Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-4-1004 - Industrial Hemp Research

A. A person, company, college or university that conducts research into the growth, harvesting techniques, transportation methods, or processing of industrial hemp is required to obtain a license pursuant to this Article.

B. A person, company, college or university conducting not-for-profit research may be exempted from the licensing fee(s) provided that:

1. The applicant submits to the Department a request for an exemption of the licensing fee;

2. The applicant provides a summary of the research to be conducted;

3. The applicant provides a summary of the benefit to the agricultural community that will be gained;

4. The applicant signs into an agreement with the Department that as a result of the research conducted the applicant will not gain any monetary profit;

5. The research will be conducted in compliance with this Article or any other law, rule, or order governing the production of industrial hemp; and

6. The results or summary of the research will be published or made publicly available.

C. Intellectual property. The Department holds no rights to any intellectual property resulting from industrial hemp research.

D. Restrictions.

1. A licensee shall not change not-for-profit research to for-profit research without notifying the Department and paying the required licensing fee.

2. Hemp and hemp products produced under a hemp research exemption, excluding hemp seed, are not eligible to enter the commercial stream of commerce.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-4-1004

Adopted by exempt rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1447, effective 5/31/2019. Amended by final rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 1570, effective 9/16/2021.