OAR 603-048-0175: Vendor Site License

(1) Effective July 1, 2024, a vendor must have a license with the Department under these rules for each vendor site prior to storing, transferring, offering for sale, or selling industrial hemp or hemp items to consumers in Oregon except: (a) A license is not required if the person only facilitates the sale or transfer by connecting buyers and sellers and the person does not store the industrial hemp or hemp items at any time. (b) A licensed grower, handler, or agricultural hemp seed producer is not required to be licensed with the Department as a vendor site to store, transfer, or sell industrial hemp or hemp items the licensee produced or processed if the licensee first notifies the Department of the location where the industrial hemp or hemp items are stored, transferred, or sold in the license application or on another form provided by the Department. (c) A license is not required for a vendor site licensed by OLCC under ORS 475C.065, 475C.085, 475C.093, or 475C.097. (d) A license is not required for a person who only transports industrial hemp or hemp items and does not store the industrial hemp or hemp items at any time other than as necessary for transportation or delivery. (2) A vendor site license is effective the day the Department issues the license and expires annually on June 30. Fees are not prorated. (3) A vendor site license applies only to the vendor site identified on the license; each address must obtain a separate license. Vendor sites may not be moved or relocated. (4) For an online vendor, a vendor site license may apply to all webpages that are part of the second level domain name. (5) Each unlicensed vendor site identified by the Department is a separate violation of section (1) of this rule. (6) Beginning on January 1, 2026 a vendor must adhere to Hemp Registry requirements in OAR Chapter 845, Division 26. (7) In addition to record keeping requirements of 603-048-0500, at the point of sale to a consumer and until three years after a product is out of inventory, a vendor must have immediately available for viewing a copy of certificate of analysis for each hemp product showing passing full compliance testing.