Bill Text: IL HB3921 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Removes a provision preventing a certifying health care professional who certifies a debilitating medical condition for a qualifying patient from performing a physical examination by remote means, including telemedicine. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall have authority to conduct random inspections of transporting organizations while at dispensary organizations. In provisions concerning confidentiality of applications and renewals under the Act, provides that copies of licenses and other communications and documents issued to cannabis business establishments by regulating agencies under the Act may be disclosed. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Modifies definitions and adds a definition. Removes a provision prohibiting a dispensing organization from operating drive-through windows. Provides that a dispensing organization may dispense cannabis from a drive-through window of the restricted access area or a curbside pickup location in close proximity to the restricted access area. In provisions relating to Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses, provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may extend the period for finding a physical address a total of 540 days (rather than another 180 days) if the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License holder demonstrates a concrete attempt to secure a location and a hardship. Provides that the Department has the authority to issue policy prohibiting the use of pesticides during flowering stage. In commitments required for an adult use cultivation center or craft grower applicant to submit to the Department of Agriculture, provides that the licensee commits that all HVAC units will be variable refrigerant flow HVAC units, or other more energy efficient equipment (removing provisions differentiating commitments based upon the square feet of canopy of the licensee). Makes corresponding and other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3921 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3921-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3921 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Removes a provision preventing a certifying health care professional who certifies a debilitating medical condition for a qualifying patient from performing a physical examination by remote means, including telemedicine. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall have authority to conduct random inspections of transporting organization while at dispensary organizations. In provisions concerning confidentiality of applications and renewals under the Act, provides that copies of licenses and other communications and documents issued to cannabis business establishments by regulating agencies under the Act may be disclosed. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Modifies definitions and add a definition. Removes a provision prohibiting a dispensing organization from operating drive-through windows. Provides that a dispensing organization may dispense cannabis from a drive-through window of the restricted access area or a curbside pickup location in close proximity to the restricted access area. In provisions relating to Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses, provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may extend the period for finding a physical address a total of 540 days (rather than another 180 days) if the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License holder demonstrates a concrete attempt to secure a location and a hardship. Provides that the Department has the authority to issue policy prohibiting the use of pesticides during flowering stage. In commitments required for an adult use cultivation center or craft grower applicant to submit to the Department of Agriculture, provides that the licensee commits that all HVAC units will be variable refrigerant flow HVAC units, or other more energy efficient equipment (removing provisions differentiating commitments based upon the square feet of canopy of the licensee). Makes corresponding and other changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Program Act is amended by changing Sections 35, 130, and 145 as
follows:
(410 ILCS 130/35)
Sec. 35. Certifying health care professional requirements.
(a) A certifying health care professional who certifies a
debilitating medical condition for a qualifying patient shall
comply with all of the following requirements:
(1) The certifying health care professional shall be
currently licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987
to practice medicine in all its branches, the Nurse
Practice Act, or the Physician Assistant Practice Act of
1987, shall be in good standing, and must hold a
controlled substances license under Article III of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
(2) A certifying health care professional certifying a
patient's condition shall comply with generally accepted
standards of medical practice, the provisions of the Act
under which he or she is licensed and all applicable
rules.

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(3) (Blank). The physical examination required by this
Act may not be performed by remote means, including
telemedicine.
(4) The certifying health care professional shall
maintain a record-keeping system for all patients for whom
the certifying health care professional has certified the
patient's medical condition. These records shall be
accessible to and subject to review by the Department of
Public Health and the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation upon request.
(b) A certifying health care professional may not:
(1) accept, solicit, or offer any form of remuneration
from or to a qualifying patient, primary caregiver,
cultivation center, or dispensing organization, including
each principal officer, board member, agent, and employee,
to certify a patient, other than accepting payment from a
patient for the fee associated with the required
examination, except for the limited purpose of performing
a medical cannabis-related research study;
(1.5) accept, solicit, or offer any form of
remuneration from or to a medical cannabis cultivation
center or dispensary organization for the purposes of
referring a patient to a specific dispensary organization;
(1.10) engage in any activity that is prohibited under
Section 22.2 of the Medical Practice Act of 1987,
regardless of whether the certifying health care

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professional is a physician, advanced practice registered
nurse, or physician assistant;
(2) offer a discount of any other item of value to a
qualifying patient who uses or agrees to use a particular
primary caregiver or dispensing organization to obtain
medical cannabis;
(3) conduct a personal physical examination of a
patient for purposes of diagnosing a debilitating medical
condition at a location where medical cannabis is sold or
distributed or at the address of a principal officer,
agent, or employee or a medical cannabis organization;
(4) hold a direct or indirect economic interest in a
cultivation center or dispensing organization if he or she
recommends the use of medical cannabis to qualified
patients or is in a partnership or other fee or
profit-sharing relationship with a certifying health care
professional who recommends medical cannabis, except for
the limited purpose of performing a medical
cannabis-related research study;
(5) serve on the board of directors or as an employee
of a cultivation center or dispensing organization;
(6) refer patients to a cultivation center, a
dispensing organization, or a registered designated
caregiver; or
(7) advertise in a cultivation center or a dispensing
organization.

