Exhibit E: Course Outline

MCA Elements: #1, #8, #9

1. Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) overview and authority
2. License types: standard, social equity, micro, incubator
3. Agent registration process and requirements
4. Background check requirements and disqualifying offenses
5. Local jurisdiction authority over zoning and hours
6. COMAR 14.17 regulatory framework overview
7. MCA inspection powers and procedures
8. Enforcement actions: warnings through revocation
9. Employee obligations and duty to comply
10. Owner requirements and financial disclosures
11. Advertising and marketing restrictions
12. Operating requirements: security, surveillance, transportation

MCA Elements: #2, #3, #10

1. Age verification: 21+ adult-use, 18+ medical with MMCC card
2. Acceptable forms of government-issued photo ID
3. MMCC patient card verification procedures
4. Recognizing fake, altered, or expired identification
5. Purchase limits: flower, concentrate, edible by customer type
6. Standard serving sizes and package maximums
7. THC potency awareness across product formats
8. Recognizing signs of visible intoxication
9. Refusal procedures and de-escalation
10. Delivery regulations and ID verification at point of delivery
11. Packaging and labeling requirements
12. Straw purchase recognition and prevention

MCA Elements: #4, #5

1. Why records matter in a regulated cannabis environment
2. Metrc seed-to-sale tracking system overview
3. Transaction recording requirements and data captured
4. Point-of-sale compliance and Metrc integration
5. Daily inventory reconciliation procedures
6. Record retention requirements (5-year minimum)
7. Video surveillance record retention (90-day minimum)
8. Patient privacy protections under Maryland law
9. Identifying protected health and purchase information
10. Prohibited disclosures: what you can never share
11. Law enforcement requests: warrants, subpoenas, and inspections
12. Data breach identification, reporting, and procedures
13. Audit preparation and best practices

MCA Elements: #6, #7

1. Understanding compliance as personal and professional protection
2. Diversion: definition, common scenarios, consequences
3. Selling to minors: zero-tolerance policy and penalties
4. Unlicensed activity and untracked transactions
5. Advertising violations and health claim restrictions
6. Medical claims: what you can and cannot say
7. Administrative penalty schedule (up to $50,000 per violation)
8. Criminal liability for individual employees
9. Criminal liability for owners and principal officers
10. Mandatory reporting obligations
11. Whistleblower protections under Maryland law
12. Scenario-based case studies with regulatory analysis