(1) To produce marijuana for medical purposes, a marijuana producer that holds a license issued under ORS § 475C.065 must register with the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission under this section.

(2) The commission shall register a marijuana producer for the purpose of producing marijuana for medical purposes if the marijuana producer:

(a) Holds a license issued under ORS § 475C.065;

(b) Meets any qualifications adopted by the commission by rule;

(c) Applies to the commission in a form and manner prescribed by the commission; and

(d) Pays any fee adopted by the commission by rule.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) of this section, a marijuana producer registered under this section may produce marijuana plants on a medically designated grow canopy in addition to producing marijuana plants on the grow canopy allowed under rules adopted under ORS § 475C.077. The commission shall specify the size of medically designated grow canopies by rule, provided that the size of any medically designated grow canopy does not exceed 10 percent of the total size of both the medically designated grow canopy and the grow canopy allowed under rules adopted under ORS § 475C.077 at the time that the marijuana producer applies for registration under this section.

(4) A marijuana producer registered under this section must provide, for no consideration, at least 75 percent of the annual yield of usable marijuana harvested from the marijuana producer’s medically designated grow canopy to registry identification cardholders and designated primary caregivers.

(5) A marijuana producer registered under this section may not, during a single transaction, provide a registry identification cardholder or the designated primary caregiver of a registry identification cardholder an amount of usable marijuana that exceeds the amount of usable marijuana that a registry identification cardholder and a designated primary caregiver may jointly possess under ORS § 475C.809.

(6) A marijuana producer registered under this section may provide immature marijuana plants to a person responsible for a marijuana grow site registered under ORS § 475C.792, a registry identification cardholder or a designated primary caregiver of a registry identification cardholder.

(7)(a) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to administer this section.

(b) The rules must establish sanctions for failure to meet the requirements of this section or a rule adopted under this section, including revocation of permission for the marijuana producer’s medically designated grow canopy.

(c) The rules must provide that any fee adopted by the commission under subsection (2)(d) of this section be in an amount reasonably calculated to not exceed, together with other fees collected under ORS § 475C.005 to 475C.525, the cost of administering ORS § 475C.005 to 475C.525. [Formerly 475B.136]