44:90:03:05. Operating procedures -- Required contents -- All medical cannabis establishments. The operating procedures of any medical cannabis establishment must include:

1. (1) A management plan identifying the individuals who are to be in charge of day-to-day operations of the establishment and their specific management roles;

2. (2) A site plan that must:

   1. (a) Identify any areas in which cannabis is to be cultivated, harvested, dried, stored, manufactured, tested, or destroyed;
   2. (b) Indicate the types of activities that are to take place in those areas;
   3. (c) Identify a means of legal ingress onto property from the closest maintained public right of way;
   4. (d) Demonstrate compliance with § 44:90:04:05;
3. (3) Operating days and hours;
4. (4) A workplace safety plan consistent with 29 C.F.R. § 1910.23 (November 18, 2016), 29 C.F.R. § 1910.123 (November 18, 2016) and 29 C.F.R. § 1200 (February 8, 2013), covering personal protective equipment, hazard assessment, safe equipment operation, proper application of agricultural chemicals, ladder use, and hazard communication;
5. (5) Plans for compliance with all applicable safety standards contained in local ordinance, SDCL chapter 11-10, article 61:15, and chapter 20:44:22;
6. (6) A security plan indicating all doors, windows, gates, exterior lights, alarm sensors, and cameras and describing how alarms and cameras are to be monitored;
7. (7) Any additional steps to ensure the safety of patrons and the community;
8. (8) Plans for preventing the diversion of cannabis to non-cardholders;

9. (9) A waste management plan for disposal of cannabis waste, including:

   1. (a) A description of how the cannabis waste is to be rendered unrecognizable and unfit for use no later than seven days after becoming waste or prior to leaving the establishment, whichever is shorter, by grinding and mixing the waste with at least fifty percent soil, sawdust, grease, food waste, or yard waste;
   2. (b) If the establishment chooses to compost the waste, a description of how the waste is to be composted within thirty days of becoming waste; and
   3. (c) A description of how the waste is to be hauled from the premises within thirty days of becoming waste;

10. (10) A wastewater plan, including:

    1. (a) For establishments connecting to a public wastewater system, a pretreatment industrial use permit or a determination by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources that the permit is not necessary; or
    2. (b) For establishments using an onsite wastewater system, the applicant's certification of compliance with chapter 74:53:01;
11. (11) Pre-employment screening procedures, including criminal background checks; and
12. (12) Processes for limiting access by unauthorized persons, including verification of identity for all vendors and contractors, issuance of a visitor badge, and closely monitoring all visitors.

Source: 48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021; 52 SDR 10, effective August 4, 2025.

General Authority: SDCL 34-20G-72 ( 1 )( 4 ).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-20G-55 (1), 34-20G-72 ( 4 ).

Prior versions effective: 2021-10-05.