Section 20-2A-53 - License application requirements(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this article in a timely manner that allows persons to begin applying for a license by September 1, 2022. Rules must ensure safety, security, and integrity of the operation of medical cannabis facilities, that do all of the following for each category of license:(1) Establish operating standards to ensure the health, safety, and security of the public and the integrity of medical cannabis facility operations.(2) Require a minimum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) of liability and casualty insurance and establish minimum levels of other financial guarantees, if appropriate, that licensees must maintain.(3) Establish qualifications and restrictions for individuals participating in or involved with operating medical cannabis facilities.(4) Establish an on-site inspection process to be conducted at each facility of an applicant prior to being issued a license, as well as ongoing on-site inspections of the facilities of a licensee.(5) Establish standards or requirements to ensure cannabis and medical cannabis remain secure at all times, including, but not limited to, requirements that all facilities of licensees remain securely enclosed and locked as appropriate.(6) Subject to Section 20-2A-66, establish testing standards, procedures, and requirements for medical cannabis sold at dispensaries.(7) Provide for the levy and collection of fines for a violation of this article or rules.(8) Establish annual license fees for each type of license, provided the fee shall be not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), depending on the category of license.(9) Establish quality control standards, procedures, and requirements.(10) Establish chain of custody standards, procedures, and requirements.(11) In compliance with Chapters 27 and 30 of Title 22, establish standards, procedures, and requirements for waste product storage and disposal and chemical storage.(12) Establish standards, procedures, and requirements for securely and safely transporting medical cannabis between facilities.(13) Establish standards, procedures, and requirements for the storage of cannabis and medical cannabis.(14) Subject to Section 20-2A-63, establish packaging and labeling standards, procedures, and requirements for medical cannabis sold at dispensaries.(15) Establish marketing and advertising restrictions for medical cannabis products and medical cannabis facilities.(16) Establish standards and procedures for the renewal, revocation, suspension, and nonrenewal of licenses.(b) The commission, by rule, shall design a universal state symbol that is a color image and made available to licensed processors to include on all packages of medical cannabis, as required under Section 20-2A-63.Ala. Code § 20-2A-53 (1975)
Amended by Act 2024-342,§ 1, eff. 6/1/2024.Added by Act 2021-450,§ 1, eff. 5/17/2021.