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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="36-1001" title_number="36" title_name="Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Responsible Vendor Training Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To offer a responsible medical or adult–use cannabis agent training program, a person shall submit an application to the Administration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Administration shall approve the application if the proposed training program meets the minimum educational standards established under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At a minimum, a training program must:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be taught in a classroom or virtual setting for at least a 2–hour period;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish program standards, including certification and recertification requirements, record keeping, testing and assessment protocols, and effectiveness evaluations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide a core curriculum of relevant statutory and regulatory provisions as required by regulations adopted by the Administration, which shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>administrative and criminal liability and license and court sanctions;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>statutory and regulatory requirements for employees and owners;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>State and local licensing and enforcement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>public health and safety standards relevant to each license type.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In reviewing applications for approval of proposed cannabis agent training programs, the Administration shall give priority to applications for programs that were previously approved as responsible vendor training programs.</text>
  </level>
</section>
