Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 2, § 70-14.030
PURPOSE: Outlines supporting information that must be submitted along with application for a cultivation and production facility license.
(1) The applicant must submit to the director—
(A) A signed affidavit, on a form provided by the department, attesting to the applicant’s acknowledgement and agreement to—
record keeping, and production requirements as established in section 261.265, RSMo and any regulations issued thereunder;
pling, labeling, and testing hemp and hemp extract as established in section 261.265, RSMo and any regulations issued thereunder;
associated costs of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-criminal background checks for the non-profit entity’s officers, board members, and all employees;
cer, or any employee has been convicted of any disqualifying offense/conviction;
that hemp will be grown within their jurisdiction, including the location of the cultivation and production facility;
the facility from criminal activity. Said plan shall include, but is not limited to, lighting, physical barriers, video surveillance, and alarms;
that complies with the requirements of section 261.265, RSMo; and
as defined in section 261.265, RSMo.
(F) A document explaining the applicant’s ability to fulfill the requirements found in each measure of this section.
1. Proposed facility.
provide evidence that the proposed facility is suitable for effective and safe cultivation and production of hemp and hemp extract; sufficient in land, building size, power allocation, ventilation, lighting, and interior layout; sufficient in area for storage, handling, processing, production, and distribution of hemp and hemp extract.
provide evidence of the ability to expand the facility’s production and distribution to meet qualified patient demand.
2. Proposed staffing plan.
provide a statement verifying staff experience with agricultural cultivation techniques and industry standards, including experience with the cultivation of agricultural or horticultural products, operating an agriculturally related business, or operating a horticultural business including the submission of any academic degrees and certifications of all board members, officers, and employees.
vide a staffing plan that will ensure adequate experience and staffing for all business hours, safe hemp and hemp extract production, sanitation, security, and theft prevention.
provide a plan and an employee handbook which includes a working guide to the understanding of the day-to-day administration of personnel policies and practices.
3. Cultivation and production plan.
provide a cultivation and production plan that outlines their facility operations for producing hemp extract in compliance with the act and any regulations issued thereunder.
describe its plan to provide a continuous, uninterrupted supply of hemp extract.
provide evidence relating to knowledge of cultivation and production methods to be used in the cultivation and production of hemp. The applicant shall list the hemp varieties to be cultivated and its experience with growing those varieties.
describe the steps that will be taken to ensure the quality of the hemp, including the purity and consistency of the hemp extract.
4. Product safety and labeling plan.
describe its plan for providing safe and accurate packaging and labeling of hemp extract.
describe its plan for testing hemp to ensure it is free of contaminates including, but not limited to, pesticides and microbiological organisms.
describe its plan for establishing a recall of the applicant’s hemp extract in the event that the hemp extract is shown by testing or other means to be potentially defective or have a reasonable probability that its use or exposure to will cause adverse health consequences. The plan must include the method of identification of the packaged hemp extract containers involved, notification to those whom the hemp extract was distributed to, and how the hemp extract will be disposed of if returned to or retrieved by the applicant.
5. Security plan.
provide evidence of its ability to prevent the theft or diversion of hemp and hemp extract and how the applicant will assist the department, Missouri Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement.
describe its plan for record keeping, tracking, and monitoring production, distribution, inventory, quality control, security, and other policies and procedures in place to discourage unlawful activity.
describe a plan for disposition of unusable, adulterated, misbranded, and recalled hemp and hemp extract and the applicant’s coordination with department, Missouri Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement for its disposal; and
AUTHORITY: section 261.265, RSMo Supp. 2014.* Emergency rule filed Oct. 8, 2014, effective Oct. 18, 2014, expired April 15, 2015. Original rule filed Oct. 8, 2014, effective May 30, 2015.
*Original authority: 261.265, RSMo 2014.