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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420d - State Child Protection Act › Section 21a-345. (Formerly Sec. 19-568). - Reports. Dissemination of information. Posting of notice in retail stores.

(a) The administrator may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing any judgments, decrees or court orders which have been rendered under sections 21a-335 to 21a-346, inclusive, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.
(b) The administrator may also cause to be disseminated information regarding hazardous substances in situations involving, in the opinion of the administrator, imminent danger to health. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the administrator from collecting, reporting and illustrating the results of the investigations of the agency.
(c) The administrator may require that retail stores post a notice making the general public aware of the administrator's decision that an article has been designated a banned hazardous substance, pursuant to regulations adopted under section 21a-336. Such notices shall be posted in a location visible to the general public and shall be posted for a duration of a time specified by the administrator. Violations of this subsection shall be deemed an unfair or deceptive trade practice pursuant to section 42-110b.
(1971, P.A. 121, S. 11; P.A. 08-106, S. 12.)
History: Sec. 19-568 transferred to Sec. 21a-345 in 1983; P.A. 08-106 added Subsec. (c) re posting notice in retail stores re article designated a banned hazardous substance.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420d - State Child Protection Act › Section 21a-346. (Formerly Sec. 19-569). - Repurchase of banned articles.

(a) Any article or substance sold by its manufacturer, distributor or dealer which is a banned hazardous substance, whether or not it was such at the time of its sale, shall, in accordance with regulations of the administrator, be repurchased as follows: (1) The manufacturer of any such article or substance shall repurchase it from the person to whom he sold it and shall (A) refund that person the purchase price paid for such article or substance, (B) if that person has repurchased such article or substance pursuant to subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection, reimburse him for any amounts paid in accordance with that subdivision for the return of such article or substance in connection with its repurchase, and (C) if the manufacturer requires the return of such article or substance in connection with his repurchase of it in accordance with this subdivision, reimburse that person for any reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in returning it to the manufacturer. (2) The distributor of any such article or substance shall repurchase it from the person to whom he sold it and shall (A) refund that person the purchase price paid for such article or substance, (B) if that person has repurchased such article or substance pursuant to subdivision (3), reimburse him for any amounts paid in accordance with that subdivision for the return of such article or substance in connection with its repurchase, and (C) if the distributor requires the return of such article or substance in connection with his repurchase of it in accordance with this subdivision, reimburse that person for any reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in returning it to the distributor. (3) In the case of any such article or substance sold at retail by a dealer, if the person who purchased it from the dealer returns it to him or tenders the sales receipt for such article or substance, the dealer shall refund the purchaser the purchase price paid for it and reimburse him for any reasonable and necessary transportation charges incurred in its return.
(b) For the purposes of this section the term “manufacturer” includes (1) an importer for resale, and (2) a dealer who sells at wholesale an article or substance shall with respect to that sale be considered the distributor of that article or substance.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1971, P.A. 121, S. 12.)
History: Sec. 19-569 transferred to Sec. 21a-346 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420d - State Child Protection Act › Section 21a-347. - Certificate of disposition: Requirements, penalty.

(a) Not later than October 1, 2008, the administrator, as defined in section 21a-335, shall develop, within available appropriations, a certificate of disposition for retailers and wholesalers prohibited from selling or otherwise placing any children's product subject to a recall or voluntary corrective action into the stream of commerce pursuant to section 21a-337. Such certificate of disposition shall (1) require such retailers and wholesalers to specify the make, model, type, quantity and final disposition of such children's products, (2) contain any other information required by the administrator, and (3) require such retailers and wholesalers to sign an affidavit verifying the authenticity of the information provided in the certificate.
(b) Upon notification or receipt of information that a children's product has been recalled, a retailer or wholesaler shall inspect its premises and immediately dispose of all such products in possession of such retailer or wholesaler. Upon notification or receipt of information that a children's product has been subject to voluntary corrective action, a retailer or wholesaler shall inspect its premises and immediately return to the manufacturer or distributor all such products in possession of such retailer or wholesaler. Retailers and wholesalers shall complete the certificate of disposition form developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section no later than seven calendar days after the date of notification or receipt of information of a recall or voluntary corrective action. Signed and dated certificate of disposition forms shall be maintained by the retailer or wholesaler and shall be subject to inspection by the administrator or the administrator's designated agent for a period of not less than three years.
(c) A retailer or wholesaler who violates subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to the penalties of section 21a-338.
(P.A. 08-106, S. 5; 08-122, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 08-106 effective June 2, 2008; P.A. 08-122 amended Subsec. (a) to add “within available appropriations”, effective June 2, 2008.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420d - State Child Protection Act › Section 21a-348. - List of toxic substances.

