Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 22 - STATE FIRE MARSHAL › Article 26 - COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL HEMP PROCESSING › Section 22-26-3 - Compliance with laws; denial, revocation, or conditioning of a registration; appeals

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each processor shall comply with the act and
			 the implementing regulations and with all local, state, and federal laws,
			 regulations, and ordinances related to industrial hemp, hemp products, and materials
			 containing THC. Each processor shall be responsible for the actions of its
			 employees, contractors, and agents in their performance of any activities relating
			 to the acquisition, possession, sale, distribution, processing, or transportation of
			 hemp, distillate, seeds, and hemp waste.
(b) Each of the following shall constitute a basis
			 for the state fire marshal to deny an initial or renewal application or to impose
			 conditions on a registration or revoke a registration:
(1) Knowingly providing any false, misleading, or
			 incorrect information on the registration application or to the state fire
			 marshal;
(2) failure to provide any
			 information that the state fire marshal requests;
(3) failure to cooperate with the state fire
			 marshal or law enforcement agencies in administration and enforcement of the act and
			 the implementing regulations;
(4)
			 failure to maintain or submit any forms or reports as required;
(5) violation of any provision of the act or the
			 implementing regulations;
(6) revocation
			 of a registration, license, permit, or certificate to practice in the hemp industry
			 by the state fire marshal, the Kansas department of agriculture, the United States
			 department of agriculture, another state, or any Indian nation or U.S. territory
			 within the three years preceding the application date;
(7) any conviction, other than a felony
			 conviction, related to growing, cultivating, processing, or distributing hemp or
			 marijuana within the five years preceding the application date;
(8) failure to ensure that fingerprint-based
			 criminal history record checks are conducted as required by the act and the
			 implementing regulations;
(9) conviction
			 of an individual applicant, or an officer, proprietor, or partner of the applicant
			 entity or an owner of more than a 10 percent interest in the processing operations,
			 within the preceding five years of a felony or Class A misdemeanor violation
			 involving homicide, assault, domestic violence, battery, fraud, theft, or
			 misappropriation of another person's money or property, or offenses that are
			 substantially similar to these offenses under the laws of another jurisdiction or
			 federal law;
(10) conviction of an
			 individual applicant, or an officer, proprietor, or partner of the applicant entity
			 or an owner of more than a 10 percent interest in the processing operations within
			 the preceding 10 years of a felony involving the unlawful use, possession, or
			 distribution of drugs;
(11) knowingly
			 employing any individual to engage in any activities related to the processing of
			 hemp, distillate, seeds, or hemp waste if the individual has been convicted within
			 the preceding five years of any of the crimes listed in paragraph (9) of this
			 subsection or within the preceding 10 years of any of the crimes listed in paragraph
			 (10) of this subsection; and
(12)
			 failure to submit to the state fire marshal the name and the job title or job
			 responsibilities of each new employee within 14 days of hiring.