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(c) The Department of Public Health may with reasonable
cause refer a certifying health care professional, who has
certified a debilitating medical condition of a patient, to
the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation for potential violations of this Section.
(d) Any violation of this Section or any other provision
of this Act or rules adopted under this Act is a violation of
the certifying health care professional's licensure act.
(e) A certifying health care professional who certifies a
debilitating medical condition for a qualifying patient may
notify the Department of Public Health in writing: (1) if the
certifying health care professional has reason to believe
either that the registered qualifying patient has ceased to
suffer from a debilitating medical condition; (2) that the
bona fide health care professional-patient relationship has
terminated; or (3) that continued use of medical cannabis
would result in contraindication with the patient's other
medication. The registered qualifying patient's registry
identification card shall be revoked by the Department of
Public Health after receiving the certifying health care
professional's notification.
(f) Nothing in this Act shall preclude a certifying health
care professional from referring a patient for health
services, except when the referral is limited to certification
purposes only, under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

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(410 ILCS 130/130)
Sec. 130. Requirements; prohibitions; penalties;
dispensing organizations.
(a) The Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation shall implement the provisions of this Section by
rule.
(b) A dispensing organization shall maintain operating
documents which shall include procedures for the oversight of
the registered dispensing organization and procedures to
ensure accurate recordkeeping.
(c) A dispensing organization shall implement appropriate
security measures, as provided by rule, to deter and prevent
the theft of cannabis and unauthorized entrance into areas
containing cannabis.
(d) A dispensing organization may not be located within
1,000 feet of the property line of a pre-existing public or
private preschool or elementary or secondary school or day
care center, day care home, group day care home, or part day
child care facility. A registered dispensing organization may
not be located in a house, apartment, condominium, or an area
zoned for residential use. This subsection shall not apply to
any dispensing organizations registered on or after July 1,
2019.
(e) A dispensing organization is prohibited from acquiring
cannabis from anyone other than a cultivation center, craft

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grower, processing organization, another dispensing
organization, or transporting organization licensed or
registered under this Act or the Cannabis Regulation and Tax
Act. A dispensing organization is prohibited from obtaining
cannabis from outside the State of Illinois.
(f) A registered dispensing organization is prohibited
from dispensing cannabis for any purpose except to assist
registered qualifying patients with the medical use of
cannabis directly or through the qualifying patients'
designated caregivers.
(g) The area in a dispensing organization where medical
cannabis is stored can only be accessed by dispensing
organization agents working for the dispensing organization,
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation staff
performing inspections, law enforcement or other emergency
personnel, and contractors working on jobs unrelated to
medical cannabis, such as installing or maintaining security
devices or performing electrical wiring.
(h) A dispensing organization may not dispense more than
2.5 ounces of cannabis to a registered qualifying patient,
directly or via a designated caregiver, in any 14-day period
unless the qualifying patient has a Department of Public
Health-approved quantity waiver. Any Department of Public
Health-approved quantity waiver process must be made available
to qualified veterans.
(i) Except as provided in subsection (i-5), before medical

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cannabis may be dispensed to a designated caregiver or a
registered qualifying patient, a dispensing organization agent
must determine that the individual is a current cardholder in
the verification system and must verify each of the following:
(1) that the registry identification card presented to
the registered dispensing organization is valid;
(2) that the person presenting the card is the person
identified on the registry identification card presented
to the dispensing organization agent;
(3) (blank); and
(4) that the registered qualifying patient has not
exceeded his or her adequate supply.
(i-5) A dispensing organization may dispense medical
cannabis to an Opioid Alternative Pilot Program participant
under Section 62 and to a person presenting proof of
provisional registration under Section 55. Before dispensing
medical cannabis, the dispensing organization shall comply
with the requirements of Section 62 or Section 55, whichever
is applicable, and verify the following:
(1) that the written certification presented to the
registered dispensing organization is valid and an
original document;
(2) that the person presenting the written
certification is the person identified on the written
certification; and
(3) that the participant has not exceeded his or her

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adequate supply.
(j) Dispensing organizations shall ensure compliance with
this limitation by maintaining internal, confidential records
that include records specifying how much medical cannabis is
dispensed to the registered qualifying patient and whether it
was dispensed directly to the registered qualifying patient or
to the designated caregiver. Each entry must include the date
and time the cannabis was dispensed. Additional recordkeeping
requirements may be set by rule.
(k) The health care professional-patient privilege as set
forth by Section 8-802 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall
apply between a qualifying patient and a registered dispensing
organization and its agents with respect to communications and
records concerning qualifying patients' debilitating
conditions.
(l) A dispensing organization may not permit any person to
consume cannabis on the property of a medical cannabis
organization.
(m) A dispensing organization may not share office space
with or refer patients to a certifying health care
professional.
(n) Notwithstanding any other criminal penalties related
to the unlawful possession of cannabis, the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation may revoke, suspend,
place on probation, reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or
take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the

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Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may deem
proper with regard to the registration of any person issued
under this Act to operate a dispensing organization or act as a
dispensing organization agent, including imposing fines not to
exceed $10,000 for each violation, for any violations of this
Act and rules adopted in accordance with this Act. The
procedures for disciplining a registered dispensing
organization shall be determined by rule. All final
administrative decisions of the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation are subject to judicial review under
the Administrative Review Law and its rules. The term
"administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101 of
the Code of Civil Procedure.
(o) Dispensing organizations are subject to random
inspection and cannabis testing by the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation, the Illinois State Police, the
Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Health, the
Department of Agriculture, or as provided by rule. The
Department of Agriculture shall also have authority to conduct
random inspections of transporting organization while at
dispensary organizations.
(p) The Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation shall adopt rules permitting returns, and potential
refunds, for damaged or inadequate products.
(q) The Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation may issue nondisciplinary citations for minor

