Licensees told the OMA advisory council that recent packaging, labeling and tracking changes are causing operational strain; the agency provided effective dates and said it will build interim manual processes while licensing software is updated.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6655179,"OMA says new licensing portal, ISO/IEC 17025 lab accreditation and patient services changes coming this fall",478,0,478000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5419100-24d41b2dd1d4c8907983d867903f7810&start=0&end=478","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5419100-24d41b2dd1d4c8907983d867903f7810/thumbnail_0.jpg","/articles/6655179/Oklahoma/OMA-says-new-licensing-portal-ISOIEC-17025-lab-accreditation-and-patient-services-changes-coming-this-fall","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655179-e9356907f8ab90a6f0ce89d5fa626612/orig.mp4?Expires=1771104082&Signature=lBEfv6UOWAVqk5b2-D771sCCS7rI0oeeKQZageUD0uVplKGXW0sfl1yLOKtCqERy8Hw-hHIpft0~yjyVtnGZznhW36YKcZy6kuL3AXFmskMV~5iZm5ErXTkYSAnwCCCM4Zzp6E0VzeGUs6kTG--PFV35gCRYO1agLh3Eye26stAcLD3O~rlqj7zB7YpqH2~XxbfQnnHkxUsUjMPmDUxj~NC-k-dtJW5YrHeQREewol8L1cSNO4MwS46RAx264d~T~h9nQyFLloENYqBwN-c8WYpVHlmU3PQ-M-2gGQLf63ob4xS7zELsCz4kcpfWXF2Bj4lYnEMWWp4bnqKWj94zgw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority told its Executive Advisory Council on July 9 that it plans to launch a unified licensing and inspection portal this fall and is pursuing ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for its quality-assurance laboratory.

The updates — delivered at a regularly scheduled advisory meeting — outlined a timetable for centralizing licensing, inspections, compliance records and patient services into a single portal. The agency also introduced Alicia Shaw as its new director of patient services and said it has contracted with ANAB (the ANSI National Accreditation Board) to perform an on-site audit for its QA laboratory in July.

OMA staff said the new portal, targeted for launch in the second quarter of the agency’s fiscal year (this fall), will host licensing, inspection and administrative-action records in one place. The agency said inspection reports will be available in licensees’ portals and that the public will be able to look up court actions against commercial licensees. The agency also said patients will see a smoother application flow and that barcodes will appear on new or replacement patient cards issued after Nov. 1, 2025.

“We are continuing to build out the new licensing and inspection software and are still on target for launch the second quarter of the fiscal year, which is, this fall,” the chair said. The chair added that once the portal launches, “all licensing, inspection, compliance, and administrative action information will be in 1 place.”

Lee Rhodes, OMA’s chief science officer, described progress on the agency’s QA lab accreditation, saying the agency has contracted with ANAB and scheduled an on-site audit in July. Rhodes said he anticipates the accreditation will follow promptly after a successful audit.

Alicia Shaw, introduced as OMA’s patient services director, described her background in nursing and said her team is working to “streamline processes to hopefully make that a smoother process” for patients. Shaw said she is collaborating with community partners and medical boards to set education modules and to support a physician continuing medical education (CME) portal required by recent legislation.

Council members asked for more detail about which materials and records will be public and when staff turnaround improvements will be reflected in licensing timelines. Agency staff said license-turnaround improvements have been noted by industry stakeholders and are continuing as new processes and staffing changes take effect.

The council approved minutes from the April 11, 2025 meeting before the operations updates were delivered.

The agency said more detailed features, including searchable inspection reports and final legal orders, will be published in the new portal once it is available this fall. Staff said preliminary documents used during enforcement (for example, petitions initiating fines) are not posted publicly while the legal process is pending; final orders will be published after completion of legal steps.","At a July advisory meeting, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority told its Executive Advisory Council it will launch a unified licensing and inspection portal this fall, pursue ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for its QA lab and named a new patient services director to streamline patient licensing.","actionData","errors"]

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Council urges action on unregulated Delta-8 market; OMA to pursue legislative options

Industry pushes OMA for clearer timelines on prepack, barcodes, Metrc units and FBI background checks

OMA says new licensing portal, ISO/IEC 17025 lab accreditation and patient services changes coming this fall