In addition to the list compiled pursuant to section 21a-336, the administrator, in consultation with the Commissioners of Public Health and Environmental Protection, shall compile, within available appropriations, and from time to time amend, a list of other toxic substances that potentially should not exist in children's products. In addition, the administrator shall compile, within available appropriations, and from time to time amend, a list of safer alternatives to using said toxic substances.
(P.A. 08-106, S. 4; 08-122, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 08-122 amended requirement re list's contents and added “within available appropriations”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420d - State Child Protection Act › Section 21a-349. - Warning labels: Requirements, exceptions.

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the administrator, as defined in section 21a-335, may adopt, within available appropriations, regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to require certain consumer products determined by the administrator that bear lead-containing paint or that have lead in any part of the product and that a child may reasonably or foreseeably come into contact with, to carry a warning label described in this section. If the administrator adopts such regulations, no person, firm or corporation engaged in commerce shall have, offer for sale, sell or give away any consumer product, identified in such regulations, that may be used by the general public unless it bears a warning statement prescribed by federal regulations or, if no warning statement is prescribed by federal regulations, bears a warning statement that meets the requirements of subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection, as appropriate. (1) The warning statement shall be as follows when the consumer product bears lead-containing paint: “WARNING–CONTAINS LEAD. DRIED FILM OF THIS SUBSTANCE MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. See Other Cautions on (Side or Back) Panel. Do not apply on toys, or other children's articles, furniture, or interior or exterior exposed surfaces of any residential building or facility that may be occupied or used by children. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.”. (2) The warning statement shall be as follows when the consumer product bears a form of lead other than lead-containing paint: “WARNING--CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. MAY GENERATE DUST CONTAINING LEAD. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.”. The placement, conspicuousness and contrast of such labeling shall be in accordance with 16 CFR 1500.121.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to children's products, and those consumer products with lead-containing components, but whose lead-containing components are not accessible to a child because they are not physically exposed by reason of a covering or casing and they will not become physically exposed through normal and reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of the product.
(P.A. 08-106, S. 6; 08-122, S. 5; P.A. 15-14, S. 6; P.A. 16-193, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 08-122 amended Subsec. (a) to add “within available appropriations”; P.A. 15-14 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to make a technical change; P.A. 16-193 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420d - State Child Protection Act › Section 21a-350. - Civil penalty.

In addition to the criminal penalties and remedies set forth in this chapter, the administrator may, after notice and hearing pursuant to chapter 54, levy a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, except for section 21a-340. Each such violation of this chapter shall be a separate and distinct offense and each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. Such penalty shall be deposited into the consumer protection enforcement account established pursuant to section 21a-8a.
(P.A. 08-106, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420d - State Child Protection Act › Section 21a-376. - Child restraint systems. Requirements.

(a) No person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce any child restraint system which does not conform to the requirements in 49 CFR Part 571.213.
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may (1) detain or embargo any child restraint system which does not conform to the requirements of 49 CFR Part 571.213 and (2) order repurchase of any child restraint system which does not conform to such requirements.
(c) In addition to any other remedies at law, the commissioner may apply to the Superior Court for, and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 93-292, S. 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420e - Home Food Service Plan Sales Act › Section 21a-400. - Definitions.