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violations which may be accompanied by a civil penalty not to
exceed $10,000 per violation. The penalty shall be a civil
penalty or other condition as established by rule. The
citation shall be issued to the licensee and shall contain the
licensee's name, address, and license number, a brief factual
statement, the Sections of the law or rule allegedly violated,
and the civil penalty, if any, imposed. The citation must
clearly state that the licensee may choose, in lieu of
accepting the citation, to request a hearing. If the licensee
does not dispute the matter in the citation with the
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation within 30
days after the citation is served, then the citation shall
become final and shall not be subject to appeal.
(Source: P.A. 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)
(410 ILCS 130/145)
Sec. 145. Confidentiality.
(a) The following information received and records kept by
the Department of Public Health, Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation, Department of Agriculture, or
Illinois State Police for purposes of administering this Act
are subject to all applicable federal privacy laws,
confidential, and exempt from the Freedom of Information Act,
and not subject to disclosure to any individual or public or
private entity, except as necessary for authorized employees
of those authorized agencies to perform official duties under

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this Act and the following information received and records
kept by Department of Public Health, Department of
Agriculture, Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation, and Illinois State Police, excluding any existing
or non-existing Illinois or national criminal history record
information as defined in subsection (d), may be disclosed to
each other upon request:
(1) Applications and renewals, their contents, and
supporting information submitted by qualifying patients
and designated caregivers, including information regarding
their designated caregivers and certifying health care
professionals.
(2) Applications and renewals, their contents, and
supporting information submitted by or on behalf of
cultivation centers and dispensing organizations in
compliance with this Act, including their physical
addresses, including copies of licenses and other
communications and documents issued to cannabis business
establishments by regulating agencies under this Act. This
does not preclude the release of ownership information of
cannabis business establishment licenses.
(3) The individual names and other information
identifying persons to whom the Department of Public
Health has issued registry identification cards.
(4) Any dispensing information required to be kept
under Section 135, Section 150, or Department of Public

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Health, Department of Agriculture, or Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation rules shall identify
cardholders and registered cultivation centers by their
registry identification numbers and medical cannabis
dispensing organizations by their registration number and
not contain names or other personally identifying
information.
(5) All medical records provided to the Department of
Public Health in connection with an application for a
registry card.
(b) Nothing in this Section precludes the following:
(1) Department of Agriculture, Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation, or Public Health employees
may notify law enforcement about falsified or fraudulent
information submitted to the Departments if the employee
who suspects that falsified or fraudulent information has
been submitted conferred with his or her supervisor and
both agree that circumstances exist that warrant
reporting.
(2) If the employee conferred with his or her
supervisor and both agree that circumstances exist that
warrant reporting, Department of Public Health employees
may notify the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation if there is reasonable cause to believe a
certifying health care professional:
(A) issued a written certification without a bona

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fide health care professional-patient relationship
under this Act;
(B) issued a written certification to a person who
was not under the certifying health care
professional's care for the debilitating medical
condition; or
(C) failed to abide by the acceptable and
prevailing standard of care when evaluating a
patient's medical condition.
(3) The Department of Public Health, Department of
Agriculture, and Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation may notify State or local law enforcement about
apparent criminal violations of this Act if the employee
who suspects the offense has conferred with his or her
supervisor and both agree that circumstances exist that
warrant reporting.
(4) Medical cannabis cultivation center agents and
medical cannabis dispensing organizations may notify the
Department of Public Health, Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation, or Department of Agriculture of a
suspected violation or attempted violation of this Act or
the rules issued under it.
(5) Each Department may verify registry identification
cards under Section 150.
(6) The submission of the report to the General
Assembly under Section 160.

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(b-5) Each Department responsible for licensure under this
Act shall publish on the Department's website a list of the
ownership information of cannabis business establishment
licensees under the Department's jurisdiction. The list shall
include, but shall not be limited to, the name of the person or
entity holding each cannabis business establishment license
and the address at which the entity is operating under this
Act. This list shall be published and updated monthly.
(c) Except for any ownership information released pursuant
to subsection (b-5) or as otherwise authorized or required by
law, it is a Class B misdemeanor with a $1,000 fine for any
person, including an employee or official of the Department of
Public Health, Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation, or Department of Agriculture or another State
agency or local government, to breach the confidentiality of
information obtained under this Act.
(d) The Department of Public Health, the Department of
Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, and the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation shall not share or
disclose any existing or non-existing Illinois or national
criminal history record information. For the purposes of this
Section, "any existing or non-existing Illinois or national
criminal history record information" means any Illinois or
national criminal history record information, including but
not limited to the lack of or non-existence of these records.
(Source: P.A. 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21;

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102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
Section 10. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
by changing Sections 1-10, 15-25, 15-35, 15-35.10, 15-70,
15-100, 15-135, 20-15, 20-30, 30-10, 30-30, 50-5, and 55-30 as
follows:
(410 ILCS 705/1-10)
Sec. 1-10. Definitions. In this Act:
"Adult Use Cultivation Center License" means a license
issued by the Department of Agriculture that permits a person
to act as a cultivation center under this Act and any
administrative rule made in furtherance of this Act.
"Adult Use Dispensing Organization License" means a
license issued by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation that permits a person to act as a dispensing
organization under this Act and any administrative rule made
in furtherance of this Act. The Adult Use Cultivation Center
License is the property of the State and shall be surrendered
upon demand of the Department.
"Advertise" means to engage in promotional activities
including, but not limited to: newspaper, radio, Internet and
electronic media, and television advertising; the distribution
of fliers and circulars; billboard advertising; and the
display of window and interior signs. "Advertise" does not
mean exterior signage displaying only the name of the licensed

