2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420h - Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis › Section 21a-421o. - Record retention requirements for cannabis establishments. Audits and inspections. Confidentiality of information.

(a) Each cannabis establishment shall maintain all records necessary to fully demonstrate business transactions related to cannabis for a period covering the current taxable year and the three immediately preceding taxable years, all of which shall be made available to the department pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.
(b) The commissioner may require any licensee to furnish such information as the commissioner considers necessary for the proper administration of RERACA, and may require an audit of any cannabis establishment, the expense thereof to be paid by such cannabis establishment.
(c) Each cannabis establishment, and each person in charge, or having custody, of such documents, shall maintain such documents in an auditable format for the current taxable year and the three preceding taxable years. Upon request, such person shall make such documents immediately available for inspection and copying by the commissioner or any other enforcement agency or others authorized by RERACA, and shall produce copies of such documents to the commissioner or commissioner's authorized representative within two business days. Such documents shall be provided to the commissioner in electronic format, unless not commercially practical. In complying with the provisions of this subsection, no person shall use a foreign language, codes or symbols to designate cannabis or cannabis product types or persons in the keeping of any required document.
(d) For purposes of the supervision and enforcement of the provisions of RERACA, the commissioner may:
(1) Enter any place, including a vehicle, in which cannabis is held, sold, produced, delivered, transported, manufactured or otherwise disposed of;
(2) Inspect a cannabis establishment and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished material, containers and labeling, and all things in such place, including records, files, financial data, sales data, shipping data, pricing data, employee data, research, papers, processes, controls and facilities; and
(3) Inventory any stock of cannabis and obtain samples of any cannabis, any labels or containers, paraphernalia and of any finished or unfinished material.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in RERACA, all records maintained or kept on file related to RERACA by the department or the Social Equity Council shall be public records for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200. In addition to the nondisclosure provisions contained in sections 1-210, 21a-408d, 21a-408
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, 21a-408v, 21a-420g, 21a-421n, 21a-421p and 21a-422k, any information related to (1) the physical security plans of a cannabis establishment or the criminal background of individual applicants that is obtained by the department through the licensing process, (2) the supply and distribution of cannabis by cannabis establishments, and (3) qualified patient and caregiver information, shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 57.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.