The State Board of Health deviated from its normal procedures in adopting a framework for Oklahoma's medical marijuana industry, even overruling their own attorney after she warned their actions could prompt a lawsuit.

In the past, the board has relied on its general counsel to craft proposed regulations. But on Tuesday the board approved two major rules, the origins of which remain unclear.

One rule would ban the sale of smokable marijuana, while the other would require dispensaries to have a licensed pharmacist.

The two rules, last-minute additions to draft regulations that had been published two weeks earlier, were pushed by some of the state's largest medical organizations that opposed State Question 788, which voters approved last month to legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma.