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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58467</law_id><section_number>4.1-1600</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>4.1-1116</reference><reference>40.1-27.4</reference><reference>46.2-341.20:7</reference><reference>54.1-2903</reference><reference>59.1-200</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="4.1">Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Cannabis Control Act</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Medical Cannabis Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Botanical cannabis</span>&#x201D; means cannabis that is composed wholly of <span class="dictionary">usable cannabis</span> from the same parts of the same chemovar of cannabis plant.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cannabis dispensing facility</span>&#x201D; means a facility that (i) has obtained a permit from the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Permit to operate pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility" href="/4.1-1602/">4.1-1602</a>; (ii) is owned, at least in part, by a <span class="dictionary">pharmaceutical processor</span>; and (iii) <span class="dictionary">dispenses</span> <span class="dictionary">cannabis products</span> produced by a <span class="dictionary">pharmaceutical processor</span> to a patient, his <span class="dictionary">registered agent</span>, or, if such patient is a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> or a vulnerable adult as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults; penalties" href="/18.2-369/">18.2-369</a>, such patient&#x2019;s parent or legal guardian.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cannabis oil</span>&#x201D; means any formulation of processed Cannabis plant extract, which may include industrial hemp extracts, including isolates and distillates, acquired by a <span class="dictionary">pharmaceutical processor</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Permit to operate pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility" href="/4.1-1602/">4.1-1602</a>, or a dilution of the resin of the Cannabis plant that contains, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no more than 10 milligrams of <span class="dictionary">tetrahydrocannabinol</span> per dose. &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cannabis oil</span>&#x201D; does not include industrial hemp, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/3.2-4112/">3.2-4112</a>, that is grown, handled, or processed in compliance with state or federal <span class="dictionary">law</span>, unless it has been grown and processed in the Commonwealth by a registered industrial hemp processor and acquired and formulated by a <span class="dictionary">pharmaceutical processor</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cannabis product</span>&#x201D; means a product that (i) is formulated with <span class="dictionary">cannabis oil</span> or <span class="dictionary">botanical cannabis</span>; (ii) is produced by a <span class="dictionary">pharmaceutical processor</span> and sold by a <span class="dictionary">pharmaceutical processor</span> or <span class="dictionary">cannabis dispensing facility</span>; (iii) is registered with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>; (iv) contains, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no more than 10 milligrams of <span class="dictionary">tetrahydrocannabinol</span> per dose; and (v) is compliant with <span class="dictionary">testing</span> requirements.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Designated caregiver facility</span>&#x201D; means any hospice or hospice facility <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="License required for hospice programs; notice of denial of license; renewal thereof" href="/32.1-162.3/">32.1-162.3</a>, or home care organization as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/32.1-162.7/">32.1-162.7</a> that provides pharmaceutical services or home health services, private provider <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services pursuant to Article 2 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/37.2-403/">37.2-403</a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 37.2, assisted living facility <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of residents, participants or children; posting of licenses" href="/63.2-1701/">63.2-1701</a>, or adult day center <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Licenses required; issuance, expiration, and renewal; maximum number of residents, participants or children; posting of licenses" href="/63.2-1701/">63.2-1701</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Dispense</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-3300/">54.1-3300</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Pharmaceutical processor</span>&#x201D; means a facility that (i) has obtained a permit from the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Permit to operate pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility" href="/4.1-1602/">4.1-1602</a> and (ii) <span class="dictionary">cultivates</span> Cannabis plants intended only for the production of <span class="dictionary">cannabis oil</span>, <span class="dictionary">botanical cannabis</span>, and <span class="dictionary">usable cannabis</span>, produces <span class="dictionary">cannabis products</span>, and <span class="dictionary">dispenses</span> <span class="dictionary">cannabis products</span> to a patient pursuant to a written certification, his <span class="dictionary">registered agent</span>, or, if such patient is a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> or a vulnerable adult as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults; penalties" href="/18.2-369/">18.2-369</a>, such patient&#x2019;s parent or legal guardian.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Pharmacist</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-3300/">54.1-3300</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Pharmacy intern</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-3300/">54.1-3300</a>.
		&#x201C;Pharmacy technician&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-3300/">54.1-3300</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Pharmacy technician trainee</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-3300/">54.1-3300</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Practitioner</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">practitioner</span> of medicine or osteopathy <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Medicine, a physician assistant <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Medicine, or an advanced practice registered nurse jointly <span class="dictionary">licensed</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Boards</span> of Nursing and Medicine.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Registered agent</span>&#x201D; means an individual designated by a patient who has been issued a written certification, or, if such patient is a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> or a vulnerable adult as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults; penalties" href="/18.2-369/">18.2-369</a>, designated by such patient&#x2019;s parent or legal guardian, and registered with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pursuant to subsection F of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Certification for use of cannabis for treatment" href="/4.1-1601/">4.1-1601</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Usable cannabis</span>&#x201D; means any cannabis plant <span class="dictionary">material</span>, including seeds, but not (i) resin that has been extracted from any part of the cannabis plant, its seeds, or its resin; (ii) the mature stalks, fiber produced from the stalks, or any other compound, <span class="dictionary">manufacture</span>, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks; or (iii) oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant.</p></section></text><history>2023, cc. 740, 744, 760, 773, 780, 794, 799; 2024, cc. 37, 150.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
