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Title 22 - HEALTHSubtitle 22-C - MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Chapter 22-C55 - REGISTRATION CHANGES
Rule 22-C5500 - TRADE NAMES AND CORPORATE NAMES

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5500

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Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 52, December 27, 2024
Rule 22-C5500 - TRADE NAMES AND CORPORATE NAMES
5500.1

No dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory registered under the Act shall utilize any name other than that of an individual, including a corporate or trade name, without first obtaining approval from the Board for use of the corporate or trade name.

5500.2

A dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory registered under the Act may file a written request with the Board to add an additional trade name at a location currently authorized for the sale or testing of medical marijuana. the Board, in its discretion, may approve the use of an additional trade name. Any additional trade name approved by the Board shall appear on the establishment's written registration.

5500.3

A dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory registered under the Act shall not use or display a trade name, corporate name, or sign bearing the words "pharmacy", "apothecary", "drug store", or other phrase that implies that the practice of any health profession occurs on the premises.

5500.4

Any trade name requested by an applicant shall not be identical or confusingly similar to one currently used under a previously issued or existing registration.

5500.5

[Repealed].

5500.6

[Repealed].

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5500

Source: Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10198 (December 2, 2011); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10217 (8/9/2019); Amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 2388 (3/8/2024)
Authority: The Mayor, pursuant to section 14 of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 (Act), effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1671.01, et. seq. (2011 Supp.)).