The terms in this section have the following meanings when
used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Act--Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 487.
(2) Application--Includes an original application for
a registration or license, or an application to renew a registration
or license, issued under the Act.
(3) Department--The Texas Department of Public Safety.
(4) Director--An individual involved in decisions governing
the operation or daily functions of the licensed dispensing organization,
and any owner, partner, or shareholder of the business with an ownership
interest that exceeds 10 percent.
(5) Dispensing organization--An organization licensed
to perform the regulated functions of cultivation, processing, and
dispensing of low-THC cannabis.
(6) Employee--An individual engaged by or contracting
with a licensee to assist with any regulated function, whether or
not compensated by salary or wage.
(7) Licensee--An organization licensed under the Act.
(8) Manager--An individual employed or otherwise engaged
by a dispensing organization to supervise others in any portion of
the regulated functions and processes.
(9) Prescription--An entry in the compassionate-use
registry that meets the requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
169.
(10) Product--Any form of low-THC cannabis that is
cultivated, handled, transported, processed, or dispensed, or raw
materials used in or by-products created by the production or cultivation
of low-THC cannabis.
(11) Registrant--An individual registered with the
department as a director, manager, or employee of a licensee; this
term does not include a physician registered as a prescriber of low-THC
cannabis.
(12) Regulated premises--The physical areas under the
control of a licensee, in which low-THC cannabis, or production related
raw materials or by-products, are cultivated, handled, transported,
processed, or dispensed.
(13) SOAH--State Office of Administrative Hearings.
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