5622.1 Each licensed medical cannabis business shall be required to develop, implement, and maintain, on its registered premises, a written real-time inventory control plan, which shall:

1. (a) Establish inventory controls and procedures it will use to conduct inventory reviews and verify the business's cultivated, stored, useable and unusable cannabis and cannabis products that are in its possession; and
2. (b) Include its procedures for storing cannabis and cannabis products and preventing theft and diversion.

5622.2 Each licensed medical cannabis business shall be responsible for inputting and maintaining in METRC an accurate inventory in real time of all cannabis and cannabis products in the possession of the licensed medical cannabis business. This inventory shall include all cannabis and cannabis products available for cultivation, finished usable cannabis and cannabis products available for sale, immature and mature plants, and unusable cannabis and cannabis products at the registered premises.

5622.3 In entering inventory into METRC, pursuant to § 5615, a licensed medical cannabis business shall include damaged, defective, expired, or adulterated cannabis or cannabis products awaiting disposal, including the name, the quantity, and the reasons for which the licensed medical cannabis business is maintaining the cannabis or cannabis products.

5622.4 In tracking its cannabis and cannabis products inventory, a licensed medical cannabis business shall:

1. (a) Update cannabis and cannabis product inventories on at least a daily basis;
2. (b) Conduct a monthly inventory audit of cultivated, stored, useable and unusable cannabis and cannabis products; and
3. (c) Conduct a comprehensive annual inventory audit at least once a year.

5622.5 The record of an inventory audit conducted pursuant to § 5622.4(b) or (c) shall include, at a minimum, the date of the audit, a summary of the audit findings, and the name, signature, and title of the person(s) who conducted the audit.

5622.6 A licensed medical cannabis business that becomes aware of a reportable loss, discrepancies identified during an audit, diversion, or theft whether or not the cannabis or cannabis products are subsequently recovered, or the responsible

parties are identified, shall notify the Board within twenty-four (24) hours.

5622.7 For the purpose of this section, the phrase “unusable cannabis and cannabis products” means the seeds and roots of the cannabis plant, as well as any products derived therefrom.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 71 DCR 002388 (March 8, 2024); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 002136 (February 20, 2026).