Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) A cultivation center shall:
1) Have storage areas that provide adequate
lighting, ventilation, temperature, sanitation, humidity, space, equipment and
security conditions for the production and manufacture of cannabis;
2) Separate for storage, in a quarantined
area, cannabis that is outdated, damaged, deteriorated, misbranded or
adulterated, or whose containers or packaging have been opened or breached,
until that cannabis is destroyed pursuant to Section
1000.460;
3) Be maintained in a clean and orderly
condition;
4) Be free from
infestation by insects, rodents, birds or vermin of any kind; and
5) Produce no products other than useable
cannabis and cannabis-infused products intended for human
consumption.
b) All
areas in the cultivation center shall be compartmentalized based on function,
and access shall be restricted between compartments. The facility shall
establish, maintain and comply with written policies and procedures provided in
the Operational and Management Practice Plan approved by the Department
regarding best practices for secure and proper production of cannabis. These
shall include, but not be limited to, policies and procedures that:
1) Restrict movement between production
compartments;
2) Ensure that only
personnel necessary for a production function have access to that compartment
of the cultivation center; and
3)
Document the chain of custody of all cannabis and cannabis-infused
products.
c) Cultivation
centers shall establish, maintain and comply with the policies and procedures
contained in the Operations and Management Practices Plan, approved by the
Department, for the production, security, storage, inventory and distribution
of cannabis products. The policies and procedures shall include methods for
identifying, recording and reporting diversion, theft and loss, and for
correcting all errors and inaccuracies in inventories. Cultivation centers
shall include in their written policies and procedures a process for the
following:
1) Handling mandatory and
voluntary recalls of cannabis or cannabis-infused products. The procedure shall
be adequate to deal with:
A) recalls due to
any action initiated at the request of the Department and any voluntary action
by the cultivation center to remove from the market defective or potentially
defective cannabis or cannabis-infused products, or any product that has failed
laboratory testing as required by this Part or has been found to have a
reasonable probability that its use or exposure will cause serious adverse
health consequences; and
B) any
action undertaken to promote public health and safety by replacing existing
cannabis or cannabis-infused products with improved products or
packaging.
2) Preparing
for, protecting against, and handling any crises that affect the security or
operation of any facility in the event of strike, fire, flood or other natural
disaster, or other situations of local, State or national emergency.
3) Ensuring that any outdated, damaged,
deteriorated, misbranded or adulterated cannabis is segregated from other
cannabis and destroyed. This procedure shall provide for written documentation
of the cannabis disposition.
4)
Ensuring the oldest stock of a specific desired strain of a cannabis product is
distributed first. The procedure may permit deviation from this requirement if
the deviation is temporary and appropriate.