Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › 408 - Palliative Use of Marijuana › Section 21a-408-36 - Dispensary facility prohibitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No dispensary
			 department shall be open or in operation, and no person shall be in the
			 dispensary department, unless a dispensary is present and directly supervising
			 the activity within the dispensary department. At all other times, the
			 dispensary department shall be closed and properly secured, in accordance with
			 sections 21a-408-53 and
			 21a-408-64 of the Regulations of
			 Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) No
			 marijuana shall be applied, ingested, or consumed inside a dispensary
			 facility.
(c) No food or beverages
			 shall be consumed by qualifying patients or primary caregivers at the
			 dispensary facility, except that complimentary food and non-alcoholic beverages
			 may be available for qualifying patients and primary caregivers who are at the
			 dispensary facility for a pre-scheduled education, counseling or therapy
			 program.
(d) No person, except for
			 a qualifying patient or primary caregiver, shall open or break the seal placed
			 on a marijuana product packaged by a producer except that a dispensary may
			 remove marijuana from a child-resistant container or package under the
			 conditions set forth in section 21a-408-35(e) of the Regulations of Connecticut
			 State Agencies.
(e) Except as
			 provided in subsection (f) of this section, no person, except a dispensary
			 facility employee, or a production facility employee who is delivering
			 marijuana products, shall be allowed on the premises of a dispensary facility
			 without a qualifying patient or primary caregiver registration certificate
			 issued by the department.
(f)
(1) Upon prior written request, the
			 commissioner may waive the provisions of subsection (e) of this
			 section.
(2) All persons not
			 permitted on the premises of a dispensary facility pursuant to subsection (e)
			 of this section, but who have been authorized, in writing, to enter the
			 facility by the commissioner shall obtain a visitor identification badge from a
			 dispensary facility employee, prior to entering the dispensary facility. A
			 dispensary or dispensary technician shall escort and monitor such a visitor at
			 all times the visitor is in the dispensary department. A visitor shall visibly
			 display the visitor identification badge at all times the visitor is in the
			 dispensary facility and shall return the visitor identification badge to a
			 dispensary facility employee upon exiting the dispensary facility.
(3) All visitors shall log in and out. The
			 dispensary facility shall maintain the visitor log, which shall include the
			 date, time, company affiliation if applicable and purpose of the visit and
			 which shall be available to the commissioner in accordance with section
			 21a-408-72 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(4) If an emergency requires the presence of
			 a visitor and makes it impractical for the dispensary facility to obtain a
			 waiver pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the dispensary facility
			 shall provide written notice to the commissioner as soon as practicable after
			 the onset of the emergency. Such notice shall include the name and company
			 affiliation of the visitor, the purpose of the visit, and the date and time of
			 the visit. A dispensary facility shall monitor the visitor and maintain a log
			 of such visit as required by this subsection.