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cannabis business establishment.
"Application points" means the number of points a
Dispensary Applicant receives on an application for a
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License.
"BLS Region" means a region in Illinois used by the United
States Bureau of Labor Statistics to gather and categorize
certain employment and wage data. The 17 such regions in
Illinois are: Bloomington, Cape Girardeau, Carbondale-Marion,
Champaign-Urbana, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Danville,
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Decatur, Kankakee, Peoria,
Rockford, St. Louis, Springfield, Northwest Illinois
nonmetropolitan area, West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan
area, East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, and South
Illinois nonmetropolitan area.
"By lot" means a randomized method of choosing between 2
or more Eligible Tied Applicants or 2 or more Qualifying
Applicants.
"Cannabis" means marijuana, hashish, and other substances
that are identified as including any parts of the plant
Cannabis sativa and including derivatives or subspecies, such
as indica, of all strains of cannabis, whether growing or not;
the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the
plant; and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative,
mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin,
including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other naturally
produced cannabinol derivatives, whether produced directly or

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indirectly by extraction; however, "cannabis" does not include
the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the
stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other
compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted
from it), fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed of the
plant that is incapable of germination. "Cannabis" does not
include industrial hemp as defined and authorized under the
Industrial Hemp Act. "Cannabis" also means cannabis flower,
concentrate, and cannabis-infused products.
"Cannabis business establishment" means a cultivation
center, craft grower, processing organization, infuser
organization, dispensing organization, or transporting
organization.
"Cannabis concentrate" means a product derived from
cannabis that is produced by extracting cannabinoids,
including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), from the plant through
the use of propylene glycol, glycerin, butter, olive oil, or
other typical cooking fats; water, ice, or dry ice; or butane,
propane, CO2, ethanol, or isopropanol and with the intended
use of smoking or making a cannabis-infused product. The use
of any other solvent is expressly prohibited unless and until
it is approved by the Department of Agriculture.
"Cannabis container" means a sealed or resealable,
traceable, container, or package used for the purpose of
containment of cannabis or cannabis-infused product during

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transportation.
"Cannabis flower" means marijuana, hashish, and other
substances that are identified as including any parts of the
plant Cannabis sativa and including derivatives or subspecies,
such as indica, of all strains of cannabis; including raw
kief, leaves, and buds, but not resin that has been extracted
from any part of such plant; nor any compound, manufacture,
salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its
seeds, or resin.
"Cannabis-infused product" means a beverage, food, oil,
ointment, tincture, topical formulation, or another product
containing cannabis or cannabis concentrate that is not
intended to be smoked.
"Cannabis paraphernalia" means equipment, products, or
materials intended to be used for planting, propagating,
cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, producing,
processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging,
repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, ingesting, or
otherwise introducing cannabis into the human body.
"Cannabis plant monitoring system" or "plant monitoring
system" means a system that includes, but is not limited to,
testing and data collection established and maintained by the
cultivation center, craft grower, or processing organization
and that is available to the Department of Revenue, the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation, and the Illinois State Police for the

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purposes of documenting each cannabis plant and monitoring
plant development throughout the life cycle of a cannabis
plant cultivated for the intended use by a customer from seed
planting to final packaging. Cannabis business entities shall
adhere to the traceability and consumer protection guidelines
established by the Department when utilizing the cannabis
plant monitoring system.
"Cannabis testing facility" means an entity licensed
registered by the Department of Agriculture to test cannabis
for potency and contaminants. Licensed cannabis testing
facilities authorized under this Act to transport cannabis
from licensed cannabis business entities to the licensed
cannabis testing facility are exempt from the transporting
organization license requirements.
"Clone" means a plant section from a female cannabis plant
not yet rootbound, growing in a water solution or other
propagation matrix, that is capable of developing into a new
plant.
"Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot
Program faculty participant" means a person who is 21 years of
age or older, licensed by the Department of Agriculture, and
is employed or contracted by an Illinois community college to
provide student instruction using cannabis plants at an
Illinois Community College. The Community College Cannabis
Vocational Training Pilot Program License is the property of
the State and shall be surrendered upon demand of the

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Department.
"Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot
Program faculty participant Agent Identification Card" means a
document issued by the Department of Agriculture that
identifies a person as a Community College Cannabis Vocational
Training Pilot Program faculty participant.
"Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License"
means a contingent license awarded to applicants for an Adult
Use Dispensing Organization License that reserves the right to
an Adult Use Dispensing Organization License if the applicant
meets certain conditions described in this Act, but does not
entitle the recipient to begin purchasing or selling cannabis
or cannabis-infused products.
"Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License" means a
license awarded to top-scoring applicants for an Adult Use
Cultivation Center License that reserves the right to an Adult
Use Cultivation Center License if the applicant meets certain
conditions as determined by the Department of Agriculture by
rule, but does not entitle the recipient to begin growing,
processing, or selling cannabis or cannabis-infused products.
The Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License is the
property of the State and shall be surrendered upon demand of
the Department.
"Craft grower" means a facility operated by an
organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
Agriculture to cultivate, dry, cure, and package cannabis and

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perform other necessary activities to make cannabis available
for sale at a dispensing organization or use at a processing
organization. A craft grower may contain up to 5,000 square
feet of canopy space on its premises for plants in the
flowering state. The Department of Agriculture may authorize
an increase or decrease of flowering stage cultivation space
in increments of 3,000 square feet by rule based on market
need, craft grower capacity, and the licensee's history of
compliance or noncompliance, with a maximum space of 14,000
square feet for cultivating plants in the flowering stage,
which must be cultivated in all stages of growth in an enclosed
and secure area. A craft grower may share premises with an
infuser a processing organization or a dispensing
organization, or both, provided each licensee stores currency
and cannabis or cannabis-infused products in a separate
secured vault to which the other licensee does not have access
or all licensees sharing a vault share more than 50% of the
same ownership. The Craft Grower License is the property of
the State and shall be surrendered upon demand of the
Department.
"Craft grower agent" means a principal officer, board
member, employee, or other agent of a craft grower who is 21
years of age or older.
"Craft Grower Agent Identification Card" means a document
issued by the Department of Agriculture that identifies a
person as a craft grower agent.

