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N.Y. Cannabis Law § 91: Rulemaking authority

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  1. Cannabis Law
  2. Article 5. Cannabinoid Hemp and Hemp Extract

§ 91. Rulemaking authority. The board may make regulations pursuant to

this article for the processing, distribution, marketing, transportation

and sale of cannabinoid hemp and hemp extracts used for human

consumption, which may include, but not be limited to:

1. Specifying forms, establishing application, reasonable

administration and renewal fees, or license duration;

2. Establishing the qualifications and criteria for licensing, as

authorized by law;

3. The books and records to be created and maintained by licensees and

lawful procedures for their inspection;

4. Any reporting requirements;

5. Methods and standards of processing, labeling, packaging and

marketing of cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract and products derived

therefrom;

6. Procedures for how cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract or ingredients,

additives, or products derived therefrom can be deemed as acceptable for

sale in the state;

7. Provisions governing the modes and forms of administration,

including inhalation;

8. Procedures for determining whether cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract

or ingredients, additives, or products derived therefrom produced

outside the state or within the state meet the standards and

requirements of this article and can therefore be sold within the state;

9. Procedures for the granting, cancellation, revocation or suspension

of licenses, consistent with the state administrative procedures act;

10. Restrictions governing the advertising and marketing of

cannabinoid hemp, hemp extract and products derived therefrom;

11. Any other regulations necessary to implement this article;

12. Nothing in this article shall prevent the sale of cannabinoid hemp

flower; provided however, that any cannabinoid hemp flower product sold

shall be limited to a person over twenty-one years of age and shall be

subject to regulations promulgated by the board; provided further that

such regulations shall not unduly restrict the availability of

cannabinoid hemp flower; and

13. Any cannabinoid hemp flower product clearly labeled or advertised

for the purposes of smoking, or in the form of a cigarette, cigar, or

pre-roll, or packaged or combined with other items designed to

facilitate smoking such as rolling papers or pipes, shall only be

offered for sale in adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries licensed

pursuant to article four of this chapter.

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