LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet’s Office of the Inspector General (FAC OIG)  full independent report on the medical cannabis licensing and application process is out.

Wednesday marked one year since the Office of Medical Cannabis (OMC) asked the OIG to conduct its own investigation.

Calls for an investigation came following public concern.

WHAS11’s own reporting found some businesses exploited a loophole to get a cannabis license.

Gov. Andy Beshear said during a Team Kentucky Update the audit found the program to be transparent and fair to all applicants.

“The Office of Medical Cannabis stated regulations and licensing processes were designed with two goals in mind — fairness and transparency — and the OIG’s report clearly recognized those goals were met,” Beshear said.

According to the report, the office created an effective program that was fair and transparent to every applicant.

“The program issued regulations in a fully transparent manner that went through public comment and OMC responses, and those regulations became effective after full review by multiple legislative committees,” the report reads.

It’s been just over a year since medical cannabis was legalized in Kentucky, and state officials said steps are now in place to get the program up and running.

This is a breaking news story, and it will be updated.