As used in sections 21a-400 to 21a-405, inclusive:
(1) “Home food service plan” means the offering for sale to a consumer, in the consumer's home, of any food item, or food item in combination with any nonfood item or services, whether or not a membership fee or similar charge is involved, for a total price in excess of two hundred dollars.
(2) “Seller” means any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association, however organized, engaged in the sale of a home food service plan.
(3) “Buyer” means both the actual and prospective purchaser, but does not include persons purchasing for resale.
(4) “Written agreement” means all the collective written contracts or written agreements signed by a buyer at the time of sale relating to the purchase of a home food service plan, except promissory notes or other financing agreements.
(5) “Food item” means each edible product sold as part of a home food service plan, including, but not limited to, each constituent part or kind of meat cut from a primal source, each kind of whole poultry or poultry part, seafood products and other similar products.
(6) “Nonfood item” means each inedible product sold as part of a home food service plan, including, but not limited to, paper products, health and beauty products, detergents, cleaners and disinfectants, rolls of wrapping and similar products. “Nonfood item” does not include food items and durable consumer goods such as appliances.
(7) “Item price” means the price of a food or nonfood item sold as part of a home food service plan, computed to the nearest tenth of one cent when less than one dollar and to the nearest cent when one dollar or more. The item price, exclusive of any service charge or charges, shall be expressed in terms of the price per unit of weight, measure, or count of the food or nonfood item.
(8) “Service charge” means the total price for any additional features, services and processing associated with the purchase of a home food service plan, including, but not limited to, cutting, wrapping, freezing, delivery and membership fees.
(9) “Primal source” means the following cuts of meat: (A) For beef, the primal sources are the round, flank, loin, rib, plate, brisket, chuck, and shank; (B) for veal and lamb or mutton, the primal sources are the leg, flank, loin, rack and shoulder; and (C) for pork, the primal sources are the belly, loin, ham, spare ribs, shoulder, and jowl.
(10) “Food spoilage protection” means any agreement, guarantee, warranty or contract offered by a seller whereby a buyer is insured or protected against loss of frozen food due to spoilage.
(P.A. 92-42, S. 1; P.A. 95-79, S. 81, 189.)
History: P.A. 95-79 redefined “seller” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420e - Home Food Service Plan Sales Act › Section 21a-402. - Delivery. Receipt. Required disclosures.

At the time of delivery, the seller shall provide a receipt for signature by the buyer which shall disclose the following: (1) The identity of the item and the net quantity of the contents in terms of either weight, measure, or count, as required by applicable law. The net weight of each food item delivered shall be within the limit specified in subparagraph (C) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 21a-401; and (2) the item price and total sales price of each food and nonfood item. The item price shall be the same as that specified on the price list given to the buyer at the time of sale.
(P.A. 92-42, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420e - Home Food Service Plan Sales Act › Section 21a-403. - Negotiation, transfer, sale or assignment. Assignee's rights and liabilities.

(a) A seller shall not negotiate, transfer, sell or assign any note or other evidence of indebtedness issued in connection with a home food service plan sale to a finance company or other third party prior to midnight of the fifth business day after the day on which the buyer executed the written agreement or after the day on which the seller provides the buyer with a fully executed copy of the written agreement, whichever is later.
(b) The assignee of any such note or other evidence of indebtedness shall be subject to all claims and defenses of the buyer against the seller arising from the sale, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary. The assignee's liability under this subsection shall not exceed the amount owing to the assignee at the time the claim or defense is asserted against the assignee. Rights of the buyer under this subsection can be asserted affirmatively against or as a defense to or set-off against a claim by the assignee.
(P.A. 92-42, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420e - Home Food Service Plan Sales Act › Section 21a-404. - Penalty. Violation made unfair or deceptive act or practice.

