On Friday, March 4th, the newly-organized Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) commenced the process to adopt permanent regulations to consolidate licensing and enforcement criteria for all commercial cannabis activities. While the objective is to rationalize three formerly separate sets of regulations prior to the consolidation into a single regulatory agency, many of the proposed rules include new policy changes. Notably, some of the proposed changes include instituting minimum security requirements across license types; removing prohibitions on retailers concerning the delivery of cannabis goods; and adding conflict of interest provisions for testing laboratories and creating labeling requirements for the use of an Appellation of Origin and other product ingredients. The full text of the regulations can be accessed here.
RCRC will continue to participate in the development of new cannabis regulations and legislation to preserve local control, county taxing authority and to mitigate environmental harms associated with cannabis cultivation. DCC will be accepting public comments on these proposed consolidated cannabis regulations through April 19, 2022.