Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 25 - CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD › Sub-Agency 000 - GENERAL › Chapter 003 - RULE 3: MEDICAL CANNABIS › Section 25 000 003 - RULE 3: MEDICAL CANNABIS

Current through June, 2024
Section 3.1 General Provisions.
3.1.1 Authority
The Cannabis Control Board adopts this rule pursuant to 7
				  V.S.A. §§ 901, 953, 954, 956, 971, 974, 975, 976, 978, and other
				  applicable law.
3.1.2 Scope
				and Purpose
The Board is charged with implementing and regulating a legal
				  market for Cannabis in Vermont. This rule regulates the Patient and Caregiver
				  Registry, as well cannabis dispensaries.
3.1.3 Definitions
All definitions in 7 V.S.A. §§ 861 and 951 shall
				  apply to this rule. The following definitions shall also apply:
(a) "Board designee" means a person
				designated by the Board to act as its agent for the purpose of executing the
				Board's responsibilities. This may be an employee of the Board, another
				government agency, or a contractor.
(b) "Caregiver" means a resident of Vermont
				who has been issued a Caregiver registration card by the Board, identifying the
				person as someone who has agreed to undertake responsibility for managing the
				well-being of a Patient with respect to the use of Cannabis or Cannabis
				Products for symptom relief.
(c)
				"Inventory Tracking System" means a method implemented by the Board for tracing
				all Cannabis and Cannabis Products grown, manufactured, and sold in
				Vermont.
(d) "Licensee" means a
				person who has been issued a license pursuant to Board Rule 1 or this rule. A
				licensee does not include a person who has been issued a provisional
				license.
(e) "Patient" means a
				resident of Vermont who has been issued a Patient registration card by the
				Board, identifying the person as having a qualifying medical condition pursuant
				to the provisions of this rule.
(f)
				"Pesticide" shall have the same meaning as "economic poison" as defined in 6
				V.S.A. § 911(5).
(g) "Physical
				site of operations" means:
i. a cultivator's
				grow site;
ii. a wholesaler's
				product storage facility;
iii a
				manufacturer's site of manufacture;
iv. a retailer s store location; or
v. a testing laboratory's testing
				facility.
(h) "Resident
				of Vermont" means a person who is domiciled in Vermont.
Any time this rule references a retail Cannabis Establishment
				  or otherwise references retail stores, such references shall include the retail
				  portion of an integrated licensee unless the text of the rule plainly states
				  that it does not.
3.1.4 Applicability
This rule applies to persons who seek to become Patients or
				  Caregivers, who are Patients or Caregivers, who seek to operate a dispensary,
				  or who operate a dispensary pursuant to 7 V.S.A. chapters 37 and
				  39.
3.1.5 Time
(a) In computing any time period, measured in
				days, that is established or allowed by this rule or by order of the Board or
				Chair:
i. the day of the act or event that
				triggers the period shall be excluded;
ii. every day, including intermediate
				Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be counted;
iii. the last day of the period shall be
				counted, but if the last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the
				period continues to run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday,
				Sunday, or legal holiday.
(b) A "legal holiday" means:
i. any day declared a holiday by the
				President or Congress of the United States; and
ii. any day declared a holiday by the State
				of Vermont.
3.1.6 Severability
If any portion of this rule is found to be invalid, the
				  remaining portion of the rule shall remain in force and
				  effect.