845-025-7520 Unique Identification (UID) Tags (1) A licensee, grow site administrator, person responsible for a marijuana processing site, person responsible for a dispensary, and hemp certificate holder must: (a) Use UID tags issued by a Commission-approved vendor that is authorized to provide UID tags for CTS. Each licensee is responsible for the cost of all UID tags and any associated vendor fees. (b) Have an adequate supply of UID tags at all times, except during the first 10 calendar days of licensure so long as UID tags have been ordered and are in transit to the premises. (c) Assign and affix a UID tag to all marijuana items, or receptacles containing marijuana items, in a manner that: (A) Establishes an accurate record from one marijuana item to another; and (B) Uses a new UID tag each time a marijuana item is added to or placed in a receptacle. (d) Place tags in a position that can be clearly read by an individual standing next to the item and the tag must be kept free from dirt and debris. (2) A grow site administrator must assign and affix a UID tag to each marijuana plant batch being cultivated no later than when any plant in the marijuana plant batch reaches a height of 24 inches or is flowering, whichever is sooner. (3) A licensee must assign and affix a UID tag to each marijuana plant batch being cultivated no later than when any plant in the marijuana plant batch reaches a height of 36 inches or is flowering, whichever is sooner. (4) The requirements of subsection (1)(c) of this rule do not apply to: (a) Marijuana harvested by producers or grow site administrators in the first 45 days after the harvest of the marijuana plant if a UID tag has not yet been designated in CTS; or (b) Marijuana items that are part of an active process lot and that are being tracked pursuant to OAR 845-025-7575. (5) A licensee, research certificate holder, laboratory licensee, hemp certificate holder, grow site subject to CTS tracking, or medical marijuana processing site may not combine marijuana items or hemp items of different size, potency, or category under a single UID tag, except for: (a) Mixed lots of usable marijuana; (b) Mixed lots of usable hemp; (c) Pre-rolled marijuana of identical weight of usable marijuana; or (d) Cannabinoid concentrates, extracts, or hemp items that are transferred to a processor or processing site to be processed. (6) For the purposes of this rule, different potency means the total THC concentration of any item combined under a single UID is less than 90 percent of the total THC concentration of the item with the highest concentration of total THC under that UID tag. (7) A licensee, research certificate holder, laboratory licensee, hemp certificate holder, grow site subject to CTS tracking, or medical marijuana processing site may not combine marijuana items or hemp items in the same package or container with non-cannabis consumable products. (8) Violations. (a) A violation of subsection (1)(c) or section (7) of this rule is a Category III violation. (b) All other violations of this rule are Category IV violations. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 475C.017, 475C.065, 475C.085, 475C.093, 475C.097, 475C.548 & ORS 475C.177 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 475C.177 History: OLCC 12-2024, amend filed 12/20/2024, effective 01/01/2025 OLCC 3-2024, amend filed 04/18/2024, effective 04/19/2024 OLCC 1-2024, temporary amend filed 01/02/2024, effective 01/04/2024 through 07/01/2024 OLCC 7-2023, amend filed 11/17/2023, effective 01/02/2024 OLCC 2-2023, amend filed 03/17/2023, effective 01/01/2024 OLCC 202-2022, amend filed 11/21/2022, effective 01/01/2023 OLCC 164-2022, minor correction filed 03/25/2022, effective 03/25/2022 OLCC 21-2021, amend filed 12/30/2021, effective 01/01/2022 OLCC 3-2020, amend filed 01/28/2020, effective 02/01/2020 OLCC 22-2016, f. 12-22-16, cert. ef. 12-27-16 OLCC 6-2016, f. 6-28-16, cert. ef. 6-29-16 OLCC 3-2015(Temp), f. 12-3-15, cert. ef. 1-1-16 thru 6-28-16