Chapter 410 — PUBLIC HEALTH

(410 ILCS 705/15-175) Sec. 15-175. Review under the Administrative Review Law. (a) All final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder shall be subject to judicial review under the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendment and modifications thereof…

(410 ILCS 705/15-20) Sec. 15-20. Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License; secondary site. (a) Any medical cannabis dispensing organization holding a valid registration under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act as of the effective date of this Ac…

(410 ILCS 705/15-25) Sec. 15-25. Awarding of Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses prior to January 1, 2021. (a) The Department shall issue up to 75 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses before May 1, 2020. (b) The Department shall make the appli…

(410 ILCS 705/15-30) Sec. 15-30. Selection criteria for conditional licenses awarded under Section 15-25. (a) Applicants for a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License must submit all required information, including the information required in Section 15-25, to the D…

(410 ILCS 705/15-30.20) Sec. 15-30.20. Tied Applicant Lottery; additional requirements; timing. (a) If awarding a license in a Tied Applicant Lottery would result in a Tied Applicant possessing more than 10 Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses, Early Approval…

(410 ILCS 705/15-35) Sec. 15-35. Qualifying Applicant Lottery for Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses. (a) In addition to any of the licenses issued under Section 15-15, Section 15-20, Section 15-25, Section 15-30.20, or Section 15-35.10 of this Act, within 10 …

(410 ILCS 705/15-35.10) Sec. 15-35.10. Social Equity Justice Involved Lottery for Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses. (a) In addition to any of the licenses issued under Section 15-15, Section 15-20, Section 15-25, Section 15-30.20, or Section 15-35, within 10…

(410 ILCS 705/15-35.20) Sec. 15-35.20. Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses on or after January 1, 2022. (a) In addition to any of the licenses issued under Section 15-15, Section 15-20, Section 15-25, Section 15-35, or Section 15-35.10, by January 1, 2022, the …

(410 ILCS 705/15-36) Sec. 15-36. Adult Use Dispensing Organization License. (a) A person is only eligible to receive an Adult Use Dispensing Organization License if the person has been awarded a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License pursuant to this Act or has ren…

(410 ILCS 705/15-40) Sec. 15-40. Dispensing organization agent identification card; agent training. (a) The Department shall: (1) verify the information contained in an application or renewal for a dispensing organization agent identification card submitted under this Article, an…

(410 ILCS 705/15-45) Sec. 15-45. Renewal. (a) Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses shall expire on March 31 of even-numbered years. (b) Agent identification cards shall expire one year from the date they are issued. (c) Licensees and dispensing agents shall submit a renewal…

(410 ILCS 705/15-5) Sec. 15-5. Authority. (a) In this Article, "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. (b) It is the duty of the Department to administer and enforce the provisions of this Act relating to the licensure and oversight of dispensi…

(410 ILCS 705/15-50) Sec. 15-50. Disclosure of ownership and control. (a) Each dispensing organization applicant and licensee shall file and maintain a Table of Organization, Ownership and Control with the Department. The Table of Organization, Ownership and Control shall contain…

(410 ILCS 705/15-55) Sec. 15-55. Financial responsibility. Evidence of financial responsibility is a requirement for the issuance, maintenance, or reactivation of a license under this Article. Evidence of financial responsibility shall be used to guarantee that the dispensing org…

(410 ILCS 705/15-60) Sec. 15-60. Changes to a dispensing organization. (a) A license shall be issued to the specific dispensing organization identified on the application and for the specific location proposed. The license is valid only as designated on the license and for the lo…

(410 ILCS 705/15-65) Sec. 15-65. Administration. (a) A dispensing organization shall establish, maintain, and comply with written policies and procedures as submitted in the Business, Financial and Operating plan as required in this Article or by rules established by the Departme…

(410 ILCS 705/15-70) Sec. 15-70. Operational requirements; prohibitions. (a) A dispensing organization shall operate in accordance with the representations made in its application and license materials. It shall be in compliance with this Act and rules. (b) A dispensing organizat…

(410 ILCS 705/15-75) Sec. 15-75. Inventory control system. (a) A dispensing organization agent-in-charge shall have primary oversight of the dispensing organization's cannabis inventory verification system, and its point-of-sale system. The inventory point-of-sale system shall be…

(410 ILCS 705/15-80) Sec. 15-80. Storage requirements. (a) Authorized on-premises storage. A dispensing organization must store inventory on its premises. All inventory stored on the premises must be secured in a restricted access area and tracked consistently with the inventory …

(410 ILCS 705/15-85) Sec. 15-85. Dispensing cannabis. (a) Before a dispensing organization agent dispenses cannabis to a purchaser, the agent shall: (1) Verify the age of the purchaser by checking a government-issued identification card by use of an electronic reader or electroni…

(410 ILCS 705/15-90) Sec. 15-90. Destruction and disposal of cannabis. (a) Cannabis and cannabis-infused products must be destroyed by rendering them unusable using methods approved by the Department that comply with this Act and rules. (b) Cannabis waste rendered unusable must b…

(410 ILCS 705/15-95) Sec. 15-95. Agent-in-charge. (a) Every dispensing organization shall designate, at a minimum, one agent-in-charge for each licensed dispensary. The designated agent-in-charge must hold a dispensing organization agent identification card. Maintaining an agent-…

(410 ILCS 705/20-1) Sec. 20-1. Definition. In this Article, "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)

(410 ILCS 705/20-10) Sec. 20-10. Early Approval of Adult Use Cultivation Center License. (a) Any medical cannabis cultivation center registered and in good standing under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act as of the effective date of this Act may, within 60 day…

