At a Glance
Year started: 2014
Age restriction: None found
Available for purchase in state: Yes
Home grow: No
Possession limit: No
Reciprocity: No
Legislation: House Bill 1220
Important Legislation & Dates
House Bill 1220 – North Carolina Epilepsy Alternative Treatment Act – Allows for those suffering from intractable epilspy to purchase cannabis extracts containing less than nine-tenths of one percent THC and at least five percent CBD by weight
Types of Licenses
Cultivation
• Research only
• Research with Intent to Market
A license to cultivate industrial hemp in North Carolina issued by the Industrial Hemp Commission shall allow the license holder to obtain seed pursuant to these Rules for planting, possess seed for planting, cultivate the crop, harvest plant parts, possess and store harvested plant parts, and transport plant parts to a market for sale.
(b) Two types of licenses shall be issued by the Commission for cultivation of industrial hemp in North Carolina:
(1) Research Only – for a university or government agency to cultivate industrial hemp for purposes of research only, with no intention to market the final product; and
(2) Research with Intent to Market – for a university, government agency, or private entity working with a university to cultivate industrial hemp with intent to market a final product.
(c) Applications for cultivation of industrial hemp in North Carolina may be made at any time during the year.
(d) Applications shall be handled and processed by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Plant Industry Division and reviewed for approval or denial at the next scheduled meeting of the Industrial Hemp Commission.
(e) Licenses may be applied for and issued for one or three years and shall be valid for 12 or 36 months after the date of issue, whichever is applicable.
(f) Failure to comply with any of these Rules or the provisions of G.S. 106-568.53(A) shall result in an automatic revocation of the license for the full remaining period of the license.
(g) An analytical testing of THC levels greater than 0.3% shall not result in revocation of a license so long as the crop is destroyed in accordance with these rules.
Associated Fees
Associated Fees
FEES
• This section applies only to the license type “Research with Intent to Market”.
• There shall be an initial fee for first time license holders. The graduated fee shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for up to and including 49 acres and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for 50 acres or more.
• If a license is issued for one year, an annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) plus two dollars ($2.00) per acre, or two dollars ($2.00) per 1,000 square feet of greenhouse, whichever is applicable, shall be assessed.
• If a license is issued for three years, the same fee schedule will apply as in Paragraph (c) of this Rule. The annual fee assessed each licensee shall be based on a revised reporting of intended acreage or greenhouse space for industrial hemp in each year. It shall be the responsibility of the license holder to report to the division each year the intended area to be cultivated.
• Fees paid for a license are not refundable once the licensee takes procession of seed or transplants or if the license is revoked for any cause over the duration of the license.
• The initial and annual fees are due annually within 30 days of the date of the issuance of the license or before the licensee takes procession of the seed or transplants, whichever is earlier.
• The license holder shall be responsible for the cost of all laboratory analytical services.
Obtaining CBD Oil
Patients and caregivers are only protected for use and possession of lab-certified extracts that cannot produce psychoactive effects.
Caregiver
The caregiver must complete the Caregiver Registration Application and return to DHHS.
Physicians
Licensed neurologists who are affiliated with one of four select Universities, can obtain state approval for a pilot study. Registered physicians are exempt from all criminal and civil penalties under North Carolina law. This section includes an overview of state requirements and links to other medical information.
