Puerto Rico

Official resources and documentation

Portal access, API documentation, and reference materials for the Puerto Rico traceability system.

• Puerto Rico PRDOH traceability portalWebsite
• Puerto Rico API documentationAPI documentation
• Puerto Rico traceability FAQPDF

Regulatory framework

Puerto Rico's medical cannabis program is governed by the Departamento de Salud through the Junta Reglamentadora del Cannabis Medicinal. The program was formally legalized under Act 42-2017 and restricts commercial activities to medical applications only.

Smoking or combustion of cannabis products is prohibited in public spaces. The market serves registered patients through vaporization, tinctures, edibles, capsules, and topicals.

License categories and fees

Puerto Rico separates commercial licenses into distinct tiers. Licensing fees are based on the total active operational square footage of the facility.

Cultivation

Up to 10,000 sq ft

$10,000 licensing fee

10,000 to 20,000 sq ft

$15,000 licensing fee

20,001 to 30,000 sq ft

$25,000 licensing fee

Manufacturing and processing

Up to 5,000 sq ft

$10,000 licensing fee

5,001 to 25,000 sq ft

$20,000 licensing fee

25,001 sq ft and above

$30,000 licensing fee

Compliance and traceability

All licensed operators must follow seed-to-sale tracking workflows to log and verify every stage of the cannabis lifecycle. The state system tracks the full chain of custody across all verticals.

Cultivation tracking

Individual plants must be tagged and logged across developmental stages, with records of nutritional inputs, location transfers, and batch-level harvests.

Processing documentation

Manufacturing facilities must document all oil extractions, formulation runs, and byproduct conversions to account for precise material weights and minimize unrecognized waste.

Dispensary point of sale

Retail dispensaries must trace each sale back to the origin plant batch, validate patient card limits in real time, and track daily purchase allotments.