Virginia Administrative Code › Title 3 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS CONTROL › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA CANNABIS CONTROL AUTHORITY › Chapter 40 - REGULATED OPERATIONS › Part I - General Provisions › Section 3VAC10-40-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
In addition to words and terms defined in §
										4.1-600 of the Code of Virginia,
					 the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the
					 following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Batch" means a quantity of (i) cannabis oil from a
					 production lot or (ii) harvested botanical cannabis product that is identified
					 by a batch number or other unique identifier.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Cannabis
					 Control Authority.
"Cannabis cultivation facility" means a location at which
					 the board has authorized a pharmaceutical processor to cultivate cannabis
					 plants pursuant to §
										4.1-1602 of the Code of Virginia
					 and the requirements of
					 3VAC10-30-160.
"Cannabis product advertising" means the act of providing
					 consideration for the publication, dissemination, solicitation, or circulation
					 of visual, oral, or written communication through any means to directly induce
					 any person to patronize a particular pharmaceutical processor or cannabis
					 dispensing facility or to purchase particular approved cannabis products.
					 Advertising includes marketing.
"Certification" means a written statement, consistent with
					 requirements of §
										4.1-1601 of the Code of Virginia,
					 issued by a practitioner for the use of cannabis products for treatment of or
					 to alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease determined by
					 the practitioner to benefit from such use.
"Medical cannabis facility" means a pharmaceutical
					 processor, cannabis dispensing facility, or cannabis cultivation
					 facility.
"On duty" means that a pharmacist, the responsible party,
					 or a person who is qualified to provide supervision in accordance with
					 3VAC10-30-90 is on the premises at
					 the address of the permitted pharmaceutical processor and is available as
					 needed.
"Perpetual inventory" means an ongoing system for recording
					 quantities of cannabis products received, dispensed, or otherwise distributed
					 by a cannabis dispensing facility.
"PIC" means the pharmacist-in-charge whose name is on the
					 pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility application for a
					 permit that has been issued and who shall have oversight of the processor's
					 dispensing area or cannabis dispensing facility.
"Production" or "produce" means the manufacture, planting,
					 preparation, cultivation, growing, harvesting, propagation, conversion, or
					 processing of marijuana for the creation of usable cannabis, botanical
					 cannabis, or a cannabis product derived thereof, (i) directly or indirectly by
					 extraction from substances of natural origin, (ii) independently by means of
					 chemical synthesis, or (iii) by a combination of extraction and chemical
					 synthesis. "Production" or "produce" includes any packaging or repackaging of
					 the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container.
"Qualifying patient" means a Virginia resident who has
					 received from a practitioner, as defined in §
										4.1-1600 of the Code of Virginia,
					 a written certification for the use of cannabis products for treatment of or to
					 alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease.
"Registration" means an identification card or other
					 document issued by the board that identifies a person as a qualifying patient,
					 parent, legal guardian, or registered agent that has voluntarily registered
					 with the board.
"Responsible party" means the person designated on the
					 pharmaceutical processor application who shall have oversight of the
					 cultivation and production areas of the pharmaceutical
					 processor.
Statutory Authority: §§
												4.1-601,
						4.1-604, and
						4.1-606 of the Code of
						Virginia.