§ 201 License process; license types
§ 202 General licensing criteria
§ 203 Additional licensing considerations
§ 204 Criminal history record check
§ 205 Application process; issuance of license
§ 206 Denial of license
§ 207 Application fees; license fees
§ 208 License term
§ 209 License renewal
§ 210 Transfer of ownership interests
§ 211 Relocation of licensed premises
§ 212 Termination of license
§ 213 Notice of new owner, officer, manager or employee
§ 214 Inactive licenses
§ 215 Notification to municipality; sharing of information with Bureau of Revenue Services

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 28-B > Chapter 1 > Subchapter 2 - General Licensing Requirements

  • Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Adult use cannabis: means cannabis cultivated, manufactured, distributed or sold by a cannabis establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Another jurisdiction: means the Federal Government, the United States military, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and each of the several states of the United States except Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applicant: means a person that submits an application for a license under this chapter to the department for review that the department has not yet approved or denied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Business entity: means a partnership, association, company, corporation, limited liability company or other entity incorporated or otherwise formed or organized by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Cannabis: includes cannabis concentrate but does not include hemp as defined in Title 7, section 2231, subsection 1?A, paragraph D or a cannabis product. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Cannabis establishment: means a cultivation facility, a products manufacturing facility, a testing facility, a cannabis store or a sample collector licensed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Cannabis plant: means all species of the plant genus Cannabis, including, but not limited to, a mother plant, a mature cannabis plant, an immature cannabis plant or a seedling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Cannabis store: means a facility licensed under this chapter to purchase adult use cannabis, immature cannabis plants and seedlings from a cultivation facility, to purchase adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products from a products manufacturing facility and to sell adult use cannabis, adult use cannabis products, immature cannabis plants and seedlings to consumers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Cultivation facility: means a facility licensed under this chapter to purchase cannabis plants and seeds from other cultivation facilities; to cultivate, prepare and package adult use cannabis; to sell adult use cannabis to products manufacturing facilities, to cannabis stores and to other cultivation facilities; and to sell cannabis plants and seeds to other cultivation facilities and immature cannabis plants and seedlings to cannabis stores. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Department: means the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Disqualifying drug offense: means a conviction for a violation of a state or federal controlled substance law that is a crime punishable by imprisonment for one year or more, except that "disqualifying drug offense" does not include:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Licensed premises: means the premises specified in a license to operate a cannabis establishment within which the licensee is authorized under this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter to cultivate, manufacture, distribute, test or sell adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Licensee: means a person licensed pursuant to this chapter to operate a cannabis establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • manufacture: means the production, blending, infusing, compounding or other preparation of cannabis and cannabis products, including, but not limited to, cannabis extraction or preparation by means of chemical synthesis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Mature cannabis plant: means a cannabis plant that is flowering. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Municipality: means a city, town or plantation in this State that is not located within the unorganized and deorganized areas. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means a natural person or a business entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Plant canopy: means the total surface area within the licensed premises of a cultivation facility that is authorized by the department for use at any time by the cultivation facility licensee to cultivate mature cannabis plants. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Products manufacturing facility: means a facility licensed under this chapter to purchase adult use cannabis from a cultivation facility or another products manufacturing facility; to manufacture, label and package adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products; and to sell adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products to cannabis stores and to other products manufacturing facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Resident: means a natural person who:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Sample: means :
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Sample collector: means a person licensed under this chapter to collect samples of cannabis and cannabis products for testing and to transport and deliver those samples to a testing facility for testing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Testing facility: means a facility licensed under this chapter to develop, research and test cannabis, cannabis products and other substances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
  • Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72