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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-56 - Producer record keeping

Current through July 10, 2024
Producers shall keep records of all marijuana produced,
				manufactured, recalled and of all marijuana disposed of by them. Such records
				shall be maintained and made available in accordance with section 21a-408-72 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and, in each case shall
				show:
(1) The brand name, kind and
			 quantity of marijuana involved;
(2)
			 The date of such production or removal from production or from the
			 marketplace;
(3) A record of all
			 marijuana sold, transported or otherwise disposed of;
(4) The date and time of selling,
			 transporting, recalling or disposing of the marijuana;
(5) The name and address of the dispensary
			 facility, laboratory or research program to which the marijuana was sold or
			 transported;
(6) The name of the
			 dispensary, laboratory or research program employee who took custody of the
			 marijuana;
(7) The name of the
			 production facility employee responsible for transporting the marijuana;
			 and
(8) In the event of a recall,
			 the name of the dispensary facility employee or research program employee
			 present at the time the product is picked up.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-57 - Manufacturing of marijuana products

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A producer
			 shall only manufacture or sell marijuana products in the following forms:
(1) Raw material;
(2) Cigarettes;
(3) Extracts, sprays, tinctures or
			 oils;
(4) Topical applications,
			 oils or lotions;
(5) Transdermal
			 patches;
(6) Baked goods;
(7) Capsules or pills; and
(8) Any other form and route of
			 administration approved by the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-58 - Packaging and labeling by producer

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A producer shall
			 individually package, label and seal marijuana products in unit sizes such that
			 no single unit contains more than a one-month supply of marijuana.
(b) A producer shall place any product
			 containing marijuana in a child-resistant, tamper-resistant and light-resistant
			 package. A package shall be deemed child-resistant if it satisfies the standard
			 for "special packaging" as set forth in the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of
			 1970 Regulations, 16 CFR
			 1700.1(b)(4).
(c) A producer shall label each marijuana
			 product prior to sale to a dispensary and shall securely affix to the package a
			 label that states in legible English:
(1) The
			 name and address of the producer;
(2) The brand name of the marijuana product
			 that was registered with the department pursuant to section
			 21a-408-61 of the Regulations of
			 Connecticut State Agencies;
(3) A
			 unique serial number that will match the product with a producer batch and lot
			 number so as to facilitate any warnings or recalls the department or producer
			 deem appropriate;
(4) The date of
			 final testing and packaging;
(5) The
			 expiration date, based upon validated stability testing that indicates:
(A) the product is stable for a minimum of 60
			 days under the specified storage conditions, light, temperature and humidity,
			 when opened; and
(B) the shelf-life
			 of unopened medical marijuana is consistent with the expiration date for
			 unopened products.
(6) The
			 quantity of marijuana contained therein;
(7) A terpenes profile and a list of all
			 active ingredients, including:
(A)
			 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC);
(B)
			 tetrahydrocannabinol acid (THCA);
(C) cannabidiol (CBD);
(D) cannabidiolic acid (CBDA); and
(E) any other active ingredient that
			 constitutes at least 1% of the marijuana batch used in the
			 product.
(8) A pass or
			 fail rating based on the laboratory's microbiological, mycotoxins, heavy metals
			 and chemical residue analysis; and
(9) Such other information necessary to
			 comply with state of Connecticut labeling requirements for similar products not
			 containing marijuana, including, but not limited to, the Connecticut Food, Drug
			 and Cosmetic Act, sections 21a-91 to 21a-120, inclusive, and sections 21a-151
			 to 21a-159, inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes, regarding bakeries
			 and food manufacturing establishments.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-61 - Brand name

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A producer
			 shall assign a brand name to each marijuana product. A producer shall register
			 each brand name with the department, on a form prescribed by the commissioner,
			 prior to any sale to a dispensary facility and shall associate each brand name
			 with a specific laboratory test that includes a terpenes profile and a list of
			 all active ingredients, including:
(1)
			 Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC);
(2)
			 Tetrahydrocannabinol acid (THCA);
(3) Cannabidiols (CBD);
(4) Cannabidiolic acid (CBDA); and
(5) Any other active ingredient that
			 constitutes at least 1% of the marijuana batch used in the product.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-62 - Transportation of marijuana by producers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Prior to
			 transporting any marijuana or marijuana product, including transportation in
			 connection with a recall, a producer shall:
(1) Complete a shipping manifest using a form
			 prescribed by the commissioner; and
(2) Securely transmit a copy of the manifest
			 to the dispensary facility, laboratory or research program location that will
			 receive the products and to the department at least twenty-four hours prior to
			 transport.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-63 - Security requirements for producer

