N.Y. Cannabis Law § 83: Provisions governing the cultivation and processing of adult-use cannabis

§ 83. Provisions governing the cultivation and processing of adult-use

cannabis. 1. Cultivation and processing of cannabis shall comply with

regulations promulgated by the board governing minimum requirements for

adult-use cultivators, nurseries, processors, microbusinesses,

cooperatives, registered organizations, and registered organization

cultivators.

2. No cultivator or processor of adult-use cannabis shall sell, or

agree to sell or deliver in the state any cannabis products, as the case

may be, except in originally sealed containers containing quantities in

accordance with size standards pursuant to rules adopted by the board.

Such containers shall have affixed thereto such labels or other means of

tracking and identification as may be required by the rules of the

board.

3. No cultivator or processor of adult-use cannabis shall furnish or

cause to be furnished to any licensee, any exterior or interior sign,

printed, painted, electric or otherwise, except as authorized by the

board. The board may make such rules as it deems necessary to carry out

the purpose and intent of this subdivision.

4. Cultivators of adult-use cannabis consistent with protecting public

health and safety, shall comply with plant cultivation regulations,

standards, and guidelines consistent with the provisions applicable to

hemp, cannabinoid hemp, and hemp extract and issued by the board, in

consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the

department of agriculture and markets. Such regulations, standards, and

guidelines shall be guided by sustainable farming principles and

practices such as organic, regenerative, and integrated pest management

models to the extent possible, and shall restrict whenever possible, the

use of pesticides to those that are registered by the department of

environmental conservation or that specifically meet the United States

environmental protection agency registration exemption criteria for

minimum risk, used in compliance with rules, regulations, standards and

guidelines issued by the department of environmental conservation for

pesticides.

5. No cultivator or processor of adult-use cannabis shall transport

any cannabis products, except in vehicles owned and operated by such

cultivator or processor, or hired by such cultivator or processor and

operated by a trucking or transportation company registered with the

office, and shall only make deliveries at the licensed premises of the

purchaser.

6. No cultivator or processor of adult-use cannabis, including an

adult-use cannabis cooperative, microbusiness, or registered

organization may offer any incentive, payment or other benefit to a

licensed cannabis distributor or retail dispensary in return for

carrying the cultivator, processor, cooperative, microbusiness or

registered organization products, or preferential shelf placement.

7. All cannabis products shall be processed in accordance with good

manufacturing practices for the product category, pursuant to either

Part 111 or Part 117 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as

may be modified by the board in regulation.

8. No processor of adult-use cannabis shall produce any product which,

in the discretion of the board, is designed to appeal to anyone under

the age of twenty-one years.

9. The use or integration of alcoholic beverages or nicotine in

cannabis products is strictly prohibited.

10. The board shall promulgate regulations governing the minimum

requirements for the secure transport of adult-use cannabis.