Virginia Administrative Code

A. All transport or delivery vehicles shall be properly registered with the Commonwealth and be insured in the Commonwealth. Medical cannabis facilities shall maintain registration and insurance documents and provide the documents to the authority and law-enforcement officials up…

(Repealed.)

A. Prior to transporting cannabis between medical cannabis facilities or from a medical cannabis facility to a testing laboratory: 1. The originating facility shall prepare a transport manifest on a form and in a manner prescribed by the authority, itemizing all cannabis to be tr…

(Repealed.)

A. A transporting employee or delivery agent shall remain with the transport vehicle at all times that the vehicle contains cannabis, provided that if there is only one transporting employee or delivery agent, the transporting employee or delivery agent may leave the vehicle, whi…

(Repealed.)

A. Medical cannabis facilities offering delivery shall require each qualifying patient, parent, legal guardian, or registered agent that purchases cannabis for delivery to provide the medical cannabis facility with the full legal name, date of birth, address, email address, and t…

(Repealed.)

A. A pharmaceutical processor transporting or delivering medical cannabis must report any traffic stop, breakdown, collision, or unscheduled stop lasting more than two hours to the authority within 24 hours. B. An originating facility's authorized employees shall make a good fait…

A. No pharmaceutical processor shall: 1. Cultivate cannabis plants or produce or dispense cannabis products in any place except the approved facility at the address of record on the application for the pharmaceutical processor permit; 2. Sell, deliver, transport, or distribute ca…

A. A pharmaceutical processor must implement and maintain an electronic tracking system as prescribed by the authority. B. A pharmaceutical processor shall identify, monitor, and track all cannabis through a unique identifier assigned at seed acquisition or plant propagation. C. …

A. Cannabis oil, cannabis products, botanical cannabis, and usable cannabis from a batch that have passed the tests required in 3VAC10-60-20 G and H and are packaged and labeled for sale with an appropriate expiration date in accordance with 3VAC10-60-20 may be wholesale distribu…

A. Upon commencing operation, each medical cannabis facility shall conduct an initial comprehensive inventory of all cannabis plants, including the seeds, parts of plants, extracts, and cannabis products, at the facility. If a facility commences business with no cannabis or canna…

Statutory Authority§§ 4.1-601, 4.1-604, and 4.1-606 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority§§ 4.1-601, 4.1-604, and 4.1-606 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority§§ 4.1-601, 4.1-604, and 4.1-606 of the Code of Virginia.

In addition to words and terms defined in the Cannabis Control Act (§ 4.1-600 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "90-day supply" means the amo…

The pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility may use and distribute inert product samples that do not contain any active cannabinoids for patient demonstration exclusively at the pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility without the need for a writt…

A. To mitigate the risk of diversion, a pharmaceutical processor shall routinely and promptly dispose of undesired, excess, unauthorized, obsolete, adulterated, misbranded, or deteriorated green waste, extracts, and cannabis products, as applicable. Green waste includes cannabis …

Disposal of chemical, dangerous, and hazardous waste must be conducted in a manner consistent with federal, state, and local statutes and regulations. This includes any waste product soaked in a flammable solvent. 1. Any waste that may be hazardous must be treated as hazardous wa…

Statutory Authority§§ 4.1-601, 4.1-604, and 4.1-606 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority§§ 4.1-601, 4.1-604, and 4.1-606 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority§§ 4.1-601, 4.1-604, and 4.1-606 of the Code of Virginia.

