Description
In 2014 New York adopted the Compassionate Care Act (Bill A6357E) with Regulatory Amendments (12/27/17) and the Medical Marijuana Program Regulations (1/3/2018). New York State's Medical Marijuana Program allows patients who suffer from specific serious conditions who also have a condition clinically associated with, or a complication of, the serious condition to be certified by a practitioner to receive medical marijuana products for medical use. Practitioners must complete a New York State Department of Health (Department) approved course and register with the Department to certify patients. Practitioners must consult the New York State Prescription Monitoring Program Registry prior to issuing a certification to a patient for medical marijuana. Registered organizations are responsible for manufacturing and dispensing medical marijuana in New York State. Each registered organization is permitted by statute to have up to four dispensing facilities. Click on the link below for a list of registered organizations in New York State. Our SOP's cover all regulations necessary to run a compliant New York Marijuana Processing facility.
Registered organizations must manufacture medical marijuana products in an indoor, enclosed, secure facility located in New York State, which may include a greenhouse. Registered organizations may only manufacture medical marijuana products in forms approved by the Commissioner of Health. The following forms are approved in regulation:
- metered liquid or oil preparations;
- solid and semisolid preparations (e.g. capsules, chewable and effervescent tablets, lozenges);
- metered ground plant preparations; and
- topical forms and transdermal patches.
The Commissioner may approve additional forms and routes of administration. Smoking as a method of administration is prohibited by the Compassionate Care Act. Edible products are also not permitted. Each registered organization may produce its own brands of medical marijuana products, with prior approval of the Department. The brands must include at least one brand that has a low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content and high cannabidiol (CBD) content, and at least one brand with approximately equal amounts of THC and CBD.
Learn more about the NY Medical Marijuana Industry
These Operating Plans are written specifically to address state rules and regulations for licensed cannabis businesses including but not limited to: Hiring Procedures, Transportation procedures, Inventory procedures, Labeling procedures, Non-laboratory quality control procedures, Security procedures, Waste Management procedures.
- Control plan for persons under the age of 21
- Security
- Business records
- Inventory tracking of all marijuana and marijuana product on the premises
- Employee qualification and training
- Health and safety standards
- Transportation and delivery of marijuana and marijuana products
- Signage and advertising
Preview the table of content for your downloadable SOP's for cannabis manufacturing below. Standard Operating Procedures_Manufacturing_General TOC
