alarm systems; minimum requirements for dispensary facilities and production facilities

facilities (a) All dispensary facilities and production facilities shall have an adequate security system to prevent and detect diversion, theft or loss of marijuana utilizing commercial grade equipment, which shall, at a minimum, include: (1) A perimeter alarm; (2) A motion detector; (3) Video cameras in all areas that may contain marijuana and at all points of entry and exit, which shall be appropriate for the normal lighting conditions of the area under surveillance. The dispensary facility or production facility shall direct cameras at all approved safes, approved vaults, dispensing areas, marijuana sales areas and any other area where marijuana is being produced, harvested, manufactured, stored or handled. At entry and exit points, the dispensary facility or production facility shall angle cameras so as to allow for the capture of clear and certain identification of any person entering or exiting the facility; (4) Twenty-four hour recordings from all video cameras, which the dispensary facility or production facility shall make available for immediate viewing by the Drug Control Division upon request and shall retain for at least thirty days. If a dispensary facility or producer is aware of a pending criminal, civil or administrative investigation or legal proceeding for which a recording may contain relevant information, the dispensary facility or producer shall retain an unaltered copy of the recording until the investigation or proceeding is closed or the entity conducting the investigation or proceeding notifies the dispensary facility manager or producer that it is not necessary to retain the recording; (5) A duress alarm, which for purposes of this subsection means a silent security alarm system signal generated by the entry of a designated code into an arming station in order to signal that the alarm user is being forced to turn off the system; (6) A panic alarm, which for purposes of this subsection means an audible security alarm system signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life threatening or emergency situation requiring a law enforcement response; (7) A holdup alarm, which for purposes of this subsection means a silent alarm signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a robbery in progress; (8) An automatic voice dialer, which for purposes of this subsection means any electrical, electronic, mechanical, or other device capable of being programmed to send a prerecorded voice message, when activated, over a telephone line, radio or other communication system, to a law enforcement, public safety or emergency services agency requesting dispatch; (9) A failure notification system that provides an audible, text or visual notification of any failure in the surveillance system. The failure notification system shall provide an alert to the dispensary facility or producer within five minutes of the failure, either by telephone, email, or text message; (10) The ability to immediately produce a clear color still photo that is a minimum of 9600 dpi from any camera image (live or recorded); (11) A date and time stamp embedded on all recordings. The date and time shall be synchronized and set correctly and shall not significantly obscure the picture; and (12) The ability to remain operational during a power outage. (b) A dispensary facility or a production facility shall maintain all security system equipment and recordings in a secure location so as to prevent theft, loss, destruction or alterations. (c) In addition to the requirements listed in subsection (a) of this section, each production facility shall have a back-up alarm system approved by the commissioner that shall detect unauthorized entry during times when no employees are present at the facility and that shall be provided by a company supplying commercial grade equipment, which shall not be the same company supplying the primary security system. (d) A dispensary facility or a production facility shall limit access to surveillance areas to persons that are essential to surveillance operations, law enforcement agencies, security system service employees, the commissioner, the Drug Control Division and others when approved by the commissioner. A dispensary facility and producer shall make available a current list of authorized employees and service employees that have access to the surveillance room to the Drug Control Division upon request. A dispensary facility and producer shall keep all on-site surveillance rooms locked and shall not use such rooms for any other function. (e) A dispensary facility and producer shall keep the outside perimeter of the dispensary facility and production facility premises well-lit. (f) All video recording shall allow for the exporting of still images in an industry standard image format, including .jpg, .bmp, and .gif. Exported video shall have the ability to be archived in a proprietary format that ensures authentication of the video and guarantees that no alteration of the recorded image has taken place. Exported video shall also have the ability to be saved in an industry standard file format that can be played on a standard computer operating system. A dispensary facility and producer shall erase all recordings prior to disposal or sale of the facility. (g) A dispensary facility and producer shall keep all security equipment in good-working order and shall test such equipment no less than two times per year.