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"Cultivation center" means a facility operated by an
organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
Agriculture to cultivate, process, transport (unless otherwise
limited by this Act), and perform other necessary activities
to provide cannabis and cannabis-infused products to cannabis
business establishments.
"Cultivation center agent" means a principal officer,
board member, employee, or other agent of a cultivation center
who is 21 years of age or older.
"Cultivation Center Agent Identification Card" means a
document issued by the Department of Agriculture that
identifies a person as a cultivation center agent.
"Currency" means currency and coin of the United States.
"Dispensary" means a facility operated by a dispensing
organization at which activities licensed by this Act may
occur.
"Dispensary Applicant" means the Proposed Dispensing
Organization Name as stated on an application for a
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License.
"Dispensing organization" means a facility operated by an
organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire cannabis from
a cultivation center, craft grower, processing organization,
or another dispensary for the purpose of selling or dispensing
cannabis, cannabis-infused products, cannabis seeds,
paraphernalia, or related supplies under this Act to

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purchasers or to qualified registered medical cannabis
patients and caregivers. As used in this Act, "dispensing
organization" includes a registered medical cannabis
organization as defined in the Compassionate Use of Medical
Cannabis Program Act or its successor Act that has obtained an
Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License.
"Dispensing organization agent" means a principal officer,
employee, or agent of a dispensing organization who is 21
years of age or older.
"Dispensing organization agent identification card" means
a document issued by the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation that identifies a person as a
dispensing organization agent.
"Disproportionately Impacted Area" means a census tract or
comparable geographic area that satisfies the following
criteria as determined by the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity, that:
(1) meets at least one of the following criteria:
(A) the area has a poverty rate of at least 20%
according to the latest federal decennial census; or
(B) 75% or more of the children in the area
participate in the federal free lunch program
according to reported statistics from the State Board
of Education; or
(C) at least 20% of the households in the area
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Assistance Program; or
(D) the area has an average unemployment rate, as
determined by the Illinois Department of Employment
Security, that is more than 120% of the national
unemployment average, as determined by the United
States Department of Labor, for a period of at least 2
consecutive calendar years preceding the date of the
application; and
(2) has high rates of arrest, conviction, and
incarceration related to the sale, possession, use,
cultivation, manufacture, or transport of cannabis.
"Early Approval Adult Use Cultivation Center License"
means a license that permits a medical cannabis cultivation
center licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical
Cannabis Program Act as of the effective date of this Act to
begin cultivating, infusing, packaging, transporting (unless
otherwise provided in this Act), processing, and selling
cannabis or cannabis-infused product to cannabis business
establishments for resale to purchasers as permitted by this
Act as of January 1, 2020.
"Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License"
means a license that permits a medical cannabis dispensing
organization licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical
Cannabis Program Act as of the effective date of this Act to
begin selling cannabis or cannabis-infused product to
purchasers as permitted by this Act as of January 1, 2020.

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"Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization at a
secondary site" means a license that permits a medical
cannabis dispensing organization licensed under the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act as of the
effective date of this Act to begin selling cannabis or
cannabis-infused product to purchasers as permitted by this
Act on January 1, 2020 at a different dispensary location from
its existing registered medical dispensary location.
"Eligible Tied Applicant" means a Tied Applicant that is
eligible to participate in the process by which a remaining
available license is distributed by lot pursuant to a Tied
Applicant Lottery.
"Enclosed, locked facility" means a room, greenhouse,
building, or other enclosed area equipped with locks or other
security devices that permit access only by cannabis business
establishment agents working for the licensed cannabis
business establishment or acting pursuant to this Act to
cultivate, process, store, or distribute cannabis.
"Enclosed, locked space" means a closet, room, greenhouse,
building, or other enclosed area equipped with locks or other
security devices that permit access only by authorized
individuals under this Act. "Enclosed, locked space" may
include:
(1) a space within a residential building that (i) is
the primary residence of the individual cultivating 5 or
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(ii) includes sleeping quarters and indoor plumbing. The
space must only be accessible by a key or code that is
different from any key or code that can be used to access
the residential building from the exterior; or
(2) a structure, such as a shed or greenhouse, that
lies on the same plot of land as a residential building
that (i) includes sleeping quarters and indoor plumbing
and (ii) is used as a primary residence by the person
cultivating 5 or fewer cannabis plants that are more than
5 inches tall, such as a shed or greenhouse. The structure
must remain locked when it is unoccupied by people.
"Financial institution" has the same meaning as "financial
organization" as defined in Section 1501 of the Illinois
Income Tax Act, and also includes the holding companies,
subsidiaries, and affiliates of such financial organizations.
"Flowering stage" means the stage of cultivation where and
when a cannabis plant is cultivated to produce plant material
for cannabis products. This includes mature plants as follows:
(1) if greater than 2 stigmas are visible at each
internode of the plant; or
(2) if the cannabis plant is in an area that has been
intentionally deprived of light for a period of time
intended to produce flower buds and induce maturation,
from the moment the light deprivation began through the
remainder of the marijuana plant growth cycle.
"Individual" means a natural person.

