Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) An infuser 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) Visually records and monitors 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 cultivation center 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) Can produce a digital video disc using an
installed media recording drive. The video on the disc shall be viewable on any
Windows PC. The disk shall include any required player software;
C) The ability to remain operational during a
power outage for an unlimited amount of time;
D) Allow 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 are
required to be maintained in good working order at all times. The owner of an
infuser 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 infuser 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) Have
available a video printer capable of immediately producing a clear still photo
from any video camera image; and
9)
Upon request, the 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 infuser 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 infuser, except that:
1)
Laboratory staff may enter an infuser for the sole purpose of identifying and
collecting cannabis samples for purposes of conducting laboratory
tests;
2) Emergency personnel may
enter an infuser when necessary to perform their duties;
3) Upon written notice to the Department, an
infuser may allow contractors to enter an infuser 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
an infuser.
e) All
persons who are not infuser agents, but who are permitted on the premises of a
infuser pursuant to subsection (b), shall obtain a visitor identification badge
from infuser personnel prior to entering the infuser, and shall be escorted and
monitored at all times by infuser personnel. The visitor identification badge
shall be visibly displayed at all times while the visitor is in the infuser.
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 infuser personnel upon the visitor exiting the
infuser.