(410 ILCS 705/20-15) Sec. 20-15. Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center application. (a) If the Department of Agriculture makes available additional cultivation center licenses pursuant to Section 20-5, applicants for a Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License shall ele…

(410 ILCS 705/20-20) Sec. 20-20. Conditional Adult Use License scoring applications. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall by rule develop a system to score cultivation center applications to administratively rank applications based on the clarity, organization, and quality of …

(410 ILCS 705/20-21) Sec. 20-21. Adult Use Cultivation Center License. (a) A person or entity is only eligible to receive an Adult Use Cultivation Center License if the person or entity has first been awarded a Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License pursuant to this Act…

(410 ILCS 705/20-25) Sec. 20-25. Denial of application. An application for a cultivation center license must be denied if any of the following conditions are met: (1) the applicant failed to submit the materials required by this Article; (2) the applicant would not be in complian…

(410 ILCS 705/20-30) Sec. 20-30. Cultivation center requirements; prohibitions. (a) The operating documents of a cultivation center shall include procedures for the oversight of the cultivation center, a cannabis plant monitoring system including a physical inventory recorded wee…

(410 ILCS 705/20-35) Sec. 20-35. Cultivation center agent identification card. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall: (1) establish by rule the information required in an initial application or renewal application for an agent identification card submitted under this Act and th…

(410 ILCS 705/20-40) Sec. 20-40. Cultivation center background checks. (a) Through the Illinois State Police, the Department of Agriculture shall conduct a background check of the prospective principal officers, board members, and agents of a cultivation center applying for a lic…

(410 ILCS 705/20-45) Sec. 20-45. Renewal of cultivation center licenses and agent identification cards. (a) Licenses and identification cards issued under this Act shall be renewed annually. A cultivation center shall receive written or electronic notice 90 days before the expira…

(410 ILCS 705/20-5) Sec. 20-5. Issuance of licenses. On or after July 1, 2021, the Department of Agriculture by rule may: (1) Modify or change the number of cultivation center licenses available, which shall at no time exceed 30 cultivation center licenses. In determining whether…

(410 ILCS 705/20-50) Sec. 20-50. Cultivator taxes; returns. (a) A tax is imposed upon the privilege of cultivating and processing adult use cannabis at the rate of 7% of the gross receipts from the sale of cannabis by a cultivator to a dispensing organization. The sale of any adu…

(410 ILCS 705/20-55) Sec. 20-55. Disclosure of ownership and control. (a) Each Adult Use Cultivation Center applicant and license holder shall file and maintain a Table of Organization, Ownership, and Control with the Department. The Table of Organization, Ownership, and Control …

(410 ILCS 705/25-1) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-1. Definitions. In this Article: "Board" means the Illinois Community College Board. "Career in Cannabis Certificate" or "Certificate" means the certification awarded to a community college student who…

(410 ILCS 705/25-10) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-10. Issuance of Community College Cannabis Vocational Pilot Program licenses. (a) The Department shall issue rules regulating the selection criteria for applicants by January 1, 2020. The Department s…

(410 ILCS 705/25-15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-15. Community College Cannabis Vocational Pilot Program requirements and prohibitions. (a) Licensees shall not have more than 50 flowering cannabis plants at any one time. (b) The agent-in-charge shal…

(410 ILCS 705/25-20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-20. Faculty. (a) All faculty members shall be required to maintain registration as an agent-in-charge and have a valid agent identification card prior to teaching or participating in the licensee's ca…

(410 ILCS 705/25-25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-25. Enforcement. (a) The Department has the authority to suspend or revoke any faculty agent-in-charge or agent identification card for any violation found under this Article. (b) The Department has t…

(410 ILCS 705/25-30) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-30. Inspection rights. (a) A licensee's enclosed, locked facilities are subject to random inspections by the Department, the Illinois State Police, or as provided by rule. (b) Nothing in this Section …

(410 ILCS 705/25-35) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-35. Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program faculty participant agent identification card. (a) The Department shall: (1) establish by rule the information required in an initial a…

(410 ILCS 705/25-40) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-40. Study. By December 31, 2025, the Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer, in coordination with the Board, must issue a report to the Governor and the General Assembly which includes, but is…

(410 ILCS 705/25-45) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-45. Repeal. This Article is repealed on July 1, 2026. (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)

(410 ILCS 705/25-5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2026) Sec. 25-5. Administration. (a) The Department shall establish and administer the Program in coordination with the Illinois Community College Board. The Department may issue Program licenses to applicants that …

(410 ILCS 705/30-10) Sec. 30-10. Application. (a) When applying for a license, the applicant shall electronically submit the following in such form as the Department of Agriculture may direct: (1) the nonrefundable application fee of $5,000 to be deposited into the Cannabis Regul…

(410 ILCS 705/30-15) Sec. 30-15. Scoring applications. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall by rule develop a system to score craft grower applications to administratively rank applications based on the clarity, organization, and quality of the applicant's responses to require…

(410 ILCS 705/30-20) Sec. 30-20. Issuance of license to certain persons prohibited. (a) No craft grower license issued by the Department of Agriculture shall be issued to a person who is licensed by any licensing authority as a cultivation center, or to any partnership, corporati…

(410 ILCS 705/30-25) Sec. 30-25. Denial of application. An application for a craft grower license must be denied if any of the following conditions are met: (1) the applicant failed to submit the materials required by this Article; (2) the applicant would not be in compliance wit…

(410 ILCS 705/30-3) Sec. 30-3. Definition. In this Article, "Department" means the Department of Agriculture. (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)