A. No cannabis products shall have had pesticide chemicals or petroleum-based solvents, except for hydrocarbon-based solvents described in this chapter, used during the cultivation, extraction, production, or manufacturing process, except that the board may authorize the use of p…

A. The following words and phrases used in this section have the following meaning: 1. "Closed-loop system" means machinery in which volatile hydrocarbon substances are self-contained without the loss or escape of those substances. 2. "Flammable solvent" means a liquid that has a…

A. A pharmaceutical processor shall assign a product name to each product of cannabis. The pharmaceutical processor shall register each cannabis product name with the board in a manner prescribed by the board prior to any dispensing and shall associate each registered cannabis pr…

A. A pharmacist in good faith may dispense cannabis products to any patient, parent, legal guardian, or registered agent as indicated on the written certification. 1. Prior to the initial dispensing of cannabis products pursuant to each written certification, the pharmacist or ph…

A. A pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility shall implement and comply with a quality assurance program that describes, in writing, policies and procedures to detect, identify, and prevent dispensing errors. B. A pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing f…

In addition to words and terms defined in the Cannabis Control Act (§ 4.1-600 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Batch" means a quantity of (…

A. No pharmaceutical processor or cannabis cultivation facility shall utilize a laboratory to handle, test, or analyze cannabis products unless such laboratory: 1. Is independent from all other persons involved in the cannabis industry in Virginia, which shall mean that no person…

A. If a sample of cannabis oil product does not pass the microbiological, mycotoxin, heavy metal, or residual solvent test based on the standards set forth in 3VAC10-60-20 G, the batch may be remediated with further processing. After further processing, the batch shall be reteste…

In addition to words and terms defined in the Cannabis Control Act (§ 4.1-600 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Batch" means a quantity of (…

A. Each container and layer of packaging containing cannabis shall prominently display the universal symbol. B. Cannabis products produced as a batch shall be: 1. Unadulterated; 2. Processed, packaged, and labeled according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Current Good …

A. Bulk cannabis oil, botanical cannabis, and usable cannabis shall not be adulterated. B. Bulk cannabis oil, botanical cannabis, and usable cannabis produced for wholesale distribution shall be: 1. Processed, packaged, and labeled according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati…

(Repealed.)

A. The pharmacist or pharmacy technician under the direct supervision of the pharmacist shall affix a label, in a manner provided by the board, to each cannabis product that includes: 1. A serial number assigned to the dispensing of the product; 2. The cannabis product name that …

(Repealed.)

A. Packaging shall be child-resistant except as provided in 3VAC10-40-20 A, tamper-resistant, and light-resistant based on the following standards: 1. A package shall be deemed child-resistant if it satisfies the standard for "special packaging" as set forth in the Poison Prevent…

In addition to words and terms defined in the Cannabis Control Act (§ 4.1-600 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Certification" means a writt…

The board may suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew a permit issued; place such permit on probation; place conditions on such permit; or take other actions permitted by statute or regulation on the following grounds: 1. Any criminal conviction under federal or state statut…

A. Any interested party who would be aggrieved by a decision of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority upon any application or in a disciplinary proceeding may appear and be heard in person, or by duly authorized representative, and produce under oath evidence relevant…

A. Hearings before the administrative law judge shall be held, insofar as practicable, at the county seat of the county in which the establishment of the applicant or licensee is located, or, if the establishment is located within the corporate limits of any city, then in such ci…

A. Administrative law judges are charged with the duty of conducting fair and impartial hearings and of maintaining order in a form and manner consistent with the dignity of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (authority). B. Each administrative law judge shall have…

As used in this chapter, "interested parties" shall mean the following persons: 1. The applicant; 2. The licensee; 3. Persons who would be aggrieved by a decision of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (authority); and 4. For purposes of appeal pursuant to 3VAC5-10-…

Motions or requests for ruling made prior to the hearing before an administrative law judge shall be in writing; addressed to the Chief Administrative Law Judge, Hearings, Appeals, and Judicial Services Division; and shall state with reasonable certainty the grounds for the motio…

Interested parties shall be afforded reasonable notice of a pending hearing. The notice shall state the time, place and issues involved. Statutory Authority§§ 4.1-103 and 4.1-111 of the Code of Virginia.

A. Generally. The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (authority) or the authority's designee may offer to resolve disciplinary cases when the nature of the proceeding and public interest permit. In appropriate cases, the authority or the authority's designee will exten…