Program Operations

TITLE 8: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS CHAPTER I: ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SUBCHAPTER v: LICENSING AND REGULATIONS PART 1300 CANNABIS REGULATION AND TAX ACT SECTION 1300.275 PROGRAM OPERATIONS Section 1300.275  Program Operations a) Licensees shall not have more than 50 flowering cannabis plants at one time. b) The agent-in-charge shall keep a vault log of the licensee's enclosed, locked facility or facilities, including, but not limited to, the person entering the site location, the time of entrance, and the time of exit. c) Cannabis shall not be removed from the licensee's facility, except for the limited purpose of shipping a sample to a laboratory registered under the Act. d) The licensee shall limit keys, access cards, or an access code to the licensee's enclosed, locked facility or facilities, to cannabis curriculum faculty and college security personnel with a bona fide need to access the facility for emergency purposes. e) A transporter may transport cannabis produced pursuant to Article 25 of the Act to a laboratory registered under the Act. All other cannabis produced by the licensee that was not shipped to a registered laboratory shall be destroyed within 5 weeks after being harvested, pursuant to Subpart I (Destruction of Cannabis) . f) Licensees shall subscribe to the Department cannabis plant monitoring system. g) Licensees shall maintain a weekly inventory system. h) No student participating in the cannabis curriculum necessary to obtain a Certificate may be in the licensee's facility unless a faculty agent-in-charge is also physically present in the facility. i) Licensees shall conduct post-certificate follow up surveys and record participating students' job placements within the cannabis business industry within a year after the student's completion. j) The Board shall report annually to the Department on the race, ethnicity, and gender of all students participating in the cannabis curriculum necessary to obtain a Certificate, and of those students who obtain a Certificate. [410 ILCS 705/25-15] k) Students shall be at least 18 years old in order to enroll in a licensee's Career in Cannabis Certificate's prescribed course of study. [410 ILCS 705/25-5(d)] l) A licensee's enclosed, locked facilities are subject to random inspections by the Department and ISP. [410 ILCS 705/25-30(a)] m)        A licensee shall keep records of the number of security incidents or infractions and any action taken or not taken by the licensee, and make those records available to the Department and the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer. n)         A licensee shall keep records of the following categories based on race, ethnicity, and gender, when available, and make available to the Department and the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer: 1)         Number of students enrolled in cannabis curricula per semester; 2)         Successful completion rates for students seeking a certificate; and 3)         Postgraduate job placement of students who obtained a certificate in: A)        cannabis business establishment jobs; and B)        non-cannabis business establishment jobs.