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A producer
			 shall:
(1) Not produce, manufacture or
			 maintain marijuana in excess of the quantity required for normal, efficient
			 operation;
(2) Store all marijuana
			 products in an approved safe or approved vault and in such a manner as to
			 prevent diversion, theft or loss;
(3) Maintain all marijuana that is not part
			 of a finished product in a secure area or location within the production
			 facility accessible only to specifically authorized employees, which shall
			 include only the minimum number of employees essential for efficient
			 operation;
(4) Keep all approved
			 safes, approved vaults, or any other approved equipment or areas used for the
			 production, cultivation, harvesting, processing, manufacturing or storage of
			 marijuana, securely locked or protected from entry, except for the actual time
			 required to remove or replace marijuana;
(5) Keep all locks and security equipment in
			 good working order;
(6) Not allow
			 keys to be left in the locks and not store or place keys in a location
			 accessible to persons other than specifically authorized employees;
(7) Not allow other security measures, such
			 as combination numbers, passwords or electronic or biometric security systems,
			 to be accessible to persons other than specifically authorized employees;
			 and
(8) Keep the production
			 facility securely locked and protected from entry at all times.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-65 - Dispensary, producer, laboratory and research program reportable events

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A dispensary, producer, laboratory or
			 research program shall immediately notify appropriate law enforcement
			 authorities and the Drug Control Division upon becoming aware of any:
(1) discrepancies identified during
			 inventory;
(2) diversion, theft,
			 loss, or unauthorized destruction of any marijuana product; or
(3) loss or unauthorized alteration of
			 records related to marijuana, qualifying patients or research
			 subjects.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-66 - Disposal of marijuana

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A dispensary,
			 producer, laboratory, research program, law enforcement or court official or
			 the commissioner shall dispose of undesired, excess, unauthorized, obsolete,
			 adulterated, misbranded or deteriorated marijuana in the following manner:
(1) By surrender without compensation of such
			 marijuana to the commissioner; or
(2) By disposal in the presence of an
			 authorized representative of the commissioner in such a manner as to render the
			 marijuana non-recoverable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-67 - Inventory

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each dispensary facility and production
			 facility, prior to commencing business, shall:
(1) Conduct an initial comprehensive
			 inventory of all marijuana at the facility If a facility commences business
			 with no marijuana on hand, the dispensary or producer shall record this fact as
			 the initial inventory; and
(2)
			 Establish ongoing inventory controls and procedures for the conduct of
			 inventory reviews and comprehensive inventories of marijuana, which shall
			 enable the facility to detect any diversion, theft or loss in a timely
			 manner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-68 - Marketing: prohibited conduct, statements and illustration; commissioner review of advertisements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
(1)
(A) A
			 producer, production facility employee, producer backer;
(B) a dispensary facility employee,
			 dispensary facility backer;
(C) a
			 physician; or
(D) an APRN, in any
			 combination, shall not cooperate, directly or indirectly, in any advertising if
			 such advertising has the purpose or effect of steering or influencing patient
			 or caregiver choice with regard to the selection of a physician, APRN,
			 dispensary or marijuana product.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-69 - Marijuana advertising; requirements for true statements and fair balance

