HAR §11-850-6. county of Honolulu, two licenses for the county of Hawaii, two licenses for the county of Maui, and one license for the county of Kauai

No dispensary license shall be issued for the county of Kalawao. (b) Beginning October 1, 2018, the department may issue dispensary licenses in addition to those authorized by subsection (a), based on qualifying patient need; provided that: (1) No more than one license may be issued per five hundred qualifying patients residing in any single county; (2) In considering whether to award a new license, the department shall consider an applicant's capability to serve and supply medical cannabis to qualifying patients in a rural or underserved geographical area of a county; and (3) A "rural or underserved geographical area" shall be determined by considering the number of registered qualifying patients that reside within a certain zip code compared to the quantity of medical cannabis that the closest production center and retail dispensing location have the capability to provide. (c) The number of licenses the department issues is subject to the availability of qualified applicants in each county. [Eff 12/14/15; am and comp 2/24/22; comp 4/29/22; comp 11/17/22; comp 8/7/23; comp 4/5/24; comp 12/6/24; comp NOV 17 2025] (Auth: HRS §§321-9, 329D-7, 329D-27) (Imp: HRS §§329D-2, 329D-7) ### §11-850-6 Number of production centers per license; allowable number of plants. (a) A dispensary licensee shall be allowed to operate up to three production centers. (b) Each production center shall be limited to no more than five thousand cannabis plants; provided that the department may determine whether a dispensary licensee shall be allowed an additional two thousand 850-15 3611. §11-850-6 five hundred cannabis plants at a licensee's production center, provided that a licensee shall be allowed no more than fifteen thousand cannabis plants in total across all of the licensees' production centers. No more than seven thousand five hundred plants shall be allowed at a single production center. For purposes of this section, "plant" means a cannabis plant that is greater than twelve vertical inches in height from where the base of the stalk emerges from the growth medium to the tallest point of the plant, or greater than twelve horizontal inches in width from the end of one branch to the end of another branch; provided that multiple stalks emanating from the same root ball or root system shall be considered part of the same single plant. [Eff 12/14/15; am and comp 2/24/22; comp 4/29/22; am and comp 11/17/22; comp 8/7/23; comp 4/5/24; comp 12/6/24; comp NOV 17 2025 ] (Auth: HRS §§321-9, 329D-27) (Imp: HRS §329D-2)