Section 21a-420p - Micro-cultivator license(a) On and after July 1, 2021, the department may issue or renew a license for a person to be a micro-cultivator. No person may act as a micro-cultivator or represent that such person is a licensed micro-cultivator unless such person has obtained a license from the department pursuant to this section.(b) A micro-cultivator is authorized to cultivate, grow, propagate, manufacture and package the cannabis plant at an establishment containing not less than two thousand square feet and not more than ten thousand square feet of grow space, prior to any expansion authorized by the commissioner, provided such micro-cultivator complies with the provisions of any regulations adopted under section 21a-420q concerning grow space. A micro-cultivator business shall meet physical security controls set forth and required by the commissioner.(c) A micro-cultivator may apply for expansion of its grow space, in increments of five thousand square feet, on an annual basis, from the date of initial licensure, if such licensee is not subject to any pending or final administrative actions or judicial findings. If there are any pending or final administrative actions or judicial findings against the licensee, the department shall conduct a suitability review to determine whether such expansion shall be granted, which determination shall be final and appealable only to the Superior Court. The micro-cultivator may apply for an expansion of its business annually upon renewal of its credential until such licensee reaches a maximum of twenty-five thousand square feet of grow space. If a micro-cultivator desires to expand beyond twenty-five thousand square feet of grow space, the micro-cultivator licensee may apply for a cultivator license one year after its last expansion request. The micro-cultivator licensee shall not be required to apply through the lottery application process to convert its license to a cultivator license. If a micro-cultivator maintains its license and meets all of the application and licensure requirements for a cultivator license, including payment of the cultivator license fee established under section 21a-420e, the micro-cultivator licensee shall be granted a cultivator license.(d) A micro-cultivator may label, manufacture, package and perform extractions on any cannabis cultivated, grown and propagated at its licensed establishment provided it meets all licensure and application requirements for a food and beverage manufacturer, product manufacturer or product packager, as applicable.(e) A micro-cultivator may sell, transfer or transport its cannabis to a dispensary facility, hybrid retailer, retailer, delivery service, food and beverage manufacturer, product manufacturer, research program, cannabis testing laboratory or product packager, provided the cannabis is cultivated, grown and propagated at the micro-cultivator's licensed establishment and transported utilizing the micro-cultivator's own employees or a transporter. A micro-cultivator shall not gift or transfer cannabis or cannabis products at no cost to a consumer as part of a commercial transaction.(f)(1) Subject to the requirements of this subsection and subsection (b) of section 21a-420c, a micro-cultivator may sell its own cannabis, including, but not limited to, its own cannabis seedlings, to consumers, excluding qualifying patients and caregivers, through a delivery service. No cannabis establishment other than a micro-cultivator shall sell cannabis seedlings to consumers, and no cannabis establishment other than a delivery service shall deliver cannabis seedlings sold by a micro-cultivator to consumers.(2) No micro-cultivator shall sell a cannabis seedling to a consumer unless:(A) The micro-cultivator cultivated the cannabis seedling in this state from seed or clone;(B) The cannabis seedling (i) has a standing height of not more than six inches measured from the base of the stem to the tallest point of the plant, (ii) does not contain any bud or flower, and (iii) has been tested for pesticides and heavy metals in accordance with the laboratory testing standards established in the policies and procedures issued, and final regulations adopted, by the commissioner pursuant to section 21a-421j; and(C) A label or informational tag is affixed to the cannabis seedling disclosing the following in legible English, black lettering, Times New Roman font, flat regular typeface, on a contrasting background and in uniform size of not less than one-tenth of one inch, based on a capital letter "K":(i) The name of the micro-cultivator;(ii) A product description for the cannabis seedling;(iii) One of the following chemotypes anticipated after flowering: (II) "Low THC, High CBD"; or (III) "50/50 THC and CBD";(iv) The results of the testing required under subparagraph (B)(iii) of this subdivision;(v) Directions for optimal care of the cannabis seedling;(vi) Unobscured symbols, in a size of not less than one-half inch by one-half inch and in a format approved by the commissioner, which symbols shall indicate that the cannabis seedling contains THC and is not legal or safe for individuals younger than twenty-one years of age; and(vii) A unique identifier generated by a cannabis analytic tracking system maintained by the department and used to track cannabis under the policies and procedures issued, and final regulations adopted, by the commissioner pursuant to section 21a-421j.(3) Notwithstanding section 21a-421j, no cannabis seedling shall be required to be sold in child-resistant packaging.(4) No micro-cultivator shall knowingly sell more than three cannabis seedlings to a consumer in any six-month period.(5) No micro-cultivator shall accept any returned cannabis seedling.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-420p
Amended by P.A. 24-0076,S. 14 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2024 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.A. 23-0079, S. 30 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.Added by P.A. 21-0001, S. 49 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Special Session, eff. 7/1/2021.