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"Infuser organization" or "infuser" means a facility
operated by an organization or business that is licensed by
the Department of Agriculture to directly incorporate cannabis
or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce
a cannabis-infused product. The infuser license is the
property of the State and shall be surrendered upon demand of
the Department.
"Kief" means the resinous crystal-like trichomes that are
found on cannabis and that are accumulated, resulting in a
higher concentration of cannabinoids, untreated by heat or
pressure, or extracted using a solvent.
"Labor peace agreement" means an agreement between a
cannabis business establishment and any labor organization
recognized under the National Labor Relations Act, referred to
in this Act as a bona fide labor organization, that prohibits
labor organizations and members from engaging in picketing,
work stoppages, boycotts, and any other economic interference
with the cannabis business establishment. This agreement means
that the cannabis business establishment has agreed not to
disrupt efforts by the bona fide labor organization to
communicate with, and attempt to organize and represent, the
cannabis business establishment's employees. The agreement
shall provide a bona fide labor organization access at
reasonable times to areas in which the cannabis business
establishment's employees work, for the purpose of meeting
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employment rights under State law, and terms and conditions of
employment. This type of agreement shall not mandate a
particular method of election or certification of the bona
fide labor organization.
"Limited access area" means a room or other area under the
control of a cannabis dispensing organization licensed under
this Act and upon the licensed premises where cannabis sales
occur with access limited to purchasers, dispensing
organization owners and other dispensing organization agents,
or service professionals conducting business with the
dispensing organization, or, if sales to registered qualifying
patients, caregivers, provisional patients, and Opioid
Alternative Pilot Program participants licensed pursuant to
the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act are also
permitted at the dispensary, registered qualifying patients,
caregivers, provisional patients, and Opioid Alternative Pilot
Program participants.
"Member of an impacted family" means an individual who has
a parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or dependent, or was
a dependent of an individual who, prior to the effective date
of this Act, was arrested for, convicted of, or adjudicated
delinquent for any offense that is eligible for expungement
under this Act.
"Mother plant" means a cannabis plant that is cultivated
or maintained for the purpose of generating clones, and that
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infuser or dispensing organization.
"Ordinary public view" means within the sight line with
normal visual range of a person, unassisted by visual aids,
from a public street or sidewalk adjacent to real property, or
from within an adjacent property.
"Ownership and control" means ownership of at least 51% of
the business, including corporate stock if a corporation, and
control over the management and day-to-day operations of the
business and an interest in the capital, assets, and profits
and losses of the business proportionate to percentage of
ownership.
"Person" means a natural individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
executor, trustee, guardian, or other representative appointed
by order of any court.
"Possession limit" means the amount of cannabis under
Section 10-10 that may be possessed at any one time by a person
21 years of age or older or who is a registered qualifying
medical cannabis patient or caregiver under the Compassionate
Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act.
"Principal officer" includes a cannabis business
establishment applicant or licensed cannabis business
establishment's board member, owner with more than 1% interest
of the total cannabis business establishment or more than 5%
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publicly traded company, president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer, partner, officer, member, manager member, or person
with a profit sharing, financial interest, or revenue sharing
arrangement. The definition includes a person with authority
to control the cannabis business establishment, a person who
assumes responsibility for the debts of the cannabis business
establishment and who is further defined in this Act.
"Primary residence" means a dwelling where a person
usually stays or stays more often than other locations. It may
be determined by, without limitation, presence, tax filings;
address on an Illinois driver's license, an Illinois
Identification Card, or an Illinois Person with a Disability
Identification Card; or voter registration. No person may have
more than one primary residence.
"Processing organization" or "processor" means a facility
operated by an organization or business that is licensed by
the Department of Agriculture to either extract constituent
chemicals or compounds to produce cannabis concentrate or
incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product
formulation to produce a cannabis product. The processing
organization license is the property of the State and shall be
surrendered upon demand of the Department.
"Processing organization agent" means a principal officer,
board member, employee, or agent of a processing organization.
"Processing organization agent identification card" means
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identifies a person as a processing organization agent.
"Purchaser" means a person 21 years of age or older who
acquires cannabis for a valuable consideration. "Purchaser"
does not include a cardholder under the Compassionate Use of
Medical Cannabis Program Act.
"Qualifying Applicant" means an applicant that submitted
an application pursuant to Section 15-30 that received at
least 85% of 250 application points available under Section
15-30 as the applicant's final score and meets the definition
of "Social Equity Applicant" as set forth under this Section.
"Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant"
means an applicant that submitted an application pursuant to
Section 15-30 that received at least 85% of 250 application
points available under Section 15-30 as the applicant's final
score and meets the criteria of either paragraph (1) or (2) of
the definition of "Social Equity Applicant" as set forth under
this Section.
"Qualified Social Equity Applicant" means a Social Equity
Applicant who has been awarded a conditional license under
this Act to operate a cannabis business establishment.
"Resided" means an individual's primary residence was
located within the relevant geographic area as established by
2 of the following:
(1) a signed lease agreement that includes the
applicant's name;
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name;
(3) school records;
(4) a voter registration card;
(5) an Illinois driver's license, an Illinois
Identification Card, or an Illinois Person with a
Disability Identification Card;
(6) a paycheck stub;
(7) a utility bill;
(8) tax records; or
(9) any other proof of residency or other information
necessary to establish residence as provided by rule.
"Smoking" means the inhalation of smoke caused by the
combustion of cannabis.
"Social Equity Applicant" means an applicant that is an
Illinois resident that meets one of the following criteria:
(1) an applicant with at least 51% ownership and
control by one or more individuals who have resided for at
least 5 of the preceding 10 years in a Disproportionately
Impacted Area;
(2) an applicant with at least 51% ownership and
control by one or more individuals who:
(i) have been arrested for, convicted of, or
adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is
eligible for expungement under this Act; or
(ii) is a member of an impacted family;
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employees, an applicant with at least 51% of current
employees who:
(i) currently reside in a Disproportionately
Impacted Area; or