Any violation of sections 21a-400 to 21a-405, inclusive, shall constitute an unfair or deceptive trade act or practice in violation of subsection (a) of section 42-110b.
(P.A. 92-42, S. 5.)
Cited. 231 C. 707.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420e - Home Food Service Plan Sales Act › Section 21a-405. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 21a-401 to 21a-404, inclusive.
(P.A. 92-42, S. 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408e. - Person not subject to arrest or prosecution solely for being in presence or vicinity of palliative use of marijuana.

No person shall be subject to arrest or prosecution solely for being in the presence or vicinity of the palliative use of marijuana as permitted under sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive.
(P.A. 12-55, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 136.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 changed a reference from Sec. 21a-408n to Sec. 21a-408m, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408f. - Seizure and return of marijuana, paraphernalia or other property. Exception.

Any marijuana, paraphernalia relating to marijuana, or other property seized by law enforcement officials from a qualifying patient or a caregiver in connection with the claimed palliative use of marijuana under sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive, shall be returned to the qualifying patient or the caregiver immediately upon the determination by a court that the qualifying patient or the caregiver is entitled to the palliative use of marijuana under sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive, as evidenced by a decision not to prosecute, a dismissal of charges or an acquittal. The provisions of this section do not apply to any qualifying patient or caregiver who fails to comply with the requirements for the palliative use of marijuana under sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive.
(P.A. 12-55, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 71.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 replaced references to primary caregiver with caregiver and replaced references to Sec. 21a-408n with Sec. 21a-408m, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408g. - Fraudulent representation to law enforcement official re palliative use of marijuana or written certification. Penalty.

(a) Any person who makes a fraudulent representation to a law enforcement official of any fact or circumstance relating to the palliative use of marijuana in order to avoid arrest or prosecution under chapter 420b or any other provision of the general statutes shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who makes a fraudulent representation to a law enforcement official of any fact or circumstance relating to the issuance, contents or validity of a written certification for the palliative use of marijuana, or a document purporting to be such a written certification, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 12-55, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408j. - Prohibitions on licensed dispensary facilities and employees and when not subject to arrest, prosecution or certain other penalties.

(a) No dispensary facility or employee of the dispensary facility may: (1) Acquire marijuana from a person other than a producer from a cultivator, micro-cultivator, product manufacturer, food and beverage manufacturer, product packager, or transporter, as such terms are defined in section 21a-420; (2) transfer or transport marijuana to a person who is not (A) a qualifying patient registered under section 21a-408d; (B) a caregiver of such qualifying patient; (C) a hospice or other inpatient care facility licensed by the Department of Public Health pursuant to chapter 368v that has a protocol for the handling and distribution of marijuana that has been approved by the Department of Consumer Protection; (D) a laboratory; (E) an organization engaged in a research program; (F) a delivery service, as defined in section 21a-420; or (G) a transporter, as defined in section 21a-420; or (3) obtain or transport marijuana outside of this state in violation of state or federal law.
(b) No dispensary or employee of the dispensary facility acting within the scope of his or her employment shall be subject to arrest or prosecution or penalized in any manner, including, but not limited to, being subject to any civil penalty, or denied any right or privilege, including, but not limited to, being subject to any disciplinary action by a professional licensing board, for acquiring, possessing, distributing or dispensing marijuana pursuant to sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive.
(P.A. 12-55, S. 11; P.A. 16-23, S. 7; P.A. 17-188, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 73.)
History: P.A. 16-23 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding Subpara. (C) re hospice or other inpatient care facility, adding Subpara. (D) re laboratory, and adding Subpara. (E) re organization engaged in a research program; P.A. 17-188 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by replacing “and” with “or”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 amended Subsec. (a) by changing references from dispensary and licensed dispensary to dispensary facility, deleting licensed before producer, amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding reference to various licensees defined in Sec. 21-420 in Subdiv. (1), amended Subsec. (a)(2) by replacing reference to distribute or dispense with transfer or transport, deleting reference to Sec. 21a-408n, deleting “primary” before “caregiver”, adding Subpara. (F) re delivery services and Subpara. (G) re transporters and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “licensed” before “dispensary”, adding “facility” after “dispensary”, making a technical change and changing reference from Sec. 21a-408n to Sec. 21a-408m.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408k. - Prohibitions on producers and employees and when not subject to arrest, prosecution or certain other penalties.

