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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".19" citation="COMAR 14.17.11.19" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="11" heading="Standard Operating Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A processor shall establish standard operating procedures for all aspects of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Inventory control, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Identifying and tracking the processor’s stock of cannabis in the seed-to-sale tracking system; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Monthly physical inventory;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Receiving, shipping, and transporting cannabis or products containing cannabis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Sanitation, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Storage of cannabis;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Maintaining the sanitation of equipment that comes into contact with cannabis; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Good hygiene practices and the wearing of protective clothing by agents;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Equipment maintenance and calibration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Handling, packaging, and labeling cannabis and cannabis products;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Reworking or reprocessing a lot if the processor receives a test result that the lot does not meet specifications;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Green waste procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Security and visitor procedures, including theft and diversion procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Storage, handling, and disposing of recalled materials;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Producing cannabis concentrates and cannabis-infused products, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Methods, equipment, solvents, and gases when processing cannabis concentrates and cannabis-infused products;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Use of solvents in a professional grade, closed-loop extraction system designed to recover the solvents;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Work in a spark-free environment with proper ventilation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Following all applicable OSHA regulations, and local fire, safety, and building codes in the processing and storage of the solvents; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>If applicable, carbon dioxide extraction;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Decontamination, including but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Preventing contamination;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Investigating decontaminating after presumptive positive pathogen detection; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Remediation steps and resulting environmental analysis.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>If applicable, producing edible cannabis products, including receipt of ingredients, storage, equipment maintenance, sanitation, manufacture, and transport; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>If applicable, co-locating with another licensee, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Sharing equipment and production materials; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Maintaining independent and unique security and video surveillance control.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A processor’s standard operating procedures shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be available to each agent in a form the agent understands;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be available on-site for inspection by the Administration; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Accurately reflect the procedures used at the premises.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>