44:90:11:01. Inventory tracking -- Requirements and procedures. A medical cannabis establishment shall use an inventory tracking system prescribed by the department to create all required inventory records, transfer records, testing sample records, and transaction records.

1. (1) Reconciling all on-premises and in-transit cannabis and cannabis product inventories in the inventory tracking system each day by midnight;
2. (2) Utilizing a standard of weights and measures that is supported by the inventory tracking system;
3. (3) Maintaining the security of the inventory tracking system;
4. (4) Monitoring all inventory tracking system notifications;
5. (5) Responding to all inventory tracking system notifications with appropriate responses;
6. (6) Resolving all inventory tracking system notifications that identify areas of noncompliance;
7. (7) Properly indicating the creation of a cannabis or cannabis product batch;
8. (8) Inputting the correct assigned batch number;
9. (9) Accurately identifying the cultivation rooms where each plant is located;
10. (10) Accurately identifying when inventory has departed the premises or is part of an authorized transfer with an accompanying transportation manifest;
11. (11) Properly indicating all test results from a cannabis testing facility;
12. (12) Inputting the correct category for all cannabis and cannabis products;
13. (13) Providing a written explanation for any cannabis or cannabis products destruction;
14. (14) Providing a written explanation for any adjustment of weights in the inventory tracking system;
15. (15) Keeping the correct inventory tracking system package tags with cannabis or cannabis products until they are sold; and

16. (16) Shredding the inventory tracking system package tags once the cannabis or cannabis products are sold.

    All establishments and any inventory tracking system users and administrators shall enter data into the inventory tracking system that fully accounts for all inventory tracking activities. Any omissions or misinformation in the inventory tracking system is considered a violation of this article and SDCL chapter 34-20G.

    The absence of a live inventory tracking system prescribed by the department may not excuse medical cannabis establishments of the requirements of §§ 44:90:11:02 to 44:90:11:13, inclusive.

    A medical cannabis establishment must comply with the inventory tracking system requirements and this section and complete all external transfers into the system within forty-five days. For the purposes of this section, the term, external transfer, means a transaction in the inventory tracking system where an establishment enters inventory into the system from a source that was not previously recorded in the system. External transfers pursuant to SDCL 34-20G-12 may continue to occur after the forty-five-day deadline.

An establishment shall follow these inventory tracking system procedures:

Source: 48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021; 49 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2022; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023.

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

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-20G-63 , 34-20G-72 ( 4 ) (b)(j) .

Prior versions effective: 2022-08-08, 2021-10-05.