2014 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 21 - Food And Drugs
Chapter 21-28.6 - The Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act
Section 21-28.6-14 - Cooperative cultivations.

§ 21-28.6-14 Cooperative cultivations. – (a) Two (2) or more cardholders may cooperatively cultivate marijuana in residential or non-residential locations subject to the following restrictions:

(1) A cardholder can only cooperatively cultivate in one location;

(2) No single location may have more than one cooperative cultivation. For the purposes of this section, location means one structural building, not units within a structural building.

(3) The cooperative cultivation shall not be visible from the street or other public areas;

(4) A written acknowledgement of the limitations of the right to use and possess marijuana for medical purposes in Rhode Island that is signed by each cardholder and is displayed prominently in the premises cooperative cultivation.

(5) Cooperative cultivations are restricted to the following possession limits:

(i) A non-residential, cooperative cultivation may have no more than ten (10) ounces of usable marijuana, forty-eight (48) mature marijuana plants, and twenty-four (24) seedlings.

(ii) A residential, cooperative cultivation may have no more than ten (10) ounces of useable marijuana, twenty-four (24) mature marijuana plants, and twelve (12) seedlings.

(6) Cooperative cultivations must be inspected as follows:

(i) A non-residential, cooperative cultivation must have displayed prominently on the premises documentation from the municipality where the single location is located that the location and the cultivation has been inspected by the municipal building and/or zoning official and the municipal fire department and is in compliance with any applicable state or municipal housing and zoning codes.

(ii) A residential cooperative cultivation must have displayed prominently on the premises an affidavit by a licensed electrician that the cultivation has been inspected and is in compliance with any applicable state or municipal housing and zoning codes for the municipality where the cooperative cultivation is located.

(7) Cooperative cultivations must report the location of the cooperative cultivation to the division of state police.

(8) The reports provided to the division of state police in subsection (8) of this section shall be confidential, but locations may be confirmed for law enforcement purposes. The report of the location of the cooperative cultivation alone shall not constitute probable cause for a search of the cooperative cultivation.

(b) Any violation of any provision of this section shall result in the immediate revocation of the cardholder's registry identification card.

History of Section.
(P.L. 2014, ch. 515, § 1.)