Kan. Admin. Regs. § 22-26-2 - Hemp processor registration; renewal
(a) No person shall
process industrial hemp in Kansas without a valid registration issued by the state
fire marshal. Each hemp processor registration shall be non-transferable.
(b) Each individual wanting to register as a hemp
processor shall submit an application on a form provided by the state fire
marshal.
(c) If the applicant is not an
individual, the applicant shall designate one or more individuals to be legally
responsible for all activities relating to hemp processing and submit an application
on a form provided by the state fire marshal, identifying each designated individual
and each owner.
(d) The application
shall also include the following:
(1) The street
address or a legal description of any premises that will serve as a part of the
applicant's processing operations;
(2) a
brief description of the industrial hemp processing methods that will be used,
activities that will be undertaken, and final hemp products planned for
production;
(3) a policies and
procedures manual, as specified in K.A.R. 22-26-5, for approval by the state fire
marshal; and
(4) a code footprint
meeting the requirements of K.A.R. 22-1-7.
(e) Each applicant shall be fingerprinted and
submit to a criminal history record check, and each applicant or processor shall
ensure that each employee or owner wanting to engage in the extraction of
cannabinoids, the handling or transportation of distillate , or the disposal of hemp
waste is fingerprinted and submits to a criminal history record check.
(f) Each registration shall expire annually on
June 30. Each renewal application shall be submitted on or before June 1.
(g) The annual registration fees shall be as
follows:
(1) $1,000 for each processor that
performs the extraction of cannabinoids or processes extracted cannabinoids, or
both; and
(2) $500 for each processor
that does not perform the extraction of cannabinoids and does not process extracted
cannabinoids.
Each fee shall be nonrefundable.
(h) No registration shall be approved for hemp
processing activities in or within an area zoned for residential use or within
one-quarter mile of any public or private K-12 school or public recreational area,
except with the state fire marshal's written permission.
(i) Acceptance of a hemp processor registration
shall constitute a grant of authority by the processor allowing the state fire
marshal to provide the registration number, full legal name of the processor , and
descriptions of all locations and facilities identified for processing industrial
hemp, including any later modifications, to the United States drug enforcement
agency, the KBI, the sheriff of the county where the premises are located, and any
other law enforcement agency.
(j) A
registration issued pursuant to this article of the state fire marshal's regulations
shall not relieve the processor from the responsibility to obtain any other
registrations, licenses, or permits required by law.
(k) An application may be denied or refused
renewal by the state fire marshal for any lawful reason, including any of the
reasons stated in K.A.R. 22-26-3.
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