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Medical Marijuana Authority outlines lab standards, licensing improvements and plans for patient services unit
Summary
The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority told the health appropriations subcommittee it has completed implementation of 25 legislative mandates since 2022, will open a QA reference lab in early 2025, and expects its new licensing/inspection software to shorten turnaround times for commercial and patient credentials
Director Gentner Berry told the Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Health that the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA) is consolidating operations, building a QA reference laboratory and upgrading licensing systems to improve turnaround times and oversight of the medical cannabis program.
Berry, joined by senior OMMA staff, said the agency became independent about two years ago and finished a rapid operational build-out in 2024. OMMA plans to open its first quality-assurance reference lab in the first quarter of the calendar year to help ensure lab-to-lab test standardization across commercial licensees; staff said the lab will…
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