(a) No cannabis retailer or hybrid retailer shall accept payment or other form of compensation directly or indirectly from a cultivator, micro-cultivator, producer, food and beverage manufacturer, product manufacturer or product packager to carry a cannabis product or for placement or promotion of such product in a retailer or hybrid retailer’s establishment or through other promotional initiatives. No retailer or hybrid retailer shall enter into a contract with a cultivator, micro-cultivator, producer, food and beverage manufacturer, product manufacturer or product packager that requires or permits preferential treatment, exclusivity or near exclusivity or limits a retailer or hybrid retailer from purchasing from other cultivators, micro-cultivators, producers, food and beverage manufacturers or product manufacturers in any way.

(b) No cannabis establishment shall produce, manufacture or sell cannabis that is intended for use or consumption by animals.

(c) A retailer or hybrid retailer shall not knowingly sell to a consumer more than one ounce of cannabis or the equivalent amount of cannabis products or combination of cannabis and cannabis products, as set forth in subsection (i) of § 21a-279a, per day, except that a hybrid retailer or dispensary facility may sell up to five ounces of cannabis or the equivalent amount of cannabis products or combination of cannabis and cannabis products to a qualifying patient or caregiver per day. Notwithstanding the requirements of sections 4-168 to 4-172, inclusive, to avoid cannabis supply shortages or address a public health and safety concern, the commissioner may set temporary lower per-transaction limits, which shall be published on the department’s Internet web site. Such limits shall become ineffective upon the commissioner’s determination that a supply shortage or public health and safety concern no longer exists.

(d) No cannabis establishment, except a producer, cultivator or micro-cultivator, may acquire or possess a live cannabis plant.

(e) No person issued a license or registration pursuant to RERACA shall (1) assign or transfer such license or registration without the commissioner’s prior approval, or (2) sell, transfer or transport cannabis to, or obtain cannabis from, a location outside of this state if such activity would be in violation of federal law.