CANNABIS REGULATIONS APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Approved Regulations Take Effect Immediately

SACRAMENTO – California’s three state cannabis licensing authorities today announced that the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has officially approved state regulations for cannabis businesses across the supply chain from cultivation to manufacturing to retail. These regulations take effect immediately.

Approved regulations issued by the California Department of Public Health for cannabis manufacturing can be viewed at www.cdph.ca.gov/mcsb/regulations .

Approved regulations issued by the Bureau of Cannabis Control and California Department of Food and Agriculture can be viewed on the California Cannabis Portal at https://cannabis.ca.gov/cannabis-regulations/ .

The previous emergency regulations, adopted by the Bureau of Cannabis Control, California Department of Public Health and California Department of Food and Agriculture in December 2017 and readopted in June 2018, were originally issued through the emergency rulemaking process to meet the legislative mandate to open California’s regulated cannabis market on January 1, 2018. With today’s action, these emergency regulations are no longer in effect.

The three licensing authorities submitted these regulations to OAL on December 3, 2018, which was the start of their 30-working day review process. This review process ended Wednesday.

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About the Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch

The California Department of Public Health’s Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch (MCSB) is one of three state cannabis authorities charged with licensing and regulating commercial cannabis activity in California. MCSB regulates all commercial cannabis manufacturing in the state and strives to protect public health by ensuring commercial cannabis manufacturers operate safe, sanitary workplaces and produce products that are free of contaminants, meet product guidelines and are properly packaged and labeled.

For more information, visit www.cdph.ca.gov/mcsb.