{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-21a-421l","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-421l","heading":"Policies and procedures re cultivation, processing, manufacture, security, storage, inventory and distribution of cannabis required of cannabis establishments. Internal investigations re suspected diversions.","body":"(a) Each cannabis establishment shall establish, maintain and comply with written policies and procedures for the cultivation, processing, manufacture, security, storage, inventory and distribution of cannabis, as applicable to the specific license type. Such policies and procedures shall include methods for identifying, recording and reporting diversion, theft or loss, and for correcting all errors and inaccuracies in inventories. Cannabis establishments shall include in their written policies and procedures a process for each of the following, if the establishment engages in such activity:\n(1) Handling mandatory and voluntary recalls of cannabis. Such process shall be adequate to deal with recalls due to any order of the commissioner and any voluntary action by the cannabis establishment to remove defective or potentially defective cannabis from the market or any action undertaken to promote public health and safety by replacing existing cannabis with improved products or packaging;\n(2) Preparing for, protecting against and handling any crisis that affects the security or operation of any facility used in the operation of a cannabis establishment in the event of a strike, fire, flood or other natural disaster, or other situations of local, state or national emergency;\n(3) Ensuring that any outdated, damaged, deteriorated, misbranded or adulterated cannabis is segregated from all other inventory and destroyed. Such procedure shall provide for written documentation of the cannabis disposition; and\n(4) Ensuring the oldest stock of a cannabis is sold, delivered or dispensed first. Such procedure may permit deviation from this requirement, if such deviation is temporary and approved by the commissioner.\n(b) A cannabis establishment shall (1) store all cannabis in such a manner as to prevent diversion, theft or loss, (2) make cannabis accessible only to the minimum number of specifically authorized employees essential for efficient operation, and (3) return any cannabis to a secure location at the end of the scheduled business day. For the purposes of this subsection, a location shall be deemed to be secure if the location satisfies the requirements imposed in subsection (b) of section 21a-262-4 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies for controlled substances listed in schedules III, IV and V of the Connecticut controlled substance scheduling regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-243.\n(c) In the event of any suspected diversion of cannabis from a cannabis establishment, the cannabis establishment may conduct an internal investigation prior to notifying the department, provided:\n(1) The cannabis establishment has reasonably determined that the amount of cannabis involved with such suspected diversion is equal to not more than one-half ounce of raw cannabis or the equivalent as set forth in section 21a-279a;\n(2) Not later than two business days after the suspected diversion is initially discovered, the cannabis establishment notifies the department of the diversion and any findings of the cannabis establishment's investigation;\n(3) If at least two instances of cannabis diversion occur at the cannabis establishment within any six-month period, the commissioner may, in the commissioner's sole discretion, require the cannabis establishment to immediately notify the department of any subsequent suspected employee diversion;\n(4) If at least three instances of cannabis diversion occur at the cannabis establishment within any twelve-month period, the cannabis establishment shall notify the department immediately upon any future discovery or suspicion of cannabis diversion;\n(5) The suspected diversion does not involve any person with a financial interest in the cannabis establishment or a key employee of the cannabis establishment, and the cannabis establishment shall immediately notify the department of any such suspected diversion; and\n(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the department from conducting an investigation.","path":["TITLE 21a. CONSUMER PROTECTION","CHAPTER 420h. REGULATION OF ADULT-USE CANNABIS","PART I. LICENSING AND REGULATION OF CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_420h.htm#sec_21a-421l","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:24Z","sha256":"ca953178b21d5973be73cf4217297d550a520f135206feafc29d37915998dc23","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-21a-421k","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-21a-421m"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}