(ii) have been arrested for, convicted of, or
adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is
eligible for expungement under this Act or member of
an impacted family.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt or limit
the duties of any employer under the Job Opportunities for
Qualified Applicants Act. Nothing in this Act shall permit an
employer to require an employee to disclose sealed or expunged
offenses, unless otherwise required by law.
"Tied Applicant" means an application submitted by a
Dispensary Applicant pursuant to Section 15-30 that received
the same number of application points under Section 15-30 as
the Dispensary Applicant's final score as one or more
top-scoring applications in the same BLS Region and would have
been awarded a license but for the one or more other
top-scoring applications that received the same number of
application points. Each application for which a Dispensary
Applicant was required to pay a required application fee for
the application period ending January 2, 2020 shall be
considered an application of a separate Tied Applicant.
"Tied Applicant Lottery" means the process established
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Use Dispensing Organization Licenses pursuant to Sections
15-25 and 15-30 among Eligible Tied Applicants.
"Tincture" means a cannabis-infused solution, typically
comprised of alcohol, glycerin, or vegetable oils, derived
either directly from the cannabis plant or from a processed
cannabis extract. A tincture is not an alcoholic liquor as
defined in the Liquor Control Act of 1934. A tincture shall
include a calibrated dropper or other similar device capable
of accurately measuring servings.
"Transporting organization" or "transporter" means an
organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
Agriculture to transport cannabis or cannabis-infused product
on behalf of a cannabis business establishment or a community
college licensed under the Community College Cannabis
Vocational Training Pilot Program. The transporting
organization license is the property of the State and shall be
surrendered upon demand of the Department.
"Transporting organization agent" means a principal
officer, board member, employee, or agent of a transporting
organization.
"Transporting organization agent identification card"
means a document issued by the Department of Agriculture that
identifies a person as a transporting organization agent.
"Unit of local government" means any county, city,
village, or incorporated town.
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cannabis, cannabis flower, and cannabis infused products. The
Department has the authority to issue vault standards directly
to cannabis business entities. Due to security and
confidentiality concerns, these standards shall be exempt from
the Freedom of Information Act, publication, and the
rulemaking process.
"Vegetative stage" means the stage of cultivation in which
a cannabis plant is propagated to produce additional cannabis
plants or reach a sufficient size for production. This
includes seedlings, clones, mothers, and other immature
cannabis plants as follows:
(1) if the cannabis plant is in an area that has not
been intentionally deprived of light for a period of time
intended to produce flower buds and induce maturation, it
has no more than 2 stigmas visible at each internode of the
cannabis plant; or
(2) any cannabis plant that is cultivated solely for
the purpose of propagating clones and is never used to
produce cannabis.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
5-13-22.)
(410 ILCS 705/15-25)
Sec. 15-25. Awarding of Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
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(a) The Department shall issue up to 75 Conditional Adult
Use Dispensing Organization Licenses before May 1, 2020.
(b) The Department shall make the application for a
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License
available no later than October 1, 2019 and shall accept
applications no later than January 1, 2020.
(c) To ensure the geographic dispersion of Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License holders, the
following number of licenses shall be awarded in each BLS
Region as determined by each region's percentage of the
State's population:
(1) Bloomington: 1
(2) Cape Girardeau: 1
(3) Carbondale-Marion: 1
(4) Champaign-Urbana: 1
(5) Chicago-Naperville-Elgin: 47
(6) Danville: 1
(7) Davenport-Moline-Rock Island: 1
(8) Decatur: 1
(9) Kankakee: 1
(10) Peoria: 3
(11) Rockford: 2
(12) St. Louis: 4
(13) Springfield: 1
(14) Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan: 3
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(16) East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan: 2
(17) South Illinois nonmetropolitan: 2
(d) An applicant seeking issuance of a Conditional Adult
Use Dispensing Organization License shall submit an
application on forms provided by the Department. An applicant
must meet the following requirements:
(1) Payment of a nonrefundable application fee of
$5,000 for each license for which the applicant is
applying, which shall be deposited into the Cannabis
Regulation Fund;
(2) Certification that the applicant will comply with
the requirements contained in this Act;
(3) The legal name of the proposed dispensing
organization;
(4) A statement that the dispensing organization
agrees to respond to the Department's supplemental
requests for information;
(5) From each principal officer, a statement
indicating whether that person:
(A) has previously held or currently holds an
ownership interest in a cannabis business
establishment in Illinois; or
(B) has held an ownership interest in a dispensing
organization or its equivalent in another state or
territory of the United States that had the dispensing
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revoked, placed on probationary status, or subjected
to other disciplinary action;
(6) Disclosure of whether any principal officer has
ever filed for bankruptcy or defaulted on spousal support
or child support obligation;
(7) A resume for each principal officer, including
whether that person has an academic degree, certification,
or relevant experience with a cannabis business
establishment or in a related industry;
(8) A description of the training and education that
will be provided to dispensing organization agents;
(9) A copy of the proposed operating bylaws;
(10) A copy of the proposed business plan that
complies with the requirements in this Act, including, at
a minimum, the following:
(A) A description of services to be offered; and
(B) A description of the process of dispensing
cannabis;
(11) A copy of the proposed security plan that
complies with the requirements in this Article, including:
(A) The process or controls that will be
implemented to monitor the dispensary, secure the
premises, agents, and currency, and prevent the
diversion, theft, or loss of cannabis; and
(B) The process to ensure that access to the
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agents, service professionals, transporting
organization agents, Department inspectors, and
security personnel;
(12) A proposed inventory control plan that complies
with this Section;
(13) A proposed floor plan, a square footage estimate,
and a description of proposed security devices, including,
without limitation, cameras, motion detectors, servers,
video storage capabilities, and alarm service providers;
(14) The name, address, social security number, and
date of birth of each principal officer and board member
of the dispensing organization; each of those individuals
shall be at least 21 years of age;
(15) Evidence of the applicant's status as a Social
Equity Applicant, if applicable, and whether a Social
Equity Applicant plans to apply for a loan or grant issued
by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity;
(16) The address, telephone number, and email address
of the applicant's principal place of business, if
applicable. A post office box is not permitted;
(17) Written summaries of any information regarding
instances in which a business or not-for-profit that a
prospective board member previously managed or served on
were fined or censured, or any instances in which a
business or not-for-profit that a prospective board member
previously managed or served on had its registration