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All advertisements for marijuana or
			 marijuana products that make a statement relating to side effects,
			 consequences, contraindications and effectiveness shall present a true
			 statement of such information. When applicable, advertisements broadcast
			 through media such as radio, television, or other electronic media shall
			 include such information in the audio or audio and visual parts of the
			 presentation.
(b) False or
			 misleading information in any part of the advertisement shall not be corrected
			 by the inclusion of a true statement in another distinct part of the
			 advertisement.
(c) An advertisement
			 does not satisfy the requirement that it present a "true statement" of
			 information relating to side effects, consequences, contraindications, and
			 effectiveness if it fails to present a fair balance between information
			 relating to side effects, consequences, contraindications and effectiveness in
			 that the information relating to effectiveness is presented in greater scope,
			 depth, or detail than is the information relating to side effects, consequences
			 and contraindications, taking into account all implementing factors such as
			 typography, layout, contrast, headlines, paragraphing, white space, and any
			 other techniques apt to achieve emphasis.
(d) An advertisement is false, lacking in
			 fair balance, or otherwise misleading if it:
(1) Contains a representation or suggestion
			 that a marijuana strain, brand or product is better, more effective, useful in
			 a broader range of conditions or patients or safer than other drugs or
			 treatments including other marijuana strains or products, unless such a claim
			 has been demonstrated by substantial evidence or substantial clinical
			 experience;
(2) Contains favorable
			 information or opinions about a marijuana product previously regarded as valid
			 but which have been rendered invalid by contrary and more credible recent
			 information;
(3) Uses a quote or
			 paraphrase out of context or without citing conflicting information from the
			 same source, to convey a false or misleading idea;
(4) Uses a study on individuals without a
			 debilitating medical condition without disclosing that the subjects were not
			 suffering from a debilitating medical condition;
(5) Uses data favorable to a marijuana
			 product derived from patients treated with a different product or dosages
			 different from those approved in the state of Connecticut;
(6) Contains favorable information or
			 conclusions from a study that is inadequate in design, scope, or conduct to
			 furnish significant support for such information or conclusions; or
(7) Fails to provide adequate emphasis for
			 the fact that two or more facing pages are part of the same advertisement when
			 only one page contains information relating to side effects, consequences and
			 contraindications.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-70 - Marijuana marketing; advertising at a dispensary facility; producer advertising of prices

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A dispensary
			 facility shall:
(1) Except as otherwise
			 provided in sections
			 21a-408-1 to 21a-408-72,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, restrict external
			 signage to a single sign no larger than sixteen inches in height by eighteen
			 inches in width;
(2) Not illuminate
			 a dispensary facility sign advertising a marijuana product at any
			 time;
(3) Not advertise marijuana
			 brand names or utilize graphics related to marijuana or paraphernalia on the
			 exterior of the dispensary facility or the building in which the dispensary
			 facility is located; and
(4) Not
			 display marijuana and paraphernalia so as to be clearly visible from the
			 exterior of a dispensary facility.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-71 - Dispensary facility and producer records; furnishing of information; audits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each dispensary
			 facility and producer shall maintain a complete set of all records necessary to
			 fully show the business transactions related to marijuana for a period of the
			 current tax year and the three immediately prior tax years, all of which shall
			 be made available in accordance with section 21a-408-72 of the Regulations of
			 Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The
			 commissioner may require any licensee or registrant to furnish such information
			 as the commissioner considers necessary for the proper administration of the
			 Act and sections
			 21a-408-1 to 21a-408-72,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and may require an
			 audit of the business of any dispensary facility or producer and the expense
			 thereof shall be paid by such dispensary facility or producer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-72 - Inspection of records; entry on premises

