{"id":232391,"date":"2021-01-15T23:39:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T23:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/?p=232391"},"modified":"2025-07-14T17:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T23:53:10","slug":"new-york-processor-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/new-york-processor-license\/","title":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s Adult-Use Processor License"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"schema-videoobject\" class=\"video-container\"><\/div>\n<h2>New York&#8217;s Adult-Use Processor License<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The adult-use cannabis processor license is one of the several licenses added in the proposed new cannabis legislation coming to New York.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The proposed \u201cMarihuana Regulation and Taxation Act\u201d contains provisions for several different adult-use licenses. If you want to read about how to apply for one of these licenses, you should check out our \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Cannabis License Application<\/a>\u201d post about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This post will be focused on the adult-use processor license which will allow processing cannabis in the state of New York under the regulations established by the Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s the adult-use processor license<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-232399 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-300x200.webp\" alt=\"New York's Adult-Use Processor License\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-610x407.webp 610w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-1080x720.webp 1080w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-980x653.webp 980w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-480x320.webp 480w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-York-Adult-Use-Processor-License.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/tag\/adult-use-processor-license\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adult-use processor license<\/a> is a legal document that authorizes the acquisition, possession, processing, and sale of cannabis from the licensed premises of the adult-use cultivator by such licensee to duly licensed distributors in the state of New York.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the Act, processing includes but is not limited to the following practices:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blending<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extracting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Infusing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Packaging<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Labeling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Branding<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Making or preparing cannabis products in any way<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Act expressly excludes the cultivation of cannabis as part of the definition of \u201cprocessing\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pursuant to section 69.3 of the Act, no processor shall be engaged in any other business on the premises to be licensed; except that nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent a cannabis cultivator and cannabis processor, from operating on the same premises and from a person holding both licenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No cannabis processor licensee may hold more than three <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/pennsylvania-cannabis-processor-application\/\">cannabis processor<\/a> licenses.\u00a0 Further, a person holding an adult-use processor\u2019s license may not hold a license to distribute cannabis under the Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As well as in the adult-use cultivator license, the adult-use processor\u2019s licensee can\u2019t have a direct or indirect interest, including by stock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien, personal or real property, or any other means, in any premises licensed as an adult-use <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/how-to-open-a-dispensary-in-new-york\/\">cannabis retail dispensary<\/a> or in any <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/cannabis-business-license-in-new-york\/\">business licensed<\/a> as an adult-use cannabis retail dispensary or in any registered organization registered pursuant to article three, \u00a7 34 of the Act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Don\u2019t miss out on our<\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/map-of-marijuana-legality-by-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b><i>Marijuana Legalization Map<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> where you can browse the current status of laws in every state in the United States and see all our posts on each of them.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED POST: <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEW YORK CANNABIS DISPENSARY LICENSE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED POST: <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustrylawyer.com\/new-york-cannabis-cultivation-license\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEW YORK CANNABIS CULTIVATION LICENSE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York&#8217;s Adult-Use Processor License The adult-use cannabis processor license is one of the several licenses added in the proposed new cannabis legislation coming to New York.\u00a0 The proposed \u201cMarihuana Regulation and Taxation Act\u201d contains provisions for several different adult-use licenses. 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