37 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.2 - Requirements and Standards

(a) A licensee may only perform regulated functions at a department approved location. Any change in location must be approved by the department prior to operation in a regulated capacity.

(b) Licensees shall notify the department within five (5) business days of a registrant's termination of employment.

(c) All licensees shall display in a conspicuous location a copy of the department issued license and information on how to submit a complaint to the department.

(d) Licensees must establish and implement a drug-free workplace policy consistent with the Texas Workforce Commission's "Drug-Free Workplace Policy," and shall maintain in each registrant's file a copy of the company's policy signed or otherwise acknowledged by the registrant.

(e) Licensees and registrants must cooperate fully with any inspection or investigation conducted by the department, or by a state fire marshal, or local designee of the state fire marshal, including but not limited to the provision of any laboratory test results, employee records, inventory and destruction records, or other records required under the Act or this chapter, and the compliance with any lawfully issued subpoena.

(f) Licensees and registrants may not cultivate, process, or dispense low-THC cannabis or possess any raw material used in or by-product created by the production or cultivation of low-THC cannabis if the respective license or registration has expired, or has been suspended or revoked.

(g) Licensees and registrants may not dispense to an individual other than a patient for whom low-THC cannabis is prescribed under Chapter 169, Occupations Code, or the patient's legal guardian.

(h) Licensees and registrants may not permit or fail to prevent the diversion of any controlled substance.

(i) Those registered with the department as directors, managers, or employees of a licensed dispensing organization may only perform functions regulated under the Act for the licensee(s) with whom they are registered.

(j) If arrested, charged, or indicted for a criminal offense above the level of Class C misdemeanor, a registrant shall within seventy-two (72) hours notify the employing licensee. When notified by the registrant or otherwise informed, the licensee shall notify the department in writing (including by email) within seventy-two (72) hours of notification. The notification shall include the name of the arresting agency, the offense, court, and cause number of the charge or indictment. The registrant and licensee must supplement their respective notifications as further information becomes available.

(k) Registrants must carry on their person or otherwise display their department issued registration card while performing any functions regulated under the Act involving contact with or exposure to patients or the general public, including the dispensing of low-THC cannabis to patients and the transportation of low-THC cannabis on behalf of a licensee.

(l) All advertisements for functions regulated under the Act must contain the dispensing organization's license number in a font of the same size as the primary text of the advertisement.

(m) Licensees must comply with all applicable local, state and federal regulations and permitting requirements relating to air and environmental quality, advertising, business and occupancy, building, plumbing, electrical, fire safety, noise, and odor or other nuisances. This subsection does not require compliance with a regulation that conflicts with the Act or this chapter.

(n) Licensees must use applicable best practices to limit contamination of the product including but not limited to residual solvents, metals, mold, fungus, bacterial diseases, rot, pests, pesticides, mildew, and any other contaminant identified as posing potential harm.

(o) Licensees must have a plan for establishing a recall of their products in the event a product is shown by testing or other means to be, or potentially to be, defective or have a reasonable probability that their use or exposure to will cause adverse health consequences. At a minimum, the plan should include the method of identification of the products involved; notification to the processing or dispensing organization or others to whom the products were sold or otherwise distributed; and how the products will be disposed of if returned to or retrieved by the licensee.

(p) Licensees shall retain the registration card of all terminated registrants for two (2) years after termination, unless the card is seized or destroyed by department personnel.

(q) Licensees shall maintain commercial general liability insurance coverage, as described in § 12.11 of this title (relating to Application for License), and maintain current proof of such insurance on file with the department.

(r) Licensees' regulated premises must annually pass an inspection conducted by the state fire marshal or local designee of the state fire marshal. Proof of the passing inspection must be submitted to the department on a form approved by the department.

(s) Licensees' regulated premises shall be protected by a fire alarm and sprinkler system that complies with local ordinances and applicable Texas Department of Insurance administrative rules, 28 TAC Chapter 34, concerning State Fire Marshal.

(t) Licensees shall install an exterior wall-mounted building key safe at the main entrance to any processing facility, to enable emergency access for fire departments and emergency medical services.

(u) To the extent there is a conflict between the requirements of this chapter, or a conflict between this chapter and the Act, the more restrictive requirement governs. To the extent any requirement of this chapter or the Act conflicts with a regulation incorporated herein, this chapter or the Act shall govern.

(v) Research or development beyond that which is necessary for the cultivation or production of low-THC cannabis is prohibited.

(w) Only low-THC cannabis may be dispensed or sold. By-products must be destroyed.

(x) Registrants must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of application.

Notes

37 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.2

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 02, January 8, 2016, TexReg 490, eff. 1/10/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 10, March 10, 2017, TexReg 1139, eff. 3/15/2017