(a) No producer or employee of the producer may: (1) Sell, deliver, transport or distribute marijuana to a person who is not (A) a cannabis establishment, (B) a laboratory, or (C) an organization engaged in a research program, or (2) obtain or transport marijuana outside of this state in violation of state or federal law.
(b) No licensed producer or employee of the producer acting within the scope of his or her employment shall be subject to arrest or prosecution or penalized in any manner, including, but not limited to, being subject to any civil penalty, or denied any right or privilege, including, but not limited to, being subject to any disciplinary action by a professional licensing board, for cultivating marijuana or selling, delivering, transferring, transporting or distributing marijuana to a cannabis establishment, laboratory or research program.
(P.A. 12-55, S. 12; P.A. 16-23, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 74.)
History: P.A. 16-23 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by designating existing provision re licensed dispensary as Subpara. (A), adding Subpara. (B) re laboratory and adding Subpara. (C) re organization engaged in a research program; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “licensed” before “producer”, replacing “licensed dispensary” with “cannabis establishment” in Subdiv. (1)(A) and amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical change, adding “transferring” and replacing reference to licensed dispensaries with “cannabis establishment, laboratory or research program”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408n. - Temporary registration certificates. Qualifying patients, primary caregivers and physicians not subject to arrest, prosecution or certain other penalties. Exceptions. Confidentiality of registry information.

Section 21a-408n is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 12-55, S. 15; P.A. 16-23, S. 15; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 173.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408o. - Health insurance coverage not affected.

Nothing in sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive, or section 21a-243 shall be construed to require health insurance coverage for the palliative use of marijuana.
(P.A. 12-55, S. 16; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 138.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 changed a reference from Sec. 21a-408n to Sec. 21a-408m, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408p. - Treatment of student, tenant or employee due to status as qualifying patient or caregiver.

(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Action” has the meaning provided in section 47a-1;
(2) “Dwelling unit” has the meaning provided in section 47a-1;
(3) “Employer” means a person engaged in business who has one or more employees, including the state and any political subdivision of the state;
(4) “Landlord” has the meaning provided in section 47a-1;
(5) “Palliative use” has the meaning provided in section 21a-408;
(6) “Caregiver” has the meaning provided in section 21a-408;
(7) “Qualifying patient” has the meaning provided in section 21a-408;
(8) “School” means a public or private elementary or secondary school in this state or a public or private institution of higher education in this state; and
(9) “Tenant” has the meaning provided in section 47a-1.
(b) Unless required by federal law or required to obtain federal funding:
(1) No school may refuse to enroll any person or discriminate against any student solely on the basis of such person's or student's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver under sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive;
(2) No landlord may refuse to rent a dwelling unit to a person or take action against a tenant solely on the basis of such person's or tenant's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver under sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive; and
(3) No employer may refuse to hire a person or may discharge, penalize or threaten an employee solely on the basis of such person's or employee's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver under sections 21a-408 to 21a-408m, inclusive. Nothing in this subdivision shall restrict an employer's ability to prohibit the use of intoxicating substances during work hours or restrict an employer's ability to discipline an employee for being under the influence of intoxicating substances during work hours.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the palliative use of marijuana in violation of subsection (b) of section 21a-408a.
(P.A. 12-55, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 77.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 amended Subsec. (a) by changing the defined term from “primary caregiver” to “caregiver” in Subdiv. (6) and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing references to “primary caregiver” with “caregiver” and replacing “21-408n” with “21a-408m”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408s. - Prohibitions for laboratories and laboratory employees and when not subject to arrest, prosecution or certain other penalties. Laboratories to be independent. Security and safeguard requirements.

