0100-16-.02
Definitions
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0100-16-.02
(1)
Terms in this chapter share those meanings of terms in T.C.A. Title 57, Chapter 7.
(2)
When used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a)
“Act” means Public Chapter 526, enacted 2025.
(b)
“Batch,” in addition to its definition under the Act, means an individual production lot of
manufactured product.
(c)
“Business for which entry is limited to individuals twenty-one (21) years of age or older”
means a legal establishment that affirmatively restricts access to its buildings or facilities
at all times to persons that are twenty-one (21) years of age or older by requiring each
person, who attempts to gain entry to those buildings or facilities, to submit for inspection
a valid government issued photo identification, which demonstrates by proof of age that
the person is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.
(d)
“Cannabis” means any plant or any part of a plant of the genera Cannabis and includes
hemp.
RULES FOR RETAIL SALE OF HEMP-DERIVED CANNABINOID PRODUCTS
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(e)
“Certificate of Analysis” (“COA”) means a written document from a laboratory approved
by the Commission for testing samples under this chapter, and which communicates the
results of those tests performed.
(f)
“Commerce” or similar words mean involving payment for an item or payment for
services incident to production of the item.
(g)
“Commission” means the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
(h)
“Counter” is a physical barrier that necessitates the seller’s assistance to access product
prior to its sale.
(i)
“Food” means articles used for food or drink for humans or other animals; chewing gum;
and articles used for components of food or drink or chewing gum.
(j)
Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Product (“HDCP”) means a product that contains or is
labeled to reflect it contains a hemp-derived cannabinoid that is produced, marketed, or
otherwise intended to be consumed orally (“ingestible”), inhaled (“inhalable”), or
absorbed through the skin (“transdermal”). HDCPs also include intermediate products
intended for subsequent use as a component in a later finished ingestible, inhalable, or
transdermal HDC product.
(k)
“In a manner similarly reliable to post-decarboxylation” means a manner sufficient to
quantify by percentage the resulting THC of a sample if carboxyl groups are removed
from all molecules containing THC within the sample. A manner similarly reliable to post-
decarboxylation is shown by a post-decarboxylation THC value equal to the sum of the
sample’s THC percentage plus the product of its delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid
(THCa) percentage and 0.877.
(l)
“Manufacture,” in addition to its definition under the Act, includes actions that physically
or chemically transform cannabis beyond its principal form as a farm product or filters,
cleans, or trims that product to isolate any of its particular parts or components.
(m)
“Move,” “transport,” or similar words mean to relocate in any manner an item from one
location to another.
(n)
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, or any other form of legal entity.
(o)
“Proof of age” means a valid driver’s license or other unexpired government issued
identification that describes the individual, indicates his or her age, contains a
photograph or other likeness of the individual, and appears on its face to be valid.
(p)
“Sample” means to take material or the material taken from a location where HDCPs are
sold or offered for sale at retail.