AZDHS
Arizona DHS-aware dispensary platform
Native compliance hooks for AZDHS rules under Prop 207. METRC traceability, 16% adult-use MET + 5.6% state TPT + city/county TPT, medical patient-card lane separation, and the dual-license vertical-integration topology Arizona retailers operate under.
Regulator
Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDHS)
https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/marijuana ↗Statutes that bite
| Citation | Subject |
|---|---|
| ARS Title 36, Ch. 28.1 | Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Prop 207, adult-use) |
| ARS Title 36, Ch. 28.1, Art. 1 | Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA, Prop 203) |
| AAC R9-18 | AZDHS adult-use marijuana program rules |
| AAC R9-17 | AZDHS medical marijuana program rules |
| ARS §42-5452 | 16% Marijuana Excise Tax (MET) on adult-use retail |
Tax stack
Excise
16% adult-use Marijuana Excise Tax (MET) on retail sales (ARS §42-5452). Medical patient sales exempt from MET — only TPT applies.
Sales / Use
5.6% Arizona Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) — applied to both adult-use and medical retail sales on top of MET.
Local option
City + county TPT add-ons typically 1.5% to 4% — auto-derived per store address. Phoenix metro stack often ~9% combined TPT, on top of the 16% MET = ~25% effective on adult-use.
Compliance topics surfaced in-platform
- Age 21+ adult-use / 18+ medical patient ID verification with split lanes (medical card cuts MET — split is real-money)
- METRC tag handoff + manifest reconciliation per AAC R9-18
- Patient registry lookup hook (AZDHS Medical Marijuana Patient ID)
- Dual-license vertical-integration enforcement (AZ requires retailers to also hold cultivation/processing — track license-class boundaries)
- Daily inventory reconciliation export shaped for AZDHS record-keeping
What ships on day-1 for AZ
- Adult-use + medical product lanes with separate tax stacks (16% MET on adult-use only)
- 5.6% state TPT + city/county TPT stack derivation per store address
- METRC-shaped inventory + sale receipt mirror
- Vertical-integration license-class flagging (cultivation/processing/retail)
- Daily reconciliation report (auto-runs at close)
- Manager write-up assistant configurable to AZ labor + AZDHS rule taxonomy
We serve here — honestly
We don’t operate stores in Arizona. We do follow AZDHS bulletins, the medical-vs-adult-use MET split, the dual-license vertical-integration topology, and the city/county TPT stack accuracy. CannAgent ships AZ support with the same compliance discipline we apply to WSLCB — and we’ll say it directly when something’s off.
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See it on your AZ data.
30-minute demo on a sandbox shaped like your store. End the call with a fixed-scope quote and a AZ-aware cutover plan.