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Every
			 person required by sections
			 21a-408-1 to 21a-408-71,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, to prepare, obtain
			 or keep records, logs, reports or other documents, and every person in charge,
			 or having custody, of such documents, shall maintain such documents in an
			 auditable format for no less than three years. Upon request, such person shall
			 make such documents immediately available for inspection and copying by the
			 commissioner or others authorized by the Act or sections
			 21a-408-1 to 21a-408-71,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, to review the
			 documents. When possible, such documents shall be provided to the commissioner
			 in electronic format. In complying with this section, no person shall use a
			 foreign language, codes or symbols to designate marijuana types or persons in
			 the keeping of any required document.
(b) For purposes of the supervision and
			 enforcement of the medical marijuana program established pursuant to chapter
			 420f of the Connecticut General Statutes, the commissioner is authorized:
(1) To enter, at reasonable times, any place,
			 including a vehicle, in which marijuana is held, dispensed, sold, produced,
			 delivered, transported, manufactured or otherwise disposed of;
(2) To inspect within reasonable limits and
			 in a reasonable manner, such place 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) To inventory any stock of
			 marijuana therein and obtain samples of any marijuana or marijuana product, any
			 labels or containers for marijuana, paraphernalia, and of any finished and
			 unfinished material.
(A) Purpose: The purpose
			 of these revisions to the medical marijuana regulations is to:
a. Add additional debilitating conditions
			 recommended by the Connecticut Board of Physicians and the Commissioner of
			 Consumer Protection;
b. Include
			 regulatory language for hospice facilities, inpatient facilities, research
			 facilities, research laboratories, patients under the age of 18, and Advanced
			 Practice Registered Nurses; and
c.
			 Streamline the regulation and operation of the medical marijuana
			 program.
(B) Summary:
			 This regulation updates the medical marijuana laws in accordance with
			 legislative changes to Chapter 420f of the Connecticut General Statutes and
			 adds new debilitating conditions recommended by the Connecticut Board of
			 Physicians and the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. Additionally, this
			 revised regulation streamlines and provides additional public health safeguards
			 for the medical marijuana program.
(C) Legal Effects: This regulation does not
			 impact any state or local laws or regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 6e - Procedures to Apply for Use of Vacant Public Land for Gardening or Agricultural Use, Establishment of Fees for Permits and Requirements for the Use of Such Lands › Section 22-6e-1 - Procedure for inventory of state owned public lands for gardening or agricultural use

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 Commissioner of Agriculture shall compile a list of vacant public land owned by
			 the state which may be feasible for gardening or agricultural use by July 1st
			 of each year. Such list shall be compiled by a canvas of state agencies that
			 administer land resources and in consultation with the Commissioner of Public
			 Works. Such list shall include the following information for each property
			 listed:
(1) Its location and total
			 acreage.
(2) Any information on
			 past, present and potential gardening or agricultural use that may be
			 available.
(3) Any limiting
			 conditions that may be placed on the property that will affect its gardening or
			 agricultural use.
(4) The date the
			 property may be made available for gardening or agricultural use.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 6e - Procedures to Apply for Use of Vacant Public Land for Gardening or Agricultural Use, Establishment of Fees for Permits and Requirements for the Use of Such Lands › Section 22-6e-2 - Procedure for application to use available vacant public land designated by the commissioner as feasible for gardening or agricultural use

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture, in
			 making available vacant public land for gardening or agricultural use, shall
			 solicit bids for permits to use available vacant public lands.
(b) Bids shall be made on a form supplied by
			 the Commissioner of Agriculture and shall include the following information:
(1) Name and address of the person or
			 organization seeking to use the vacant public land.
(2) A written description and plan for any
			 gardening or agricultural use that will be conducted on the vacant public
			 land.
(3) The annual fee the
			 applicant proposes to pay to use the vacant public land provided no such
			 fee.
(4) The period of time during
			 which the applicant wishes to use the vacant public land.
(5) How the proposed use meets any limiting
			 conditions placed on the land by any agency of the State of
			 Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 6e - Procedures to Apply for Use of Vacant Public Land for Gardening or Agricultural Use, Establishment of Fees for Permits and Requirements for the Use of Such Lands › Section 22-6e-3 - Permits for use of vacant public land for gardening or agricultural use

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Permits shall include the following:
(1) Description of the land, the gardening or
			 agricultural use(s) and the permit period.
(2) The annual fee for land for agricultural
			 use.
(3) Limiting conditions of
			 use, if any.
(4) Signature of the
			 permittee.
(5) Signature of the
			 Commissioner of Agriculture.
(6)
			 Signature of the commissioner of the agency administering the land.
(7) Agreement by the permittee to indemnify
			 and save harmless the state and all its officers, agents and employees against
			 suits and claims of liability of each name and nature arising out of, or in
			 consequence of the use of vacant public land.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 6e - Procedures to Apply for Use of Vacant Public Land for Gardening or Agricultural Use, Establishment of Fees for Permits and Requirements for the Use of Such Lands › Section 22-6e-4 - Restrictions on use

