Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Rules

In November 2010, the people of Arizona passed Prop 203, legalizing Medical Marijuana. This was the 3rd time marijuana's medicinal usage has actually passed in AZ. It is appearing as if the third time is the charm, however, as the Arizona Department of Health Services is placing Rules and Regulations into place at the end of March 2011 for Dispensaries and Patient ID cards.

What are the rules for Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries? Applications for obtaining a medical marijuana dispensary are being accepted starting in May 2011. The AZ Department of Health Services plans to allocate these dispensary certificates based on an analysis of Community Health Analysis Areas.

These Community Health Analysis Areas were created in 2005 to align with growing rural and urban areas. In highly urban areas, a CHAA contains 100,000 people. In a rural CHAA the population is about 10,000 people. Each county in Arizona will have at least one dispensary. If only one complete application is received for a dispensary for any particular CHAA, then it's approved. If any CHAA has multiple completed applications, a random selection process will occur.

To open a dispensary, the applicants must pass a background check, be over 21, and have been Arizona residents for the past three years. Each dispensary must employ or contract with a medical director. The medical director cannot provide written certifications for marijuana and must provide training to the staff along with providing educational materials/information to qualifying patients and caregivers.

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