California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 19 - Department of Cannabis Control › Chapter 5 - Cannabis Events › Section 15601 - Temporary Cannabis Event Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A
				temporary cannabis event license authorizes a licensed cannabis event organizer
				to hold a temporary cannabis event where the onsite sale and consumption of
				cannabis goods is authorized at the location indicated on the license during
				the dates indicated on the license.
(b) Violations of the requirements applicable
				to temporary cannabis events may result in disciplinary action against the
				cannabis event organizer license or any other licenses held by a licensee
				participating in the temporary cannabis event and responsible for a violation
				under this division or the Act.
(c)
				A temporary cannabis event license shall only be issued for a single day or up
				to 4 consecutive days. No temporary cannabis event license will be issued for
				more than 4 days.
(d) An
				application for a temporary cannabis event license shall be submitted to the
				Department no less than 60 calendar days before the first day of the temporary
				cannabis event.
(e) A temporary
				cannabis event may only be held at a county fair event, district agricultural
				association event, or at another venue expressly approved by a local
				jurisdiction for the purpose of holding a temporary cannabis event.
(f) A temporary cannabis event license shall
				not be issued for a premises that is licensed for the sale of alcohol or
				tobacco.
(g) If the list of
				licensees and vendors participating in the temporary cannabis event changes
				after the application is submitted or after the license is issued, the
				applicant shall submit with the Licensee Notification and Request Form,
				Notifications and Requests Regarding Regulatory Compliance, DCC-LIC-028 (New
				2/22), incorporated herein by reference, an updated list and an updated
				diagram, as required in section
				15002.1(b)(5), to
				the Department no less than 72 hours before the event. Licensees not on the
				list submitted to the Department shall not participate in the temporary
				cannabis event. All employees of licensees participating in the event shall
				comply with the employee badge requirements in section
				15403 at all times while
				participating in the temporary cannabis event and provide their badge to
				Department representatives upon request.
(h) The licensed cannabis event organizer
				shall hire or contract for security personnel to provide security services at
				the licensed temporary cannabis event. All security personnel hired or
				contracted for by the licensee shall be at least 21 years of age, licensed by
				the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, and comply with chapters
				11.4 and 11.5 of division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. Security
				personnel shall be present on the licensed premises at all times cannabis goods
				are available for sale and/or cannabis goods consumption is allowed on the
				licensed premises.
(i) A licensed
				cannabis event organizer shall maintain a clearly legible sign not less than 7
				inches by 11 inches in size, reading "No Persons Under 21 Allowed" at or near
				each public entrance to any area where the sale or consumption of cannabis
				goods is allowed. The lettering of the sign shall be no less than 1 inch in
				height.
(j) All cannabis waste
				generated at a temporary cannabis event shall be collected and disposed of in
				accordance with the requirements of section
				17223. The licensed cannabis event
				organizer may contract or arrange for the collection and disposal of cannabis
				waste generated during the temporary cannabis event.
(k) A licensed cannabis event organizer and
				all other licensees participating in a temporary cannabis event are required to
				comply with section
				15037 and all other applicable
				requirements in the Act and this division pertaining to record
				keeping.
(l) The Department may
				require the event organizer and all participants to cease operations without
				delay if, in the opinion of the Department or local law enforcement, it is
				necessary to protect the immediate public health and safety of the people of
				the state. Upon notification from the Department that the event is to cease
				operations, the event organizer shall immediately stop the event and all
				participants shall be removed from the premises within the time frame provided
				by the Department.
(m) Upon
				notification from the Department, the event organizer shall immediately expel
				from the event any person selling cannabis goods without a license from the
				Department that authorizes the participant to sell cannabis goods. The event
				organizer or their representative shall remain with the person being expelled
				from the premises at all times until he or she vacates the premises. If the
				person does not vacate the premises, the Department may inform the event
				organizer that the event must cease operations. Upon notification from the
				Department that the event is to cease operations, the event organizer shall
				immediately stop the event and all participants shall be removed from the
				premises within the time frame provided by the Department.
(n) The event organizer shall designate a
				limited-access area that can only be accessed by the licensee and the
				Department. Upon request, the event organizer shall make the area available to
				the Department.
1. Change
				  without regulatory effect renumbering and amending former title 16, section
				  5601 to new title 4, section
				  15601 filed 7-14-2021 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2021, No. 29). For prior history of title 16, division
				  42, see Register 2019, No. 3.
2. Amendment of section heading and
				  section filed 9-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 9-27-2021 (Register 2021,
				  No. 40). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions
				  Code sections
				  26013(b)(3)
				  and
				  26153.1(k).
				  A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-28-2022 or
				  emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
				  day.
3. Amendment of section heading and section refiled 3-28-2022
				  as an emergency; operative 3-28-2022 (Register 2022, No. 13). This filing is a
				  deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code sections
				  26013(b)(3)
				  and
				  26153.1(k).
				  A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-26-2022 or
				  emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
				  day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-28-2022 order, including
				  amendment of subsection (g) and new subsection (n), transmitted to OAL
				  9-26-2022 and filed 11-7-2022; amendments effective 11-7-2022 pursuant to
				  Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2022, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 26013,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 26012
					 and
					 26200,
					 Business and Professions Code.