Current through July 10, 2024
No land permitted for gardening or agricultural use shall be
				used for any purposes other than those allowed under such permit and in
				conformity with the plan and description pursuant to Section
				22-6e-2(ii)
				and as it may thereafter be amended with the approval of the Commissioner of
				Agriculture.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 6e - Procedures to Apply for Use of Vacant Public Land for Gardening or Agricultural Use, Establishment of Fees for Permits and Requirements for the Use of Such Lands › Section 22-6e-5 - Bonds and liability insurance

Current through July 10, 2024
The Commissioner of Agriculture may require bonds or liability
				insurance before the issuance of any permit if the Commissioner deems such
				protection is needed to save the State harmless with respect to any potential
				claims under such terms and in such amounts as the Commissioner believes
				necessary to ensure that the state, its officers, agents and employees are
				protected with respect to any such claims arising out of or in consequence of
				the use of the vacant public land.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 6e - Procedures to Apply for Use of Vacant Public Land for Gardening or Agricultural Use, Establishment of Fees for Permits and Requirements for the Use of Such Lands › Section 22-6e-6 - Responsibilities of individual gardening permittee

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 Applications for individual gardening permits shall be submitted to the
			 Commissioner of Agriculture by January 30th of each year.
(b) Gardening plots will be assigned on a
			 first come first served basis.
(c)
			 Plots which are not worked between January 1st and June 1st are deemed to have
			 been forfeited.
(d) Permittees
			 shall maintain neat gardens free of weeds and debris. Weeds are to be cleared
			 from any paths bordering the gardening plots.
(e) Permittees shall comply with all federal
			 and state laws with respect to these activities related to permitted
			 land.
(f) No permanent fixtures may
			 be constructed on gardening plots.
(g) Gardens are to be cleared of all plants,
			 plant debris, litter and any other debris at the close of the gardening season.
			 Failure to return a plot in appropriate condition shall result in the permittee
			 being ineligible for a plot the following year.
(h) Only one plot per family may be assigned
			 unless excess plots exist after all applications have been processed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 6e - Procedures to Apply for Use of Vacant Public Land for Gardening or Agricultural Use, Establishment of Fees for Permits and Requirements for the Use of Such Lands › Section 22-6e-7 - Responsibilities of organization sponsored gardening permittee

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Applications for organization sponsored
			 gardening permits shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Agriculture by
			 January 30th of each year.
(b)
			 Sponsoring organizations may establish site specific gardening rules subject to
			 the Commissioner's review and approval.
(c) Subsection (c) to (h), inclusive, of
			 section
			 22-6e-6
			 of these regulations shall apply to individual gardeners operating under
			 organization sponsored gardening permits.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 6e - Procedures to Apply for Use of Vacant Public Land for Gardening or Agricultural Use, Establishment of Fees for Permits and Requirements for the Use of Such Lands › Section 22-6e-8 - Termination of permit

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any permit
			 issued may be terminated by the Commissioner of Agriculture, without cause,
			 upon written notice to the permittee.
(b) In the event of such termination the
			 Commissioner shall remit, on a pro rata basis, so much of the permit fee as
			 would be attributable to the unexpired term of the permit, provided in the
			 event the permittee has failed to comply with any provisions of these
			 regulations, the Commissioner may retain so much of the permit fee for the
			 unexpired term as is necessary to compensate the state for any loss arising
			 from such violation. Said retention shall be without prejudice to the right of
			 the state to seek additional relief, in law and in equity, including but not
			 limited to money damages or penalties, arising from any such violation or other
			 activity done by the permittee on the premises.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Part 1 - Introduction › Section 22-7-1 - Creation and authority

Current through July 10, 2024
The department was established as a separate agency of the
					 state government by section
					 22-1c of the
					 1971 noncumulative supplement to the general statutes of Connecticut. Section
					 22-6
					 of the 1971 noncumulative supplement to the general statutes of Connecticut
					 describes the nature of the powers and duties of the commissioner. The
					 department's powers are derived from the various statutes dealing generally
					 with the grading and marketing of farm products, milk and poultry, as well as
					 other activities related to agriculture and set forth primarily in title 22 of
					 the Connecticut general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Part 1 - Introduction › Section 22-7-2 - Location of principal office

