Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a)
Each facility shall develop and maintain an Operations and Management Practices
Plan for each production area.
b)
Each production area shall maintain an open aisle on all sides of each plant
group to allow for unobstructed travel, observation and inventory of each plant
group.
c) Each production area
shall be maintained free of debris.
d) Biosecurity measures shall be implemented
and maintained at all times.
e) A
record of all crop inputs shall be maintained for at least five years at the
facility. The record shall include the following (see Section
1000.470(g)
for additional requirements for the use of pesticides):
1) The date of application;
2) The name of the individual making the
application;
3) The product that
was applied;
4) The section,
including the square footage, that received the application (by group
number);
5) The amount of product
that was applied; and
6) A copy of
the label of the product applied.
f) At the time of planting, all plants shall
be accounted for as a batch with a unique batch number that shall remain with
the batch through final packaging.
g) When a plant reaches 18 inches in height,
it shall be assigned a specific number and so tagged with an individual tag
that will be recorded electronically (RFID) or kept in an electronic file until
harvest or destruction. All plants, regardless of accounting strategy, shall be
physically inventoried on a weekly basis and records of the inventory shall be
kept at the facility for at least 5 years.
h) Any removal of plants from the batch shall
be recorded on a permanent record and maintained on site.
i) The batch number shall be displayed on the
approved label of the product designated for distribution to a dispensing
organization.
j) All persons
working in direct contact with medical cannabis shall conform to hygienic
practices while on duty, including but not limited to the following:
1) Litter and waste shall be properly removed
and the operating systems for waste disposal shall be maintained in an adequate
manner so that they do not constitute a source of contamination in areas where
cannabis plants are exposed;
2)
Floors, walls and ceilings shall be constructed in such a manner that they may
be adequately cleaned and kept clean and in good repair;
3) There shall be adequate lighting in all
areas where medical cannabis is stored and where equipment or utensils are
cleaned;
4) There shall be adequate
screening or other protection against the entry of pests. Rubbish shall be
disposed of so as to minimize the development of odor and minimize the
potential for the waste becoming an attractant, harborage or breeding place for
pests;
5) Any buildings, fixtures
and other facilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition;
6) Toxic cleaning compounds, sanitizing
agents, solvents used in the production of medical cannabis concentrates, and
pesticide chemicals shall be identified, held and stored in a manner that
protects against contamination of cannabis, and in a manner that is in
accordance with any applicable local, State or federal law, rule, regulation or
ordinance;
7) Only sanitizing
agents registered with the Department pursuant to the Illinois Pesticide Act
shall be used in cultivation centers, and they shall be used in accordance with
labeled instructions;
8) The water
supply shall be sufficient for the operations intended and shall be derived
from a source that is a regulated water system. Private water supplies shall be
derived from a water source that is capable of providing a safe, potable and
adequate supply of water to meet the facility's needs (see Section
1000.465
);
9) Plumbing shall be of adequate
size and design and adequately installed and maintained to carry sufficient
quantities of water to required locations throughout the cultivation center,
and it shall properly convey sewage and liquid disposable waste from the
facility. There shall be no cross-connections between the potable and waste
water lines, pursuant to the Illinois Plumbing Code;
10) All operations in the receiving,
inspecting, transporting, segregating, preparing, production, packaging and
storing of cannabis or cannabis-infused product shall be conducted in
accordance with adequate sanitation principles; and
11) Medical cannabis that can support the
rapid growth of undesirable microorganisms shall be held in a manner that
prevents the growth of these microorganisms.