Under Georgia law, a retail consumable hemp establishment license is required to legally “sell or offer for sale any consumable hemp product …to consumers” (Ga. Code Ann. § 2-23-4.1 (West)). The Georgia Department of Agriculture issues annual licenses for $250.00. Of note, a license only covers the sale of hemp products at a single location.  Chiropractors with more than one (1) location in Georgia selling hemp will need a separate license for each location. Hemp is defined as the Cannabis sativa L. plant and any part of such plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total delta-9-THC concentration that does not exceed 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.

A few key rules about selling:

• The Seller must confirm the buyer is at least twenty-one (21) years old.
• The retail establishment cannot be located within 500 feet of a public or private K-12 education institution.
• The Seller cannot advertise or represent the establishment as selling or distributing of low THC oil
• The Seller must pose the following in a conspicuous place and printed in all capital letters at least .5 inch in height: ‘SALE OF CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.’ The penalty for noncompliance with this requirement is a misdemeanor.

Key website: https://www.agr.georgia.gov/hemp-retail-consumable-hemp-licenses

For more information, please contact the GCA or your attorney for legal advice.