Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 61-29-2 - Definitions2.1. "Act" means the "Industrial Hemp Development Act of 2002, codified at W. Va. Code § 19-12E-1et seq.2.2. "Commissioner" - means the Commissioner of Agriculture.2.3. "Department" - means the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.2.4. "Hemp" or "industrial hemp" means all parts and varieties of the plant CannabissativaL. and any part of the plant, including the seeds of the plant and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, that contain a tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not greater than 0.3%, or the concentration authorized by federal law, whichever is greater.2.5. "Law enforcement officer" - means an officer responsible for maintaining public order and enforcing the law, particularly the activities of prevention, detection and investigation of crime and the apprehension of criminals.2.6. "License" - means license to grow, research, process, or possess hemp that has been issued by the Commissioner pursuant to this rule following a successful application and review process.2.7. "Licensee" - means a person or entity who has been issued a license by the Department.2.8. "Product" means any article or substance having raw material or another product as an ingredient, that are prepared in a form available for commercial sale.2.9. "Raw materials" means plant material harvested by a licensee that remains in an unprocessed form that is not prepared for commercial sale.2.10. "Research and development" - means growth of industrial hemp for for the purpose of discovering and enabling development of useful processes, information and products and not for commercial development or sale.2.11. "Tetrahydrocannabinol" or "THC" means the natural or synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extracavities of, cannabis, or any synthetic substances, compounds, salts, or derivatives of the plant or chemicals and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity.