New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 30 - PERSONAL USE CANNABIS RULES › Subchapter 7 - CANNABIS BUSINESS CONDITIONAL AND ANNUAL LICENSING PROCESS › Section 17:30-7.11 - Qualification for an annual cannabis business license

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A license applicant or license holder is
				qualified to hold an annual license where:
1.
				Each owner, principal, employee, or volunteer of a license applicant or license
				holder, as well as each staff member of a license applicant's or license
				holder's management services contractor that participates in the obtaining,
				possession, securing, cultivating, manufacturing, transporting, selling,
				delivering, or destroying cannabis items has submitted a criminal history
				background check pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-7.12;
2. No owner, principal, employee, or
				volunteer of a license applicant or license holder has a disqualifying
				conviction pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-7.12(d)  without
				evidence of rehabilitation pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-7.12(d);
3. No staff member of a license applicant's
				or license holder's management services contractor that participates in the
				obtaining, possession, securing, cultivating, manufacturing, transporting,
				selling, delivering, or destroying cannabis items of the license applicant or
				license holder has a disqualifying conviction pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-7.12(d)  without
				evidence of rehabilitation pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-7.12(e);
4. At least one owner of the license
				applicant has resided in this State for at least two years as of the date of
				the application;
5. Each owner and
				principal of the license applicant or license holder is eligible to be an owner
				or principal, respectively, of the license applicant or license holder in
				accordance with
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-6.8;
6. If a diversely owned business, the license
				applicant or license holder fulfills all of the diversely owned business
				requirements, pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-6.4;
7. If an impact zone business, the license
				applicant or license holder fulfills all of the impact zone business
				requirements, pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-6.5;
8. If a social equity business, the license
				applicant or license holder fulfills all of the social equity business
				ownership requirements, pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-6.6;
9. If a microbusiness, the license applicant
				or license holder fulfills all of the microbusiness ownership requirements,
				pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				17:30-6.7;
10. No employee of any State, county, or
				local government entity involved in the process of reviewing, processing, or
				making determinations with regard to cannabis business license applications has
				any direct or indirect financial interest in the license applicant or license
				holder; and
11. The license
				applicant or license holder has not provided anything of value to an employee
				of any State, county, or local government entity involved in the process of
				reviewing, processing, or making determinations with regard to license
				applications in exchange for reviewing, processing, or making any
				recommendations with respect to a license application.