<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-20G-70 - Cannabis dispensed--Conditions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34StatuteNumber1"><span class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Through the department's inventory tracking system, that the registered qualifying patient or nonresident cardholder has not exceeded the allowable limit of cannabis or cannabis product in the applicable fourteen-day period.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34Statute"><span class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34DefaultParagraphFont">A dispensary agent may not dispense an amount of cannabis or cannabis product to a person that would cause the person to possess more than the allowable amount of cannabis.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s9eddd9ed54da49dd879b537dfeb0ef34SCL">Initiated Measure No. 26, approved Nov. 3, 2020, eff. Jul. 1, 2021; SL 2022, ch 132, § 1; SL 2024, ch 132, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>