Current through July 10, 2024
The principal office of the department of agriculture is
					 located at Hartford, Connecticut. All communications should be addressed to the
					 Department of Agriculture, 765 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105,
					 unless otherwise specifically directed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Part 1 - Introduction › Section 22-7-3 - General duties and responsibilities

Current through July 10, 2024
The department is charged with enforcing legislation
					 intended to supervise and regulate the dairy industry, both in its production
					 and marketing aspects, the regulation and licensing of livestock growers and
					 dealers, including canines, the licensing of buyers of live poultry, and the
					 licensing of the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry in the
					 state and jurisdiction and control over all shellfisheries which are located in
					 the state in accordance with Public Act 52 of the 1971 General
					 Assembly.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Part 2 - Course and Method of Operation › Section 22-7-4 - Commissioner of agriculture

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner has the overall responsibility for the
					 operation of the department. The deputy commissioner assists the commissioner
					 and is the acting commissioner in his absence. In discharging his
					 responsibilities, the commissioner may, by statute, delegate certain of his
					 functions to a division of the department, to an individual division chief, or
					 to an employee of the department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Part 3 - Public Information › Section 22-7-6 - Policy

Current through July 10, 2024
The policy of the department is to make available for
					 public inspection all files, records, documents and other materials within its
					 possession, unless prohibited by law. A compilation of all regulations, policy
					 statements, final orders, decisions, and official opinions is available for
					 public inspection at the office of the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 1 - DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION › Part 3 - Public Information › Section 22-7-7 - Complaints and requests for information

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Complaints and
				  requests for information should be addressed to the Department of Agriculture,
				  765 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105.
(b) Requests for information should be
				  directed preferably to the appropriate division in possession of the
				  information. Requests for information about the department generally should be
				  addressed to the Department of Agriculture, 765 Asylum Avenue, Hartford,
				  Connecticut 06105.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-7-8 - Procedure governed

Current through July 10, 2024
These rules govern practice and procedure before the
					 department of agriculture under the applicable laws of the state of Connecticut
					 and except where by statute otherwise provided.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-7-9 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				  Agriculture.
(b) "Department" means
				  the Department of Agriculture.
(c)
				  "Division chief" means any departmental employee delegated by the commissioner
				  as the head of a particular division of the department.
(d) "License" includes the whole or part of
				  any permit, approval, registration, or similar form of permission required by
				  law to be issued by the department.
(e) "Hearing" means that portion of the
				  department's procedure in the disposition of matters delegated to its
				  jurisdiction by law wherein a presentation of evidence and argument occurs,
				  which is preceded by due notice and which includes both an opportunity to
				  present to the department such written and oral testimony and argument as the
				  department deems appropriate and an opportunity to examine and cross-examine
				  any witness giving testimony therein.
(f) "Contested case" means a proceeding in
				  the department's disposition of matters delegated to its jurisdiction by law in
				  which the legal rights, duties or privilege of a party are determined by the
				  department after an opportunity for a hearing.
(g) "Party" means each person or agency named
				  or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be
				  admitted as a party.
(h) "Person"
				  means any individual, corporation, political subdivision, governmental agency
				  or authority, municipality, partnership, association, trust or estate, and any
				  other entity, public or private, however organized.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-7-11 - Procedure for the issuance, amendment or repeal of a regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Proceedings for the issuance, amendment,
				  or repeal of regulation, including proceedings for the exemption of certain
				  products or classes of products from statutory requirements, may be commenced
				  by the department on its own initiative or pursuant to a petition submitted by
				  an interested person.
(b) Notice of
				  the proposed issuance, amendment, or repeal of a regulation will appear in the
				  Connecticut Law Journal at least twenty days prior to the proposed action. The
				  notice will contain:
(i) a statement of the
				  purpose of the proposed action;
(ii) a statement of the time, date and place
				  of the public hearing or other opportunity for the presentation of views;
(iii) reference to the statutory
				  authority under which the department is acting; and
(iv) a statement of the terms or substance of
				  the intended action.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-7-12 - Computation of time

