(a) Cultivation licensees may place a cultivation license, expiring on or after March 1, 2024, in Limited Operations Status as set forth in this section.
(b) “Limited Operations Status” means an inactive license status that allows a cultivation licensee to do only the following:
(1) Engage in the drying, curing, grading, trimming, packaging, and sale of cannabis harvested before the date the cultivation license was placed in Limited Operations Status.
(2) Possess and maintain seeds and immature plants used solely for propagation to preserve the genetic lineage of the cultivation licensee's cannabis plants.
(c) Mature plants are prohibited on the premises of a cultivation license in Limited Operations Status. Any mature plants that have not been harvested before the date the cultivation license was placed in Limited Operations Status shall be destroyed within 30 days.
(d) To place a cultivation license in Limited Operations Status, a cultivation licensee shall do the following:
(1) Specify, on the license renewal form specified in section 15020(d) or the modified renewal date request specified in section 15020.3(e), the request to place the cultivation license in Limited Operations Status.
(2) Pay the Department 20 percent of the applicable annual license fee for the cultivation licensee's current license type as required by section 15014 or section 15014.2.
(3) Meet all other renewal requirements pursuant to sections 15001.2 and 15020, if applicable.
(e) The Department shall verify that all requirements to place the cultivation license in Limited Operations Status have been met. If all requirements have been met, the Department shall notify the cultivation licensee in writing that the requirements for the requested Limited Operations Status have been met.
(f) Limited Operations Status granted pursuant to this section shall remain in effect for the duration of the license term. The cultivation licensee may request to place the cultivation license in Limited Operations Status at each subsequent renewal.
(g) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(h) Cultivation licenses that are changed to a Reduced-Size Cultivation License pursuant to section 15020.2 shall not be placed in Limited Operations Status during the same license term.
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Note: Authority cited: Section 26061.5, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 26012, 26050 and 26061.5, Business and Professions Code.
1. New section filed 3-11-2024 as an emergency; operative 3-11-2024 (Register 2024, No. 11). This filing is a deemed emergency pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 26061.5(e). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-9-2024 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 4, § 15020.1, 4 CA ADC § 15020.1
