Illinois Administrative Code

Section 1300.385 Security a) A craft grower shall be required to operate and maintain in good working order a 24 hour, 7 days a week, closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system on the premises that complies with the following minimum standards: 1) The surveillance syste…

Section 1300.395 Transportation a) A craft grower or craft grower agent shall not transport cannabis or cannabis-infused products to any other cannabis business establishment without a transport organization license unless it has received from the Department a registration certif…

Section 1300.40 Operation of a Cannabis Business Establishment a) Only a cannabis business establishment that has been issued a license by the Department under the Act and this Part shall own or operate a cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, processor, or transporter. b) A …

Section 1300.400 License Application a) An Infuser License shall be obtained for each facility prior to commencement of any production activities. The license shall, along with any other certificate, business license, or other authorization required to conduct production activiti…

Section 1300.405 Financial Disclosure a) When applying for an Infuser License, the applicant shall disclose all relevant financial information to the Department. The applicant shall have a continuing duty to disclose promptly any material changes in the financial information prov…

Section 1300.407 License Selection Criteria a) The license selection criteria for the Infuser License shall include the following, with each criterion accounting for up to the indicated maximum number of the total points available for each criteria, out of 1,000 total points (bon…

Section 1300.410 License Denial and Prohibitions a) An application for an Infuser License must be denied if any of the following conditions are met: 1) The applicant failed to submit the materials required by this Part; 2) The applicant would not be in compliance with local zonin…

Section 1300.415 License Award, Issuance and Transferability a) The top-scoring applicants as determined by Section 1300.407, that receive at least 75% of available points, will be issued Infuser Licenses by the Department. b) An Infuser License shall be issued for the specific l…

Section 1300.420 License Renewal a) Every Infuser License shall expire annually on the date it was issued. b) Every renewal application for a license issued pursuant to this Part and accompanied by the proper fees shall be filed annually with the Department at least 45 calendar d…

Section 1300.430 Modifications and Alterations a) Before making any modification to a licensed facility, the infuser must complete an Application for Modification and submit the application with the appropriate schedules to the Department. The fee for an applicant to make modific…

Section 1300.445 Background Check a) ISP shall act as the Department's agent for purposes of receiving electronic fingerprints and conducting background checks of each infuser agent applying for an infuser agent identification card (ID card). 1) ISP will conduct background checks…

Section 1300.450 Specifications a) Infusers shall: 1) Not be located closer than 1,500 feet to another infuser or a cultivation center; 2) Not be in violation of any other local zoning requirements. b) The infuser shall provide engineering plans and specifications of the entire i…

Section 1300.455 Records a) Each infuser shall keep and maintain upon the licensed premises for a 5-year period true, complete, legible and current books and records, including the following: 1) The date of each sale or distribution to a cannabis organization; 2) The name, addres…

Section 1300.460 Signage a) Each licensed infuser must post a sign in a conspicuous location at each entrance of the facility that reads: "PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE NOT PERMITTED ON THESE PREMISES". b) Each licensed infuser must post a sign in a conspicuous location at each e…

Section 1300.465 Agents and Identification Cards a) The infuser agent application shall be submitted on forms provided by the Department in accordance with the Act and this Part. The application will include instructions for its completion and submission. The application will inc…

Section 1300.470 Operations – General Requirements a) Each facility shall develop and maintain an Operations and Management Practices Plan for each production area. b) Each production area shall be maintained free of debris. c) All persons working in direct contact with cannabis …

Section 1300.475 Operations – Infused Products a) Any area within the infuser where cannabis or cannabis-infused products will be manufactured into an edible form shall comply with the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Sanitary Food Preparation Act, and Food Handling Regulati…

Section 1300.480 Inventory a) Each infuser, prior to commencing business, shall: 1) Conduct an initial comprehensive inventory of all cannabis and cannabis-infused products at the facility. If an infuser commences business with no cannabis or cannabis-infused products on hand, th…

Section 1300.485 Security a) An infuser shall be required to operate and maintain in good working order a 24 hour, 7 days a week, closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance system on the premises that complies with the following minimum standards: 1) Visually records and monit…

Section 1300.495 Transportation a) An infuser or infuser agent shall not transport cannabis or cannabis-infused products to any other cannabis business establishment without a transport organization license unless it has received from the Department a registration certificate for…

Section 1300.500 License Requirements a) A Transporter License shall be obtained for each transporter prior to the commencement of any transportation activities. b) Beginning July 1, 2020, a cultivation center shall not transport cannabis to a craft grower, dispensing organizatio…

Section 1300.510 License Application a) The Department will make the Transporter License applications available beginning on the license application acceptance period listed in subsection (b). Applications shall be submitted electronically to the Department. A registration applic…

Section 1300.520 License Selection Criteria a) The license selection criteria for the Transporter License shall include the following, with each criterion accounting for up to the indicated maximum number of the total points available for each criteria, for a total of 1000 points…

Section 1300.530 License Denial and Prohibitions a) An application for a Transporter License shall be denied if any of the following conditions are met: 1) The applicant failed to submit the materials required by this Part; 2) The applicant would not be in compliance with local z…

