Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1)
Prior to Cultivation and as part of the license application, each Cultivator
and Integrated Facility must submit an Operations Plan to the Department and
the AMCC.
(2) Once the Operations
Plan is approved by the Department and the AMCC as part of the licensing
process, the Cultivator or Integrated Facility must operate consistently with
the approved plan. Cultivators and Integrated Facilities may operate outside
their originally approved Operations Plan only if they receive written
permission from the Department and Commission, as applicable, for:
(a) a waiver, such that they may operate
outside the Operations Plan for a specified period of time and for good cause
shown, after which time operations in accordance with the Operations Plan will
resume; or
(b) an amended Operations
Plan, which will be in effect and must be followed from the time of the
Department's and Commission's approval.
(3) The Operations Plan must include a
security plan to ensure cannabis and medical cannabis remain secure at all
times, including but not limited to requiring that all cultivation facilities
are (a) fully surrounded by perimeter barriers deterring unauthorized access to
and limiting visibility of the cultivation facility; (b) housed in an enclosed
structure as defined herein; (c) secured at all times by locks requiring
keypad, card or similar coded interface to access; and (d) monitored by 24-hour
video surveillance that shows with reasonable clarity the identity and activity
of persons at all entry and exit points as well as in all growing
areas.
(4) The Operations Plan must
include a grow plan that shall show the number of cannabis plants and methods
of cultivation the Cultivator or Integrated Facility intends to
utilize.
(5) In addition to the
foregoing, the Operations plan must, at a minimum, include protocols to address
all the following requirements:
(a) All
cultivation facilities shall be protected by a 24-hour monitored security alarm
system.
(b) All individuals
entering and exiting cultivation facilities, including employees, shall be
identified, logged in and out, and badged; in addition to the foregoing, all
non-employees must report the purpose of their presence on the
premises.
(c) Video monitoring
inside the cultivation facility must cover all entry/exit points and all areas
where cannabis is present. Monitoring cameras must be of such numbers, scope
and clarity as to determine facial features of all persons in the camera's view
at all times of day, such that the identity and activities of such persons
being monitored is readily visible. Monitoring cameras at vehicle entry/exit
points must be of such numbers, scope, and clarity to record the license plate
information and description of all vehicles entering/exiting the
facility.
(d) The Cultivator or
Integrated Facility shall provide the Department and the AMCC with engineering
plans and specifications of the entire cultivation facility. The plans and
specifications shall include:
1. A detailed
plan and elevation drawings of all operational areas involved with the
production of cannabis plants. This should include dimensions and elevation
referenced to a single facility benchmark;
2. Cross-sections that show the construction
details and their dimensions to provide verification of construction materials,
enhancement for security measures, and bio-security measures;
3. Identification of all employee-accessible
nonproduction areas;
4. The
location, size, and capacity of all storage areas, ventilation systems, and
equipment used for the production of cannabis;
5. The location and door material
specifications of all entrances and exits to the cultivation facility, as well
as the physical makeup and specifications of all outer walls of the enclosed
structure;
6. The location and
specifications of any windows, skylights and roof hatches;
7. The location of all monitoring cameras and
their field of view, verified to be operating 24 hours per day;
8. The location of all alarm inputs (door
contacts, motion detectors, duress/hold up devices) and alarm sirens;
9. The location of the digital video recorder
and alarm control panel;
10. The
location of all restricted, employee-accessible and public areas;
11. The location where all plant inputs and
application equipment are stored;
12. The location of all enclosed, secure
areas or loading/unloading docks out of public view for the loading/unloading
of cannabis or medical cannabis into or out of any motor vehicle for secure
transport.
13. The location of any
area used to store medical cannabis that has been returned to the cultivation
facility from a processor or dispensary.
(e) A detailed plan for the destruction and
disposal of cannabis plants, including parts thereof, and any related materials
that cannot or will not be processed, transported, or dispensed.
(f) A detailed plan to ensure chain of
custody of cannabis and medical cannabis within the cultivation
facility.
(g) A detailed plan to
inventory and track cannabis and medical cannabis within the facility and to
interface with the Statewide Seed-to-Sale Tracking system.
