California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 19 - Department of Cannabis Control › Chapter 8 - Manufacturers › Article 4 - Good Manufacturing Practices › Section 17211 - Manufacturing Personnel

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Licensed manufacturers shall establish and implement procedures for personnel
				  that include, at minimum:
(1) Disease
				  control. Any individual who by medical examination or supervisory observation
				  is shown to have, or appears to have, an illness specified in Health and Safety
				  Code section
				  113949.2(a)
				  or an open lesion (e.g., boil, sore, cut, rash, or infected wound), unless
				  covered in accordance with the requirements of Health and Safety Code section
				  113949.2(b),
				  shall be excluded from any manufacturing operations until their health
				  condition is corrected. Personnel shall be instructed to report such health
				  conditions to their supervisors.
(2) Cleanliness. All individuals working in
				  direct contact with cannabis, cannabis products, components, contact surfaces,
				  and packaging materials shall maintain personal cleanliness in order to protect
				  against allergen cross-contact and contamination of cannabis products while on
				  duty. The methods for maintaining personal cleanliness include:
(A) Wearing clean outer clothing to protect
				  against allergen cross-contact and contamination of cannabis, cannabis
				  products, components, contact surfaces, and packaging materials;
(B) Washing hands thoroughly in a
				  hand-washing facility that meets the requirements of section
				  17209 before starting work, after
				  each absence from a work station, at any time specified in Health and Safety
				  Code section
				  113953.3,
				  and at any time when the hands may have become soiled or
				  contaminated;
(C) Removing all
				  unsecured jewelry and other objects that might fall into cannabis, cannabis
				  products, components, equipment, or containers. Hand jewelry that cannot be
				  sanitized shall be removed during periods in which cannabis products are
				  manipulated by hand. If such hand jewelry cannot be removed, it shall be
				  covered by material that can be maintained in an intact, clean, and sanitary
				  condition and that effectively protects against contamination by these objects
				  of cannabis, cannabis products, components, contact surfaces, and packaging
				  materials;
(D) Maintaining gloves
				  used in cannabis product handling in an intact, clean, and sanitary
				  condition;
(E) Wearing hair nets,
				  caps, beard covers, or other hair restraints that are designed and worn to
				  prevent hair contact with cannabis, cannabis products, components, contact
				  surfaces, and packaging materials;
(F) Storing clothing and personal belongings
				  in areas separate from those where cannabis products are exposed or where
				  equipment or utensils are washed; and
(G) Confining the following activities to
				  areas separate from those where cannabis products may be exposed or where
				  equipment or utensils are washed: eating food, chewing gum, drinking beverages,
				  and using tobacco.