124E.6  Medical cannabidiol manufacturer licensure.
  1.  a.  The department shall issue a request for proposals to select and license by December 1, 2017, up to two medical cannabidiol manufacturers to manufacture and to possess, cultivate, harvest, transport, package, process, or supply medical cannabidiol within this state consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The department shall license new medical cannabidiol manufacturers or relicense the existing medical cannabidiol manufacturers by December 1 of each year. 
  b.  Information submitted during the application process shall be confidential until a medical cannabidiol manufacturer is licensed by the department unless otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal law.
  2.  As a condition for licensure, a medical cannabidiol manufacturer must agree to begin supplying medical cannabidiol to medical cannabidiol dispensaries in this state no later than December 1, 2018.
  3.  The department shall consider the following factors in determining whether to select and license a medical cannabidiol manufacturer:
  a.  The technical expertise of the medical cannabidiol manufacturer regarding medical cannabidiol.
  b.  The qualifications of the medical cannabidiol manufacturer’s employees.
  c.  The long-term financial stability of the medical cannabidiol manufacturer.
  d.  The ability to provide appropriate security measures on the premises of the medical cannabidiol manufacturer.
  e.  Whether the medical cannabidiol manufacturer has demonstrated an ability to meet certain medical cannabidiol production needs for medical use regarding the range of recommended dosages for each debilitating medical condition, the range of chemical compositions of any plant of the genus cannabis that will likely be medically beneficial for each of the debilitating medical conditions, and the form of the medical cannabidiol in the manner determined by the department pursuant to rule.
  f.  The medical cannabidiol manufacturer’s projection of and ongoing assessment of fees on patients with debilitating medical conditions.
  4.  A medical cannabidiol manufacturer shall contract with a laboratory to perform spot-check testing of the medical cannabidiol produced by the medical cannabidiol manufacturer as provided in section 124E.7. The department shall require that the laboratory report testing results to the medical cannabidiol manufacturer and the department as determined by the department by rule. If a medical cannabidiol manufacturer contracts with a laboratory other than the state hygienic laboratory, the department shall approve the laboratory to perform testing pursuant to this chapter.
  5.  Each entity submitting an application for licensure as a medical cannabidiol manufacturer shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of seven thousand five hundred dollars to the department.
2017 Acts, ch 162, §9, 25; 2020 Acts, ch 1116, §18; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §76