Sec. 487.102.  ELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE.  An applicant for a license to operate as a dispensing organization is eligible for the license if:
(1)  as determined by the department, the applicant possesses:
(A)  the technical and technological ability to cultivate and produce low-THC cannabis;
(B)  the ability to secure:
(i)  the resources and personnel necessary to operate as a dispensing organization; and
(ii)  premises reasonably located to allow patients listed on the compassionate-use registry access to the organization through existing infrastructure;
(C)  the ability to maintain accountability for the raw materials, the finished product, and any by-products used or produced in the cultivation or production of low-THC cannabis to prevent unlawful access to or unlawful diversion or possession of those materials, products, or by-products; and
(D)  the financial ability to maintain operations for not less than two years from the date of application;
(2)  each director, manager, or employee of the applicant is registered under Subchapter D; and
(3)  the applicant satisfies any additional criteria determined by the director to be necessary to safely implement this chapter.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2015.