Seal of Approval Guidelines

The United Patients Group Seal of Approval is available to a full spectrum of professionals and products in the medicinal cannabis field. The following descriptions outline various Categories and summarize core competencies that are found in evaluation criteria for each.

Note – UPG Membership required for all Seal of Approval applicants.

Products

• Consumables
• Business License
• Tested
• Processing – Commercial Kitchen? Gluten Free compliant?
• Consistency – Patient and Staff reviews?
• Extraction Methods
• Formulations, Dosing, Potencies
• Labeling – Font Size and Color – Warnings (Pregnant, Breast Feeding, Allergies, Children, etc…)
• If a product is too small to accommodate all nutritional facts, an insert with contents, nutritional facts, formulation, dosing and warnings should be added to the selling of this product.
• Child Proof Packaging
• Expiration Dates
• Storage suggestions
• Regulation Compliant (Regulations per state)

Devices

• Business License
• Instructions – Clear and Legible
• Safety of Materials
• Usage reviews – Durable? Assembly? How efficient is the device?
• Manufacturing

Healthcare Professionals

• Documented graduation/degree(s) from accredited educational institution(s), as well as suitable current licensure for the healthcare services offered
• Desire to gain knowledge and provide patient services in medical cannabis care
• Evidence of acceptable continuing education in medical cannabis care
• Routinely considers cannabinoid approaches to augment treatment plans when providing patient care and/or offering medicinal guidance to individuals and families, when indicated.

Dispensaries

• Business License
• Educated staff
• Safe Access to building
• Cleanliness
• Extra care for new patients – tour, overview etc…
• Only Lab tested products
• Giving Back Campaign – Vets, low income and seniors
• Range of products – including medical – Oils, Tinctures, Topical, Sprays, Suppositories.
• On-site consumption

Publishing, Media, and Technology

• Informational value for the purpose of salubrious promotion of the industry, whether commercial or public
• Proven factual and unbiased
• Non-commercial, unless specified
• Secure Internet Practices

Foundations & Non-Profits

• Business Documentation
• Mission dedicated to social impact and public good
• Conducting operations in good non-profit
• Maintaining official non-profit regulatory status
• Giving Back

Banking, Finance and Insurance

• Proper Documentation
• Compliance with banking regulation
• Secure Confidentiality
• Fair and Competitive rates and fees
• Customer focus with respectable practices

Laboratories

• Proper and updated documentation
• Processing – Cannabinoids – Pesticides – Residuals – Terpenes – Metals
• Pricing
• Turn around
• Many Labs will report higher reads for preferred clients. We need to come up with a way to combat this.
• Many Labs used outdated results.
• The above bullet folds into consistency.
• Equipment
• Cleanliness

Growers

• Lab test all product – No pests, molds/mildew, metals, chemicals/pesticides
• Objective-based potency
• Regulation compliant
• Non-toxic pesticides
• Cleanliness
• Equipment