(a) No laboratory or laboratory employee may (1) acquire marijuana from a person other than a cannabis establishment or an organization engaged in a research program, (2) deliver, transport or distribute marijuana to (A) a person who is not a cannabis establishment from which the marijuana was originally acquired by the laboratory or laboratory employee, (B) an organization not engaged in a research program, or (3) obtain or transport marijuana outside of this state in violation of state or federal law.
(b) (1) No laboratory employee acting within the scope of his or her employment shall be subject to arrest or prosecution, penalized in any manner, including, but not limited to, being subject to any civil penalty, or denied any right or privilege, including, but not limited to, being subject to any disciplinary action by a professional licensing board, for acquiring, possessing, delivering, transporting or distributing marijuana to a cannabis establishment or an organization engaged in an approved research program under the provisions of this chapter.
(2) No laboratory shall be subject to prosecution, penalized in any manner, including, but not limited to, being subject to any civil penalty or denied any right or privilege, for acquiring, possessing, delivering, transporting or distributing marijuana to a cannabis establishment or an organization engaged in an approved research program under the provisions of this chapter.
(c) A laboratory shall be independent from all other persons involved in the marijuana industry in Connecticut, which shall mean that no person with a direct or indirect financial, managerial or controlling interest in the laboratory shall have a direct or indirect financial, managerial or controlling interest in a cannabis establishment or any other entity that may benefit from the laboratory test results for a cannabis or marijuana sample or product.
(d) A laboratory shall maintain all minimum security and safeguard requirements for the storage of handling of controlled substances as a laboratory that is licensed to provide analysis of controlled substances pursuant to section 21a-246 and any regulations adopted thereunder.
(P.A. 16-23, S. 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 80.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 replaced references to licensed producer and licensed dispensary with “cannabis establishment” throughout, amended Subsec. (a) by adding “laboratory” and deleting former Subpara. (B) re licensed producer and redesignating existing Subpara. (C) as Subpara. (B) in Subdiv. (2), added Subsec. (c) re laboratories to be independent and added Subsec. (d) re security and safeguard requirements, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408u. - Prohibitions for research programs and employees and when not subject to arrest, prosecution or certain other penalties.

(a) No research program or research program employee may (1) acquire marijuana from a person other than a cannabis establishment or laboratory, (2) deliver, transport or distribute marijuana to a person who is not (A) a cannabis establishment, (B) a laboratory, or (C) a research program subject, (3) distribute or administer marijuana to an animal unless such animal is an animal research subject, or (4) obtain or transport marijuana outside of this state in violation of state or federal law.
(b) No research program employee acting within the scope of his or her employment shall be subject to arrest or prosecution, penalized in any manner, including, but not limited to, being subject to any civil penalty, or denied any right or privilege, including, but not limited to, being subject to any disciplinary action by a professional licensing board, for acquiring, possessing, delivering, transporting or distributing marijuana to a cannabis establishment or laboratory, or a research program subject or distributing or administering marijuana to an animal research subject under the provisions of this chapter.
(P.A. 16-23, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 81.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 replaced references to “licensed producer” and “licensed dispensary” with “cannabis establishment or laboratory” and amended Subsec. (a)(1)(B) to replace “licensed producer” with “laboratory”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-409. - Manufacture, marketing, cultivation and storage of hemp and hemp products by producer.

