Section 17211 - Manufacturing Personnel(a) Licensed manufacturers shall establish and implement procedures for personnel that include, at minimum: (1) Disease control. Any individual who by medical examination or supervisory observation is shown to have, or appears to have, an illness specified in Health and Safety Code section 113949.2(a) or an open lesion (e.g., boil, sore, cut, rash, or infected wound), unless covered in accordance with the requirements of Health and Safety Code section 113949.2(b), shall be excluded from any manufacturing operations until their health condition is corrected. Personnel shall be instructed to report such health conditions to their supervisors.(2) Cleanliness. All individuals working in direct contact with cannabis, cannabis products, components, contact surfaces, and packaging materials shall maintain personal cleanliness in order to protect against allergen cross-contact and contamination of cannabis products while on duty. The methods for maintaining personal cleanliness include: (A) Wearing clean outer clothing to protect against allergen cross-contact and contamination of cannabis, cannabis products, components, contact surfaces, and packaging materials;(B) Washing hands thoroughly in a hand-washing facility that meets the requirements of section 17209 before starting work, after each absence from a work station, at any time specified in Health and Safety Code section 113953.3, and at any time when the hands may have become soiled or contaminated;(C) Removing all unsecured jewelry and other objects that might fall into cannabis, cannabis products, components, equipment, or containers. Hand jewelry that cannot be sanitized shall be removed during periods in which cannabis products are manipulated by hand. If such hand jewelry cannot be removed, it shall be covered by material that can be maintained in an intact, clean, and sanitary condition and that effectively protects against contamination by these objects of cannabis, cannabis products, components, contact surfaces, and packaging materials;(D) Maintaining gloves used in cannabis product handling in an intact, clean, and sanitary condition;(E) Wearing hair nets, caps, beard covers, or other hair restraints that are designed and worn to prevent hair contact with cannabis, cannabis products, components, contact surfaces, and packaging materials;(F) Storing clothing and personal belongings in areas separate from those where cannabis products are exposed or where equipment or utensils are washed; and(G) Confining the following activities to areas separate from those where cannabis products may be exposed or where equipment or utensils are washed: eating food, chewing gum, drinking beverages, and using tobacco.(b) Nothing in this section prohibits a licensed manufacturer from establishing additional precautions to protect against allergen cross-contact and contamination of cannabis, cannabis products, components, contact surfaces, and packaging materials by microorganisms or foreign substances (e.g., perspiration, hair, cosmetics, tobacco, chemicals, and medicines applied to the skin).(c) The procedures for manufacturing personnel shall be in writing and made available to the Department upon request.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 4, § 17211
1. New section filed 9-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 9-27-2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 3-28-2022 as an emergency; operative 3-28-2022 (Register 2022, No. 13). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-26-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-28-2022 order, including redesignation of subsections (a)(3)-(4) as subsections (b)-(c) and amendment of NOTE, transmitted to OAL 9-26-2022 and filed 11-7-2022; amendments effective 11-7-2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2022, No. 45). Note: Authority cited: Sections 26013 and 26130, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 26011.5 and 26039.6, Business and Professions Code.
1. New section filed 9-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 9/27/2021 (Register 2021, No. 40). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 3-28-2022 as an emergency; operative 3/28/2022 (Register 2022, No. 13). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections 26013(b)(3) and 26153.1(k). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-26-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-28-2022 order, including redesignation of subsections (a)(3)-(4) as subsections (b)-(c) and amendment of Note, transmitted to OAL 9-26-2022 and filed 11/7/2022; amendments effective 11/7/2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2022, No. 45).