Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) A craft grower
shall be required to operate and maintain in good working order a 24 hour, 7
days a week, closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system on the
premises that complies with the following minimum standards:
1) The surveillance system shall visually
record and monitor all building entrances and exits, all parking lot areas, and
rear alley areas immediately adjacent to the building, and covers the entire
inside of the facility, including all limited access areas and all areas where
cannabis is produced, stored, shipped or destroyed, but does not include
restrooms nor the executive office. Fixed cameras shall be installed to provide
a consistent recorded image of these areas. The craft grower shall instruct the
company or individuals installing the surveillance cameras to maximize the
quality of facial and body images and to avoid backlighting and physical
obstructions.
2) Cameras installed
outdoors and in low-light interior areas shall be day/night cameras with a
minimum resolution of 600 lines per inch (analog) or D1 (IP) and a minimum
light factor requirement of 0.7 LUX. The installation of additional lighting
may be required to increase picture clarity and brightness. Cameras shall be
calibrated and focused to maximize the quality of the recorded image.
3) The recording device shall be digital and
meet the following minimum standards:
A)
Displays a date and time stamp on all recorded video;
B) Produces a digital video disc using an
installed media recording drive. The video on the disc shall be viewable on any
Windows PC, and shall include any required player software on the
disc;
C) Remains operational during
a power outage for an unlimited amount of time; and
D) Allows for the exporting of still images
in an industry standard image format, including .jpg, .bmp and .gif. Exported
video shall have the ability to be archived in a proprietary format that
ensures authentication of the video and guarantees that no alteration of the
recorded image has taken place. Exported video shall also have the ability to
be saved in an industry standard file format that can be played on a standard
computer operating system. All recordings shall be erased or destroyed prior to
disposal.
4) A display
monitor with a minimum screen size of 12 inches shall be connected to the
electronic recording security system at all times.
5) Electronic recording security systems must
be maintained in good working order at all times. The owner of a craft grower
shall instruct each manager, employee or agent overseeing the functioning of
the video recording security system to immediately report to the
agent-in-charge any malfunctioning or technical problems with the
system.
6) Security recordings
shall meet the following minimum requirements:
A) The recorded image resolution shall be at
least D1; and
B) The recorded image
frame rate shall be at least 3 frames per second during alarm or motion-based
recording.
7) Security
recordings shall be retained by the craft grower for a minimum of 90 days at
the licensed premises and an additional 90 days off site (e.g., cloud storage).
The recording system for the security cameras must be located in a locked,
tamper-proof compartment.
8) The
surveillance system must be able to connect to a video printer capable of
immediately producing a clear still photo from any video camera
image.
9) Upon request, the video
recording or any photo shall be turned over to ISP or the Department.
b) Access to surveillance areas
shall be limited to persons who are essential to surveillance operations, law
enforcement agencies, security system service personnel, the Department, and
others when approved by the Department. A current list of authorized employees
and service personnel that have access to the surveillance room must be
available to the Department upon request. Surveillance rooms shall remain
locked.
c) The electronic security
system shall be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, to the Department
and law enforcement agencies via a secure web-based portal.
d) No person, except craft grower agents,
local law enforcement, the Department or the Department's authorized
representative, DPH inspectors, or other federal, State or local government
officials when necessary to perform their governmental duties, shall be allowed
on the premises of a cultivation center, except that:
1) Laboratory staff may enter the craft
grower for the sole purpose of identifying and collecting cannabis samples for
purposes of conducting laboratory tests;
2) Emergency personnel may enter a craft
grower when necessary to perform their duties;
3) Upon written notice to the Department, a
cultivation center may allow contractors to enter a cultivation center when
they are working on a job unrelated to medical cannabis, such as installing or
maintaining security devices or performing electrical wiring; and
4) Upon prior written request, the Department
or the Department's authorized representative may permit other persons to enter
a craft grower.
e) All
persons who are not craft grower agents, but who are permitted on the premises
of a craft grower pursuant to subsection (b), shall obtain a visitor
identification badge from craft grower personnel prior to entering the craft
grower, and shall be escorted and monitored at all times by craft grower
personnel. The visitor identification badge shall be visibly displayed at all
times while the visitor is in the craft grower. All visitors, after presenting
valid government issued identification with a picture, shall be logged in and
out, and that log shall include the date, time and purpose of the visit and
shall be maintained and made available to the Department, at any time, for a
period of five years. All visitor identification badges shall be returned to
the craft grower personnel upon the visitor exiting the cultivation
center.