(a) As used in this section, “producer” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-408 and “manufacture”, “market”, “cultivate”, “hemp”, “hemp products” and “manufacturer hemp products” have the same meanings as provided in section 22-61l. Any producer licensed under section 21a-408 shall manufacture, market, cultivate or store hemp and manufacturer hemp products in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted under this chapter. Producers may obtain hemp and manufacturer hemp products from a person authorized under the laws of this state or another state, territory or possession of the United States or another sovereign entity to possess and sell such hemp and manufacturer hemp products.
(b) Hemp or manufacturer hemp products purchased by producers from third parties shall be tracked as a separate batch throughout the manufacturing process in order to document the disposition of such hemp or manufacturer hemp products. Hemp or manufacturer hemp products obtained, manufactured, marketed, cultivated or stored by a producer shall be deemed marijuana and shall comply with the requirements for marijuana contained in the applicable provisions of the general statutes and any regulations adopted under such provisions. Producers shall retain a copy of the certificate of analysis for purchased hemp or manufacturer hemp products and invoice and transport documents that evidence the quantity purchased and date received.
(c) No hemp or hemp products shall be sold or distributed within a dispensary facility that is licensed under this chapter.
(P.A. 21-37, S. 53.)
History: P.A. 21-37 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420g - Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vapor Products › Section 21a-416. - Employee-assisted sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no business entity with a dealer registration may sell or offer for sale at the place of business identified in the business entity's application for dealer registration, an electronic nicotine delivery system or a vapor product by any means other than an employee-assisted sale where the customer has no direct access to the electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product except through the assistance of the employee of such business entity.
(2) No business entity may sell or offer for sale an electronic nicotine delivery system or a vapor product from a self-service display.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a business entity with a dealer registration if persons under the age of twenty-one are prohibited from entering the place of business identified in the business entity's application for dealer registration and the prohibition on persons under the age of twenty-one entering such place of business is posted clearly on all entrances of such place of business.
(P.A. 18-109, S. 1; P.A. 19-13, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 19-13 deleted Subsec. (a) re definitions, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b)(1) and (b)(2) as new Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “no retail establishment may sell or offer for sale” with “no business entity with a dealer registration may sell or offer for sale at the place of business identified in the business entity's application for dealer registration,”, and replacing “retail establishment” with “business entity”, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(3) as new Subsec. (b) and substantially amended same including by replacing provision re subdivisions not applicable to retail establishment if minors are prohibited from entering and prohibition is posted clearly on all entrances of retail establishment with provisions re subsection not applicable to business entity with dealer registration if persons under age 21 are prohibited from entering and prohibition is posted clearly on all entrances of place of business, and made technical and conforming changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420g - Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vapor Products › Section 21a-417. - Certain promotional or advertising samples authorized.

Any business entity holding a dealer registration under section 21a-415 may give or deliver an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product in connection with the promotion or advertisement of such electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product without receiving monetary consideration from the person receiving the electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product, provided (1) such giving or delivery is at the location identified by the business entity in its application for the dealer registration or at any event or establishment with an area the access to which is limited to persons twenty-one years of age or older, provided such giving or delivery is restricted to such area, (2) the sample of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products, if applicable, contains no less than two such systems or products, (3) the taxes on such electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product have been previously paid, and (4) the giving or delivery of the sample is done in accordance with federal laws and regulations governing the giving or delivery of electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products. The business entity that holds a dealer registration shall be liable for any gift or delivery of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product to a person under twenty-one years of age on the premises by any person conducting a promotion or advertisement of such electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product in accordance with this section. This section shall not apply to the gift or delivery of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product in connection with a sale of a similar electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product.
(P.A. 19-13, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420g - Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Vapor Products › Section 21a-418. - Sale or shipment of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products directly to a consumer. Requirements.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Person” means any individual, firm, fiduciary, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust or association, however formed;
(2) “Electronic nicotine delivery system” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-415; and
(3) “Vapor product” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-415.
(b) A person with an electronic nicotine delivery system certificate of dealer registration, when selling and shipping an electronic nicotine delivery system or a vapor product directly to a consumer in the state, shall: (1) Ensure that the shipping labels on all containers of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product shipped directly to a consumer in the state conspicuously states the following: “CONTAINS AN ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM OR VAPOR PRODUCT—SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY”; and (2) obtain the signature of a person age twenty-one or older at the shipping address prior to delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that he or she is age twenty-one or older by providing a valid motor vehicle operator's license or a valid identity card described in section 1-1h.
(P.A. 19-13, S. 19.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420h - Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis › Section 21a-420a. - Purchase, possession, display, sale or transportation of cannabis legal.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the purchase, possession, display, sale or transportation of cannabis by a cannabis establishment or employee thereof shall not be unlawful and shall not be an offense or a basis for seizure or forfeiture of assets so long as such purchase, possession, display, sale or transportation is within the scope of such person's employment or such person's license or registration and is in compliance with the laws and regulations that apply to such license or registration type.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 52.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420h - Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis › Section 21a-420c. - License required for sale, offering or delivery of cannabis.