Current through July 10, 2024
Computation of any period of time referred to in these
					 rules begins with the first day following that on which the act which initiates
					 such period of time occurs. The last day of the period so computed is to be
					 included unless it is a day on which the office of the department is closed, in
					 which event the period shall run until the end of the next following business
					 day. When such period of time, with the intervening Saturdays, Sundays and
					 legal holidays counted, is five (5) days or less, the said Saturdays, Sundays
					 and legal holidays shall be excluded from the computation; otherwise such days
					 shall be included in the computation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-7-13 - Extensions of time

Current through July 10, 2024
At the discretion of the commissioner, for good cause
					 shown, any time limit prescribed or allowed by these rules may be extended
					 insofar as such extension is not precluded by statute. All requests for
					 extension shall be made before the expiration of the period originally
					 prescribed or as previously extended. The commissioner shall notify all parties
					 of the department's action upon such motion.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 1 - General Provisions › Section 22-7-15 - Rejection for incompleteness

Current through July 10, 2024
Any application or petition may be rejected by the
					 department if it is incomplete or otherwise inadequate to permit processing or
					 disposition thereof, unless prohibited by law. Any rejection under this section
					 shall lapse any period of time prescribed by statute or by rule which begins to
					 run when a person files a petition or application with the department. Any such
					 period of time shall begin anew when a person resubmits a petition or
					 application after prior rejection under this section. Any rejection under this
					 section is without prejudice and is not a final decision by the department.
					 Nothing in this section shall restrict the department from requiring additional
					 information from an application or petitioner if his application or petition is
					 accepted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 22-7-16 - Office

Current through July 10, 2024
The principal offices of the department is 765 Asylum
					 Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105. The offices of the department are open
					 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each weekday except Saturdays, Sundays and legal
					 holidays.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 22-7-17 - Date of filing

Current through July 10, 2024
All orders, decisions, findings of fact, correspondence,
					 motions, petitions, applications and any other documents governed by these
					 rules, shall be deemed to have been filed or received on the date on which they
					 are issued or received by the department at its principal
					 offices.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 22-7-18 - Identification of communications

Current through July 10, 2024
Communications should embrace only one matter, should
					 contain the name and address of the communicator and the subject of the
					 communication.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 22-7-19 - Signatures

Current through July 10, 2024
Every application, notice, motion, petition, complaint,
					 brief and memorandum shall be signed by the filing person or by one or more
					 attorneys in their individual names on behalf of the filing
					 person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE › Part 2 - Formal Requirements › Section 22-7-20 - Formal requirement as to documents and other papers filed in proceedings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Copies.
Except as may be otherwise required by these rules or by
				  any other rules or regulations of the department or ordered or expressly
				  requested by the department, at the time motions, petitions, applications,
				  documents or other papers are filed with the department, there shall be
				  furnished to the department an original of such papers. In addition to the
				  original there shall also be filed three (3) copies unless a greater or lesser
				  number of copies is expressly requested by the department.
(b)
Form.
Except for such forms
				  as may from time to time be provided by the department and used where
				  appropriate, motions, petitions, applications, documents or other papers filed
				  for the purpose of any proceeding before the department shall be printed or
				  typewritten on paper cut or folded to either letter or legal size, 8 to
				  8½ inches wide. Width of margins shall be not less than one inch. The
				  impression shall be on only one side of the papers, unless printed, and shall
				  be double spaced except that quotations in excess of five (5) typewritten lines
				  shall be single spaced and indented. Mimeographed, multigraphed,
				  photo-duplicated or the like copies will be accepted as typewritten, provided
				  all copies are clear and permanently legible.
(c)
Filing.
All papers relating
				  to matters requiring action by the department shall be filed with the
				  Commissioner, 765 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 3 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 1 - Parties and Participation › Section 22-7-22 - Application to be designated a party

