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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 14.17.11.03" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="11" heading="Cannabis Processor Facility Operations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A processor shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Create and enter timely and accurate data into the seed-to-sale tracking system to identify and track the processor’s stock of cannabis from the time it is delivered or produced to the time it is delivered to another licensee; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>At least monthly, conduct a physical inventory of the stock and compare the physical inventory of stock with the stock reflected in the seed-to-sale tracking system.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Receipt of Products Containing Cannabis.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A processor may not:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Acquire cannabis from an individual or entity in Maryland other than a licensee;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Acquire cannabis from outside of Maryland unless authorized by the Administration; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Transport cannabis to any place outside of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Hemp.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A processor may acquire hemp, as defined in Agriculture Article, §14-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, from a person licensed to produce hemp by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The Maryland Department of Agriculture;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>An agency of another state pursuant to a hemp production plan that has been approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Any product derived from hemp shall comply with:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The testing standards established in COMAR 14.17.08 and the Technical Authority;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The relevant manufacturing standards established in this chapter and COMAR 14.17.13; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The relevant packaging and labeling standards established in COMAR 14.17.18.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A licensed processor shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>After placing an order to acquire hemp and before accepting delivery of hemp, submit a request for Administration approval to acquire hemp in the manner specified by the Administration.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Follow the process for receiving cannabis established in this regulation.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Sanitary Storage of Cannabis. A processor shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Maintain the cleanliness of any building or equipment used to store or display cannabis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure cannabis is free from contamination;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Require a processor agent to report any personal health condition that might compromise the cleanliness or quality of the cannabis the processor agent might handle;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Dispose and segregate storage of any cannabis:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>That is outdated, damaged, deteriorated, misbranded, or adulterated; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Whose containers or packages have been improperly or accidentally opened.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Equipment Sanitation, Accuracy, and Maintenance of Logs. A processor shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Maintain the sanitation of equipment that comes in contact with cannabis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure all scales are National Type Evaluation Program-approved;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ensure that any scale, balance, or other measurement device and any automatic, mechanical, or electronic equipment is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Annually calibrated by a calibration laboratory accredited to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard 17025 ISO/IEC by an accreditation body that is signatory to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Arrangement; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Checked at least once each month to ensure accuracy;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Maintain an accurate log recording the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Cleaning of equipment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The maintenance of equipment; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The calibration of equipment; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Make records and certifications required under §D(2) and (3) of this regulation available to the Administration available upon request.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Sanitation.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Scales, surfaces, and other equipment use for the purposes of creating usable cannabis products shall be cleaned and sanitized:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Between shifts;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Between packaging, repackaging, or otherwise creation of usable cannabis products with different usable cannabis batches;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Before beginning any packaging, repackaging, or otherwise creation of usable cannabis products; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>After the completion of any packaging or creation of usable cannabis products.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A processor shall maintain an accurate log of cleaning and sanitation required under §E(1) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>