(a) Except as provided in RERACA and chapter 420b or 420f, (1) no person, other than a retailer, hybrid retailer, micro-cultivator or delivery service, or an employee thereof in the course of his or her employment, may sell or offer cannabis to a consumer, and (2) no person, other than a hybrid retailer, dispensary facility or a delivery service, or an employee thereof in the course of his or her employment, may sell or offer cannabis to qualifying patients and caregivers.
(b) No person except a delivery service, or an employee thereof, subject to the restrictions set forth in section 21a-420z, in the course of his or her employment may deliver cannabis to consumers, patients or caregivers except that retailers, hybrid retailers, micro-cultivators and dispensary facilities may utilize their own employees to deliver cannabis to the same individuals they may sell to pursuant to subsection (a) of this section until thirty days after the date the first five delivery service licensees have commenced public operation, which date shall be published by the commissioner on the department's Internet web site, and thereafter all delivery to consumers, patients or caregivers shall be done through a delivery service licensee.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 21.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420h - Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis › Section 21a-420h. - Regulations re sale or change in ownership of control of cannabis establishment license awarded to social equity applicant. Policies and procedures. Enforcement.

The Social Equity Council shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to prevent the sale or change in ownership or control of a cannabis establishment license awarded to a social equity applicant to someone other than another qualifying social equity applicant during the period of provisional licensure, and for three years following the issuance of a final license, unless the backer of such licensee has died or has a condition, including, but not limited to, a physical illness or loss of skill or deterioration due to the aging process, emotional disorder or mental illness that would interfere with the backer's ability to operate. Notwithstanding the requirements of sections 4-168 to 4-172, inclusive, in order to effectuate this section, prior to adopting such regulations and not later than October 1, 2021, the council shall issue policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this section that shall have the force and effect of law. The council shall post all policies and procedures on its Internet web site and submit such policies and procedures to the Secretary of the State for posting on the eRegulations System, at least fifteen days prior to the effective date of any policy or procedure. Any such policy or procedure shall no longer be effective upon the earlier of either the adoption of the policy or procedure as a final regulation under section 4-172 or forty-eight months from July 1, 2021, if such regulations have not been submitted to the legislative regulation review committee for consideration under section 4-170. Any violation of such policies and procedures or any violation of such regulations related to the sale or change in ownership may be referred by the Social Equity Council to the department for administrative enforcement action, which may result in a fine of not more than ten million dollars or action against the establishment's license.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 36.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420h - Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis › Section 21a-420i. - Restriction on holding, controlling or being a backer of two or more cannabis establishment licenses in the same license type or category.

From July 1, 2021, until June 30, 2025, the department shall not award a cannabis establishment license to any lottery applicant who, at the time the lottery is conducted, has two or more licenses or includes a backer that has managerial control of, or is a backer of, two or more licensees in the same license type or category for which the applicant has entered the lottery, provided an ownership interest in an equity joint venture or a social equity partner in accordance with subsection (c) of section 21a-420l shall not be considered for purposes of such cap. For purposes of this section, dispensary facility, retailer and hybrid retailer licenses shall be considered to be within the same license category and producer, cultivator and micro-cultivator licenses shall be considered to be within the same license category.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 40.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.