D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5707

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 52, December 27, 2024
Rule 22-C5707 - MINIMUM AGE AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
5707.1

A person under twenty-one (21) years of age shall not be employed by a dispensary to sell or dispense medical marijuana.

5707.2

A person under twenty-one (21) years of age shall not be employed by a cultivation center to grow or cultivate medical marijuana.

5707.3

A person under twenty-one (21) years of age shall not be employed by a testing laboratory to test medical marijuana.

5707.4

A person under the age of eighteen (18) shall be precluded from purchasing medical marijuana from a dispensary unless he or she is a qualifying patient and is in the presence of a parent or guardian.

5707.5

A dispensary may prohibit an individual who is not a qualifying patient, caregiver, or on official government business from entering or remaining on the registered premises.

5707.6

A dispensary, cultivation center and testing laboratory shall maintain a visitor log on-site. A dispensary's visitor log shall include the visitor's name, title, company, date, time, and purpose of the visit.

5707.7

A dispensary, cultivation center and testing laboratory shall provide visitor identification badges and register any visitors that are not qualifying patients or caregivers or non-resident qualifying patients, including but not limited to vendors, potential vendors, managers, agents, or employees, elected officials, and medical consultants.

5707.8

In the event of an emergency, a dispensary that is not open to the public, a cultivation center, or a testing laboratory shall be permitted to provide an outside contractor with access to a limited or restricted access area for the sole purpose of making repairs. The dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall be required to log in and out the outside contractor and retain with the log a photocopy of the outside contractor's government issued identification.

5707.9

A dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall provide any utilized outside contractor with a visitor identification badge prior to entering a limited or restricted access area and shall be escorted at all times by a registered dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory owner, manager, employee or agent. The outside contractor shall have their visitor identification badge displayed at all times while he or she is working in the limited or restricted access area. The dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall ensure that the outside contractor does not touch any plant or medical marijuana. All visitor badges shall be returned to the dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory upon exit.

5707.10

A dispensary, cultivation center, or testing laboratory shall allow access to limited or restricted access areas to emergency services personnel, such as firefighters, MPD, ABCA investigators, or other government officials in the performance of their duties without an escort in order to perform their job.

5707.11

For non-emergency repairs, a dispensary that is not open to the public, a cultivation center, or a testing laboratory shall provide notice to ABCA before allowing an outside contractor, such as an electrician or repair person, to work in a limited or restricted access area between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

5707.12

For the purposes of this section, an emergency repair is one that needs to be performed in order to prevent a risk of injury, a risk to the health of any person, property damage, or other conditions that would necessitate the closing of the facility.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-C5707

Source: 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, 10213 (December 2, 2011); 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.)).