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Filing of
				  petition.
Any other person who proposes to be named or admitted as a
				  party to any proceeding shall file a written petition to be so designated not
				  later than five (5) days before the date of the hearing of the proceeding as a
				  contested case.
(b)
Contents
				  of petition.
The petition shall state the name and address of the
				  petitioner. It shall describe the manner in which the petitioner claims to be
				  substantially and specifically affected by the proceeding. It shall state the
				  contention of the petitioner concerning the issue of the proceeding, the relief
				  sought by the petitioner, and the statutory or other authority therefor, and
				  the nature of the evidence, if any, that the petitioner intends to present in
				  the event that the petition is granted.
(c)
Designation as party.
The
				  commissioner shall consider all such petitions and will name or admit as a
				  party any person whose legal rights, duties or privileges will be determined by
				  the decision of the department after a hearing, if the commissioner finds such
				  person is entitled as of right to be a party to said contested case or that the
				  participation of such person as a party is necessary to the proper disposition
				  of said contested case.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 3 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 1 - Parties and Participation › Section 22-7-23 - Procedure concerning added parties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
During
				  hearing.
In addition to the designation of parties in the initial notice
				  and in response to petition, the department may add parties at any time during
				  the pendency of any hearing upon its finding that the legal rights, duties or
				  privileges of any person will be determined by the decision of the department
				  after the hearing or that the participation of such person as a party is
				  necessary to the proper disposition of the contested case.
(b)
Notice of designation.
In
				  the event that the commissioner shall name or admit any party after service of
				  the initial notice of hearing in a contested case, the commissioner shall give
				  written notice thereof to all parties theretofore named or admitted. The form
				  of the notice shall be a copy of the order of the commissioner naming or
				  admitting such added party and a copy of any petition filed by such added party
				  requesting designation as a party. Service of such notice shall be in the
				  manner provided in these rules.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 3 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearing, General Provisions › Section 22-7-25 - Notice of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Persons
				  notified.
The commissioner shall give written notice of a hearing in any
				  pending matter to all parties, to all persons otherwise required by law to be
				  notified, to such other persons as have filed with the commissioner their
				  written request for notice of a hearing in a particular matter, and to such
				  additional persons as the commissioner deems appropriate and advisable. The
				  commissioner shall give such notice by newspaper publication as may be required
				  by law.
(b)
Contents of
				  notice.
Notice of a hearing shall include but shall not be limited to
				  the following:
(1) a statement of the time,
				  place and nature of the hearing;
(2) a statement of the legal authority and
				  jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held;
(3) a reference to the particular sections of
				  the statutes and regulations involved;
(4) a short and plain statement of fact
				  describing the nature of the hearing and the principal facts to be asserted
				  therein.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 3 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearing, General Provisions › Section 22-7-26 - Representation of parties

Current through July 10, 2024
Each person making an appearance before the commissioner as
					 an attorney, agent or representative of any person, firm, corporation or
					 association subject to the department's regulatory jurisdiction in connection
					 with any contested case shall promptly notify the commissioner in writing in
					 order that the same may be made a part of the record of the contested
					 case.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 7 - Description of Organization and Rules of Practice › Article 3 - CONTESTED CASES › Part 2 - Hearing, General Provisions › Section 22-7-27 - Informal conferences

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
				  commissioner, the deputy commissioner, or any one of the division chiefs, as
				  required by law or otherwise, may call in a party for an informal conference
				  concerning alleged violations of any statutes administered by the
				  department.
(b) Notification of
				  such an informal conference shall be by certified mail. The notice shall
				  contain (i) a statement of the time, date, and place of the conference; (ii) a
				  reference to the statutory sections allegedly violated; (iii) a short statement
				  of the facts surrounding the alleged violation; and (iv) a statement that the
				  respondent may be accompanied by counsel, if he so desires.
(c) Informal conferences need not be recorded
				  and transcribed. Formal rules of procedure and evidence shall not be
				  observed.
(d) Informal conferences
				  will not be publicized and press coverage of such proceedings is prohibited.
				  This is to preclude possible adverse inferences against a party innocent of any
				  wrongdoing.
(e) Any agreement
				  reached as a result of an informal conference shall not preclude the department
				  from further proceedings against the alleged violator. If the latter party
				  desires a formal ruling concerning the practice in question, he may submit to
				  the commissioner a request for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Section
				  22-7-10.