Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 34 - INDUSTRIAL HEMP
Section 4-34-29 - Negligent violations; corrective action plans
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Negligent violations of the act may include failure to provide a legal description of land on which a licensee produces industrial hemp, producing plants with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration greater than 1.0 percent on a dry-weight basis, or producing plants with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration greater than 0.3 percent on a dry-weight basis if the licensee did not make reasonable efforts to cultivate or produce industrial hemp. It shall not be a negligent violation of the act if a licensee produces plants with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 1.0 percent or less on a dry-weight basis and the licensee has made reasonable efforts to cultivate or produce industrial hemp. Each licensee who negligently violates the act or the implementing regulations shall be required to follow a corrective action plan developed by the secretary.
(b) Upon the first negligent violation, each licensee shall meet the following requirements:
(c) Upon a second negligent violation within five years of a previous negligent violation, each licensee shall meet the following requirements:
(d) Upon a third negligent violation within five years of the first negligent violation, each licensee shall be ineligible to cultivate or produce industrial hemp for a period of five years beginning on the date of the third violation. Each license or registration held by the licensee shall be subject to immediate revocation, and all of the licensee's industrial hemp shall be subject to destruction, if so ordered.