(a) Each medical cannabis production center and dispensary licensed pursuant to this part shall:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-23

  • Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • dispensary: means a person licensed by the State pursuant to this chapter to own, operate, or subcontract no more than three production centers and up to two retail dispensing locations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • dispensing: means the act of a licensed dispensary providing cannabis or manufactured cannabis products to a qualifying patient, primary caregiver, qualifying out-of-state patient, or caregiver of a qualifying out-of-state patient for a fee. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • Production: includes the manufacture of medical cannabis products pursuant to this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
  • production center: means a farm or series of structures located within the same secured perimeter fence-line wholly owned, operated, or subcontracted by a person licensed by the State pursuant to this chapter as a medical cannabis dispensary that produces cannabis and manufactured cannabis products to supply cannabis and manufactured cannabis products to one or more of the retail dispensing locations of any licensed medical cannabis dispensary. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329D-1
(1) Be subject to an annual announced inspection and unlimited unannounced inspections of its operations by the department; provided that inspections for license renewals shall be unannounced;
(2) Submit reports on at least a quarterly basis, or as otherwise required, and in the format specified by the department; and
(3) Annually cause an independent financial audit, at the dispensary licensee’s own expense, to be conducted of the dispensary, its production center, and retail dispensing locations and shall submit the audit’s findings to the department.
(b) The department shall report annually to the governor and the legislature on the establishment and regulation of medical cannabis production centers and dispensaries including but not limited to the number and location of production centers and dispensaries licensed, the total licensing fees collected, the total amount of taxes collected from production centers and dispensaries, and any licensing violations determined by the department.

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