Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 96 - Hemp › Rule 21-96.2 - Licensing

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A license to grow
			 hemp shall be obtained from the department. In order to obtain and maintain a
			 license, an applicant shall submit a license application, receive approval from
			 the department, and comply with the standards contained in Iowa Code chapter
			 204 and these rules.
(1) A license is
			 nontransferable unless approved by the department.
(2) In 2020, the license application for an
			 outdoor crop site shall be submitted to the department on or before May 15.
			 Indoor crop site applications may be submitted at any time.
(3) In 2021 and thereafter, the license
			 application for an outdoor crop site shall be submitted to the department on or
			 before April 15. Indoor crop site license applications may be submitted at any
			 time.
(4) Failure to include all
			 applicants shall preclude the license application from consideration.
(5) Applicants shall submit an application
			 form. A complete application form shall include, at a minimum, the following:
a. The authorized representative's full name
			 and mailing address.
b. A legal
			 description and map of each crop site where the applicant proposes to produce
			 hemp.
c. The geospatial location of
			 the center of the crop site.
d. The
			 number of crop acres intended for hemp production. For fractions of acres,
			 round to the next whole number.
e.
			 The name of the hemp varieties, cultivars or strains proposed to be grown by
			 the applicant.
f. The intended hemp
			 crop to be grown by the applicant; this includes grain, seed, fiber,
			 cannabidiol (CBD), clones, cuttings, plantlets, or other identifying
			 information.
g. The type of crop
			 site (indoor or outdoor).
h. All
			 parties with an ownership interest in the crop site or hemp crop. If the crop
			 site is leased, the name and contact information of all lessors and lessees
			 with any interest in the crop site or hemp crop shall be provided.
i. The destruction method the applicant
			 intends to use to destroy the cannabis if the crop fails to meet the acceptable
			 hemp THC concentration. The destruction method must be approved by the
			 department prior to actual destruction.
(6) The authorized representative and all
			 applicants shall submit official fingerprints to the department as a part of
			 the application process. All national criminal history record check fees shall
			 be paid to the department.
(7) All
			 license applications shall be submitted to the department electronically via
			 the online license application portal. An authorized representative may request
			 a waiver from the department to submit an application through an alternative
			 format.
(8) Real-time information,
			 including but not limited to the status and number of the producer's license,
			 shall be accessible via the department's online license application portal.
			 Information submitted to the department via the online license application
			 portal shall be collected, maintained, and reported to the USDA as required by
			 the USDA in 7 CFR Part 990, Subpart C.
(9) A license expires on December 31 of the
			 year the license is issued.
(10) An
			 applicant with a state or federal felony conviction relating to a controlled
			 substance is subject to a ten-year ineligibility from the date of the
			 conviction.
(11) Any applicant who
			 materially falsifies any information contained in an application shall be
			 ineligible for a license.
(12) The
			 department may implement additional reasonable licensing requirements at its
			 discretion.