Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2430-M – Voluntary surrender and destruction
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A registered caregiver, dispensary, cannabis testing facility or manufacturing facility may elect to voluntarily surrender cannabis plants, cannabis or cannabis products to the department for destruction under the following conditions. [PL 2023, c. 365, §24 (NEW).]
1. Request. A registered caregiver‘s, dispensary’s, cannabis testing facility’s or manufacturing facility‘s request to surrender cannabis plants, cannabis or cannabis products to the department for destruction must be made on a form made available by the department and must be signed by a person who certifies that the person is an authorized representative of the registered caregiver, dispensary, cannabis testing facility or manufacturing facility.
[PL 2023, c. 365, §24 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2430-M
- Cannabis testing facility: means a public or private laboratory that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2422Caregiver: means a person or an assistant of that person that provides care for a qualifying patient in accordance with section 2423?A, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2422 Department: means the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2422 dispensary: means an entity registered under section 2425?A that acquires, possesses, cultivates, manufactures, delivers, transfers, transports, sells, supplies or dispenses cannabis plants or harvested cannabis or related supplies and educational materials to qualifying patients and the caregivers of those patients. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2422 manufacturing: means the production, blending, infusing, compounding or other preparation of cannabis concentrate and cannabis products, including, but not limited to, cannabis extraction or preparation by means of chemical synthesis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2422 Manufacturing facility: means a registered tier 1 or tier 2 manufacturing facility or a person authorized to engage in cannabis extraction under section 2423?F. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2422 Registered caregiver: means a caregiver who is registered by the department pursuant to section 2425?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 2422
2. Investigation or prosecution. The department may decline to accept cannabis plants, cannabis or cannabis products for destruction under this section if the department is aware of a pending investigation of the registered caregiver, dispensary, cannabis testing facility or manufacturing facility submitting the request until such time as the department confirms with the appropriate criminal justice agency that the cannabis plants, cannabis or cannabis products are not part of an ongoing investigation or prosecution.
[PL 2023, c. 365, §24 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2023, c. 365, §24 (NEW).