Ohio § 3796.30 Activities prohibited near schools, churches, libraries, playgrounds or parks

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§ 3796.30 — Activities prohibited near schools, churches, libraries, playgrounds or parks

Ohio § 3796.30

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3796Marijuana Control Program

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3796.30 (2026).

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(A)Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no medical marijuana cultivator, processor, retail dispensary, or laboratory that tests medical marijuana shall be located within five hundred feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park. If the relocation of a cultivator, processor, retail dispensary, or laboratory licensed under this chapter results in the cultivator, processor, retail dispensary, or laboratory being located within five hundred feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park, the division of marijuana control shall revoke the license it previously issued to the cultivator, process

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no medical marijuana cultivator, processor, retail dispensary, or laboratory that tests medical marijuana shall be located within five hundred feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park.

If the relocation of a cultivator, processor, retail dispensary, or laboratory licensed under this chapter results in the cultivator, processor, retail dispensary, or laboratory being located within five hundred feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, church, public library, public playground, or public park, the division of marijuana control shall revoke the license it previously issued to the cultivator, processor, retail dispensary, or laboratory.

(B) This section does not apply to research related to marijuana conducted at a state university, academic medical center, or private research and development organization as part of a research protocol approved by an institutional review board or equivalent entity.

(C) As used in this section and sections3796.03and3796.12of the Revised Code:

"Church" has the meaning defined in section1710.01of the Revised Code.

"Public library" means a library provided for under Chapter 3375. of the Revised Code.

"Public park" means a park established by the state or a political subdivision of the state including a county, township, municipal corporation, or park district.

"Public playground" means a playground established by the state or a political subdivision of the state including a county, township, municipal corporation, or park district.

"School" means a child care center as defined under section5104.01of the Revised Code, a preschool as defined under section2950.034of the Revised Code, or a public or nonpublic primary school or secondary school.

Last updated August 28, 2023 at 10:16 AM