D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5610

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 52, December 27, 2024

Rule 22-C5610 - ELECTRONIC RECORDING SECURITY AND ALARM SYSTEM

5610.1

A dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall be required to operate and maintain in good working order a twenty-four (24) hour, seven (7) days a week, a closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system on the premises that complies with the following minimum standards:

(a) Visually records and monitors all building entrances and exits, all parking lot are as, rear alley areas immediately adjacent to the building, and covers the entire inside of the facility, including all limited access areas, and including all areas where medical marijuana is cultivated, stored, dispensed, tested, or destroyed. Fixed cameras shall be installed to provide a consistent recorded image of these areas. The cultivation center, dispensary, or testing laboratory 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;

(b) Cameras installed outdoors and in low-light interior areas shall be day/night cameras with a minimum resolution of six hundred (600) lines per inch (analog) or D1 (IP) and a minimum light factor requirement of seven tenths (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;

(c) The recording device shall be a digital video recorder that displays a date and time stamp on all recorded video;

(d) A display monitor with a minimum screen size of twelve inches (12 in.) shall be connected to the electronic recording security system at all times;

(e) Electronic recording security systems are required to be maintained in good working order at all times. The owner of a cultivation center, dispensary, or testing laboratory shall instruct each manager, employee, or agent overseeing the functioning of the video recording security system to immediately report any malfunctioning or technical problems with the system;

(f) Security recordings shall meet the following minimum requirements:

(1) The recorded image resolution shall be at least D1; and

(2) The recorded image frame rate shall be at least three (3) frames per second during alarm or motion based recording.

(g) Security recordings shall be retained by the cultivation center, dispensary, or testing laboratory for a minimum of thirty (30) days. The recording system for the security cameras must be located in a locked, tamper-proof compartment. A cultivation center, dispensary, or testing laboratory shall be prohibited from taping over existing security video from the last thirty (30) days; and

(h) Upon request, the security recording shall be made available within forty-eight (48) hours to MPD, the Board, or an ABCA investigator.

5610.2

A dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall install, maintain, and use a professionally monitored robbery and burglary alarm system; which meets the following requirements:

(a) The control panel shall be a UL listed burglar alarm control panel;

(b) The system shall report to a UL listed central monitoring station;

(c) A test signal shall be transmitted to the central station every twenty-four (24) hours;

(d) At a minimum, the system shall provide coverage of all facility entrances and exits, rooms with exterior windows, rooms with exterior walls or walls shared with other facility tenants, roof hatches, skylights, and storage room(s) that contain safe(s);

(e) The system shall include at least one (1) holdup alarm for staff use; and

(f) The system shall be inspected, and all devices tested annually by a qualified alarm vendor.

5610.3

A dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall maintain for a period of three (3) years reports of incidents that triggered an alarm. Such reports shall be made available to ABCA during any inspection of the facility. A dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall notify the Board by electronic means within twenty-four (24) hours of any incident in which a theft, burglary, robbery, or break in occurred, whether or not items were actually removed from the facility. The facility manager shall follow up the initial notice with a written report describing in detail the factual circumstances surrounding the incident and include an inventory of all stolen items, if applicable.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5610

Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10204 (December 2, 2011); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 10217 (8/9/2019); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 2388 (3/8/2024)

Authority: The Mayor, pursuant to section 14 of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 (Act), effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1671.01, et. seq. (2011 Supp.)).