Acting as a caregiver is the easiest way to begin your business, and also allows for the most options when conducting your business. For example, many states set the allowable number of plants per caregiver as a relative number based on how many patients are included in the caregiver’s network. Let’s use an example of states allowing 24 plants per patient: the caregiver with 20 patients in their collaborative/collective would be allowed 480 plants in the facility designed to produce the medicine for those people. However, caregivers are not authorized to consume the medicine. So if you have ailments that need attending to you can still be registered as the dispensary owner as a patient, just know that the regulations on how you can produce and acquire medicine are slightly different than if you are a dispensary owner licensed as a caregiver.

If you are going the caregiver route, the first step regarding paperwork is to register as a caregiver by submitting your paperwork alongside your primary patient’s paperwork. Because you will be expanding your relationship into a business, it is imperative that you have all of the paperwork properly submitted and duplicated for your records. Therefore you will need a copy of your patient’s registration application, doctor’s recommendation and any other documents evidencing your patient’s illness or debilitating condition. If you are applying for caregiver and patient status together, be sure to send all documentation via certified mail and retain proof of mailing with your records (that is, if your state allows applications to be sent via mail).

Steps to Becoming a Grower

1) Depending on your state, you’ll probably have to become a medical marijuana patient.

2) You’ll want to install your business structure by incorporating and setting up your business within the legal confines of your state’s and cities laws.

3) You’ll need to have a location in mind and then get licensed on the state, city and possibly county levels for that location. Some states, cities and counties may not require this, but it’s up to you to determine if it’s required or not. If it is, you MUST acquire those licenses.

4) Now that you’re fully licensed, you’re all setup to grow marijuana legally. All you’ve got to do now is run your business to the exact letter of the law, making sure your business and location is operating in total compliance with the laws for your business. This could mean running a co-operative, collective or co-op. You’ll also need to keep thorough records and have complete control over the operations of your business.

Per usual, we have done some research for you and found the best and most reliable guide there is to purchase. If you’re serious about growing marijuana legally and starting a 100% legally compliant growing business, you need this package.

 

What Your Get with this Grow Guide

Of course it has everything you need to know about setting up your grow operation, and this package does an excellent job of covering all that you need to know to get a successful operation up and running. In addition to all of this great information however, it also includes some details specific to the business operations of being a Grower and Caregiver, so you should not be surprised that we’ve selected it among all the other packages out there.

 

The package is drafted specifically for your state and includes detailed, step-by-step instructions for how to grow marijuana legally in our easy-to-read, simple-to-follow package. Our package was created by Marijuana Legal Professionals who have worked in all areas of the marijuana industry and helped thousands of people setup their legal marijuana growing businesses.

Business related details include:

Business Incorporation – How to incorporate your company in your state, how to choose the best business name for your company (it matters, a lot) and how to acquire your Employer ID Number (EIN).

State and City Laws – We’ve translated the confusing jargon for your State laws into plain and simple English, making it easy to understand exactly what you need to know and do to be in legal compliance with all the laws regarding your marijuana business. Also included; instructions on how to find your specific city and county laws and regulations as well.

Licensing & Permitting – In order to legally run your business, you need to be licensed on the state, county and city levels. You’ll be shown what’s required and given all the required applications and documents, including exact line-by-line details of how to fill out the applications and documents for your state license(s). They will also show you how to find your City and County regulations to ensure whether you need to be licensed at those levels or not. If your state requires you to become a registered Patient and/or Caregiver, those detailed instructions will be included as well.

 

Business Documents – When applying for licenses & permits as well as bank, credit and all other types of business accounts, a Business Plan, Corporate Bylaws (with language absolving you of any liability should legal action be taken against you), Banking Resolutions, and other business documents may be required. We’ve created easy and simple plug-and-play Microsoft Word documents and tell you exactly how to fill them out. Often, it’s as simple as filling in your name and contact information.

Operations Forms & Procedures – After getting licensed, you’ll need to run the operations of your business to the exact letter of the law. We’ve drafted custom forms and procedures for running your business to the letter of the law for your state. They will cover areas like: how to acquire your product, how to provide it to dispensaries, plant and growing limits, manage inventory and everything else you’ll need to know and do to be legally complaint.

Customer Forms & Procedures – You will be shown how to deal with dispensary customers from start to finish. They’ll cover how to control possession limits as dictated by state laws as well as provide our awesome plug-and-play Microsoft Word documents that may be required, including: Collective Agreements, Customer Check-in forms and any other legally-required documents.

Employee Forms & Procedures – We’ve drafted fully-customized documents and procedures that show you how to hire employees and volunteers, how to background check potential employees and volunteers, how to deal with payroll, employee non-disclosure agreements as well as all documents required by your state, like employee and volunteer applications. Keep in mind that one bad employee can get your business shut down. Don’t take this lightly.

Record Keeping Procedures – To run a legally complaint business, you are going to have to keep good records for every aspect of your business. This includes everything from tracking customers, employees and inventory. We will show you how to keep the best, most detailed records in case you’re ever audited.

Frequently Asked Questions – This package will include the most common asked questions when running your business to the exact letter of the law, written in plain, simple English. Examples: Can I sell directly to the public or does it have to be dispensaries? Can I make a profit as a non-profit?

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