1001.1 An applicant for a license, and each licensee, shall allow an ABCA investigator or any member of ABCA's enforcement division a full opportunity to examine, at any time during business hours:

(a) The premises where medical cannabis or medical cannabis products are cultivated, manufactured, kept, sold, delivered, tested, or consumed for which an application for a license or endorsement has been made or for which a license or endorsement has been issued; and

(b) The books and records of the business for which an application for a license has been made or for which a license has been issued. This shall include the license holder's confidential records, including those related to qualifying patients, nonresident qualifying patients, caregivers, and authorized practitioners.

1001.2 ABCA investigators shall examine the premises and books and records of each licensed medical cannabis facility in the District at least once each year. The investigators shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the licensee will know in advance the date of the inspection.

1001.3 All books and records required to be maintained by a licensee shall be maintained at the licensed premises unless a separate location in the District is approved by the Board.

1001.4 Notwithstanding § 1001.3, a medical cannabis facility may store its books and records electronically; provided that they provide the ABCA investigator, or another employee of ABCA's enforcement division with access to the electronic records during normal business hours and produce the physical books and records within forty-eight (48) hours of notice of an inspection.

SOURCE: Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10154 (December 2, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 002388 (March 8, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 002136 (February 20, 2026).