Section 1300.540 License Issuance and Transferability a) Information and Plans Provided in Application Licenses are only issued for the plan as stated in the applicant's application. Should the applicant be awarded a Transporter License, the information and plans that an applican…

Section 1300.550 License Renewal a) Transporter Licenses shall be renewed annually. The Department will provide the licensee with written or electronic notice 90 days before the expiration of its current license that the license will expire. b) The Department will grant a renewal…

Section 1300.560 Modifications and Alterations a) A license shall be amended before the commencement of any modification to the plan as stated in the application. b) Before making any modification to the plan as stated in the application, the transporter must complete an applicat…

Section 1300.570 Background Check a) All applications submitted by applicants with criminal convictions shall be subject to Sections 2105-131, 2105-135, and 2105-205 of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. [410 …

Section 1300.580 Records a) Each transporter shall keep and maintain upon the licensed premises for a 5-year period true, complete, legible and current books and records, including but not limited to all daily inventory reports organized in a chronological manner. b) Each transpo…

Section 1300.590 Agents and Identification Cards a) Each principal officer, board member, employee or agent of a registered transporter must apply to the Department for a transporter agent identification card. b) The transporter agent application shall be submitted electronically…

Section 1300.595 Operations a) General Requirements 1) Each transporter shall develop and maintain an operations plan that reflects the plan stated in the licensee's application. 2) All vehicles used for the purpose of transporting cannabis containers shall be maintained in a san…

Section 1300.596 Transfer Sites a) Approval. 1) Prior to operating a transporter transfer site, a transporter must submit plans for a transporter transfer site as a modification, as described in Section 1300.560. 2) The Department shall review and approve the transporter transfer…

Section 1300.600 Investigations a) The Department or its designee may conduct an investigation for the purpose of investigating an applicant or application, a cultivation center, a craft grower, an infuser, a transporter, their agents, or any other party for an alleged violation …

Section 1300.610 License Suspension a) Violation of any provision of the Act or this Part, or failure to comply with any standard or special conditions of the issued license or agent ID card, may result in a notice of intent to suspend the license or ID card. b) The Department ma…

Section 1300.620 License Revocation a) Violation of any provision of the Act or this Part, or failure to comply with any standard or special conditions of the issued license or agent ID card, may result in a notice of intent to revoke the license or agent ID card. b) The Departme…

Section 1300.630 Fines a) The Department may impose fines, not to exceed $50,000 for each violation, for any violations of the Act by a cultivation center or a cultivation center agent. b) The Department may impose fines, not to exceed $15,000 for each violation, for any violatio…

Section 1300.640 Administrative Hearings a) Any hearing conducted by the Department pursuant to the Act shall be conducted in accordance with the Department's rules applicable to formal administrative proceedings (8 Ill. Adm. Code 1.Subparts A and B). All hearings shall be held i…

Section 1300.650 Petition for Rehearing The respondent in any contested case may request reconsideration of any part or all of the decision of the administrative law judge on any petition or may request the Director to stay the effective date of any administrative action for a sp…

Section 1300.700 Laboratory Testing a) Immediately prior to manufacturing or natural processing of any cannabis or cannabis-infused product or packaging cannabis for sale to a dispensary, each batch shall be made available at the cultivation center, craft grower, or infuser, for …

Section 1300.800 Scope a) "Cannabis waste" means all cannabis byproduct, scrap, harvested cannabis, and cannabis-infused products not intended for distribution to a dispensing organization. b) Cannabis waste must be destroyed and disposed of in accordance with this Part. c) Types…

Section 1300.810 Notice to the Department a) A cultivation center, craft grower, or infuser shall, before destruction, notify the Department and ISP. [710 ILCS 705/55-15(b)] Upon receiving notice, the Department may require that an employee of the Department be present to witness…

Section 1300.820 Method of Destruction a) The allowable method to render cannabis waste unusable is by grinding and incorporating the cannabis plant waste with other ground materials so the resulting mixture is at least 50% non-cannabis waste by volume. Other methods to render ca…

Section 1300.830 Records The cultivation center, craft grower and infuser shall keep a record of the date of destruction and how much was destroyed [410 ILCS 705/55-15(c)]. The cultivation center, craft grower, and infuser shall also keep a record of the date of disposal of canna…

Section 1300.840 Disposal a) Cannabis waste may not be sold. b) Cannabis waste rendered unusable following the methods described in this Section may be disposed of in the manner provided in this subsection (b). Disposal of the cannabis waste rendered unusable may be delivered to …

Section 1300.900 Registration a) Each cannabis product produced for sale shall be registered with the Department on forms provided by the Department. Each product registration shall include a label and the required registration fee. [410 ILCS 705/55-21(a)] b) Each cannabis produc…

Section 1300.910 Registration Fee a) The registration fee is for the name of the product offered for sale and one fee shall be sufficient for all package sizes. [410 ILCS 705/55-21(a)] b) The fee to register a product with the Department shall be $25. (Source: Amended at 50 Ill. …

Section 1300.920 Container and Packaging Requirements a) All harvested cannabis intended for distribution to a cannabis enterprise must be packaged in a sealed, labeled container. [410 ILCS 705/55-21(b)] b) Any product containing cannabis shall be packaged in a sealed, odor-proof…