To open a dispensary in Colorado, you will need several permits and licenses. Specifically, you need a medical marijuana vendor registration, seller's permit, Colorado medical marijuana business license, and either a key employee or support employee occupational license. You may also require a medical marijuana center business license, optional premises cultivation license, or infused product manufacturer license depending on the services offered. The Dispensary Experts website provides guidance on obtaining the necessary permits and licenses to legally operate a dispensary in Colorado.

1. Starting a Colorado
Dispensary – Permits and
Licenses You Should Have
The Dispensary Experts: http://www.thedispensaryexperts.com

2. Introduction
• Arguably, the cannabis capital of the United States, Colorado’s marijuana
laws make life a little easier than other places if you are planning to open a
dispensary.
• That said, it’s not as though you can just roll into the Rocky Mountain State
tomorrow and start selling weed, especially if you’re going down the route
followed by the Colorado dispensaries of helping those in need through the
distribution of medical marijuana.

3. • Sure, you may not have to jump through as many hoops to get going as you
probably would in other states.
• But if you’re going to run a marijuana dispensary legally and legitimately,
you’ll want to arm yourselves with the correct licenses and permits.

4. • Here’s a summary of what you will need:
• Medical marijuana vendor registration
• Seller’s Permit
• Colorado medical marijuana business license
• Other types of medical marijuana business licenses

5. Medical Marijuana Vendor Registration
• The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division says that vendor is a
requirement for:
“All businesses that work within the Medical Marijuana industry providing
services to industry members and whose employees commonly work within
restricted areas of the MM business or take custody of Medical Marijuana
products for transportation.”

6. • So, if you are starting a Colorado dispensary or cannabis delivery service,
you’ll need to get one of these!

7. Colorado Medical Marijuana Occupational
Business License
• There’s actually two types of Occupational Business License, though
depending on the size of your cannabusiness, you may only need the first
one:
• Key employees
• Support employees

8. Key Employees
• This is for anyone whose work, or the decisions they make have a significant impact on
your operations, such as the master grower or a member of your management team
responsible for day-to-day running of your store without actually being an owner.
Support Employees
• Bud tenders, assistants, and other employees who make work at your medical cannabis
dispensary but do not many any important decisions will need to get a license for
support staff.

9. • You’ll get one occupational license, with your vendor registration, but the
MED then asks you to get separate ones for other members of your crew.
• To help you out and your team, we’ve put together this guide on how to
apply for medical marijuana occupational business license.

10. Seller’s Permit
• When you open your dispensary, the sales of marijuana that you make will all
be taxable.
• As a result, it pay’s to sign up for a seller’s permit.

11. Other Types of Medical Marijuana Business
License
• Ok, so we’ve listed the key dispensary permits and licenses you’re going to
need in the previous slides, but, there are a few more things you might need
to check out.
• Let’s take a quick look, shall we?

12. Medical Marijuana Center Business License
• You can’t a open a dispensary in Colorado without this one.
• It essentially covers you for the retail sales of medical marijuana, but doesn’t permit you
to grow weed or produce any products on the premises.
Medical Marijuana Optional Premises Cultivation (OPC)
• This one, on the other hand, only covers the premises where you’ll grow and process
cannabis for sale to retail outlets.

13. Medical Marijuana Infused Product Manufacturer
• If you are going to produce things like edibles and other cannabis-infused products,
this is the license that you will need.

14. Conclusion
• Need a hand negotiating the seemingly complex world of Colorado’s
marijuana business license?
• Let The Dispensary Experts make it easy for you with an easy-to-follow
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15. • Follow their simple step-by-step instructions and you’ll have no problem
obtaining the right dispensary permits and setting up your own business in
no time.
• Take a look today at http://www.thedispensaryexperts.com.