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suspended or revoked in any administrative or judicial
proceeding;
(18) A plan for community engagement;
(19) Procedures to ensure accurate recordkeeping and
security measures that are in accordance with this Article
and Department rules;
(20) The estimated volume of cannabis it plans to
store at the dispensary;
(21) A description of the features that will provide
accessibility to purchasers as required by the Americans
with Disabilities Act;
(22) A detailed description of air treatment systems
that will be installed to reduce odors;
(23) A reasonable assurance that the issuance of a
license will not have a detrimental impact on the
community in which the applicant wishes to locate;
(24) The dated signature of each principal officer;
(25) A description of the enclosed, locked facility
where cannabis will be stored by the dispensing
organization;
(26) Signed statements from each dispensing
organization agent stating that he or she will not divert
cannabis;
(27) The number of licenses it is applying for in each
BLS Region;
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least 2,500 words that establishes a goal of diversity in
ownership, management, employment, and contracting to
ensure that diverse participants and groups are afforded
equality of opportunity;
(29) A contract with a private security contractor
agency that is licensed under Section 10-5 of the Private
Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint
Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 in order for the
dispensary to have adequate security at its facility; and
(30) Other information deemed necessary by the
Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer to conduct
the disparity and availability study referenced in
subsection (e) of Section 5-45.
(e) An applicant who receives a Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License under this Section has 180
days from the date of award to identify a physical location for
the dispensing organization retail storefront. The applicant
shall provide evidence that the location is not within 1,500
feet of an existing dispensing organization, unless the
applicant is a Social Equity Applicant or Social Equity
Justice Involved Applicant located or seeking to locate within
1,500 feet of a dispensing organization licensed under Section
15-15 or Section 15-20. If an applicant is unable to find a
suitable physical address in the opinion of the Department
within 180 days of the issuance of the Conditional Adult Use
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period for finding a physical address a total of 540 another
180 days if the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License holder demonstrates concrete attempts to secure a
location and a hardship. If the Department denies the
extension or the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License holder is unable to find a location or become
operational within 540 360 days of being awarded a conditional
license, the Department shall rescind the conditional license
and award it to the next highest scoring applicant in the BLS
Region for which the license was assigned, provided the
applicant receiving the license: (i) confirms a continued
interest in operating a dispensing organization; (ii) can
provide evidence that the applicant continues to meet all
requirements for holding a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License set forth in this Act; and (iii) has not
otherwise become ineligible to be awarded a dispensing
organization license. If the new awardee is unable to accept
the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, the
Department shall award the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License to the next highest scoring applicant in
the same manner. The new awardee shall be subject to the same
required deadlines as provided in this subsection.
(e-5) If, within 180 days of being awarded a Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, a dispensing
organization is unable to find a location within the BLS
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Dispensing Organization License because no jurisdiction within
the BLS Region allows for the operation of an Adult Use
Dispensing Organization, the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation may authorize the Conditional Adult
Use Dispensing Organization License holder to transfer its
license to a BLS Region specified by the Department.
(f) A dispensing organization that is awarded a
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License pursuant
to the criteria in Section 15-30 shall not purchase, possess,
sell, or dispense cannabis or cannabis-infused products until
the person has received an Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License issued by the Department pursuant to Section 15-36 of
this Act.
(g) The Department shall conduct a background check of the
prospective organization agents in order to carry out this
Article. The Illinois State Police shall charge the applicant
a fee for conducting the criminal history record check, which
shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund and
shall not exceed the actual cost of the record check. Each
person applying as a dispensing organization agent shall
submit a full set of fingerprints to the Illinois State Police
for the purpose of obtaining a State and federal criminal
records check. These fingerprints shall be checked against the
fingerprint records now and hereafter, to the extent allowed
by law, filed in the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau
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Illinois State Police shall furnish, following positive
identification, all Illinois conviction information to the
Department.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
5-13-22.)
(410 ILCS 705/15-35)
Sec. 15-35. Qualifying Applicant Lottery for Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses.
(a) In addition to any of the licenses issued under
Section 15-15, Section 15-20, Section 15-25, Section 15-30.20,
or Section 15-35.10 of this Act, within 10 business days after
the resulting final scores for all scored applications
pursuant to Sections 15-25 and 15-30 are released, the
Department shall issue up to 55 Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization Licenses by lot, pursuant to the
application process adopted under this Section. In order to be
eligible to be awarded a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License by lot under this Section, a Dispensary
Applicant must be a Qualifying Applicant.
The licenses issued under this Section shall be awarded in
each BLS Region in the following amounts:
(1) Bloomington: 1.
(2) Cape Girardeau: 1.
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(4) Champaign-Urbana: 1.
(5) Chicago-Naperville-Elgin: 36.
(6) Danville: 1.
(7) Davenport-Moline-Rock Island: 1.
(8) Decatur: 1.
(9) Kankakee: 1.
(10) Peoria: 2.
(11) Rockford: 1.
(12) St. Louis: 3.
(13) Springfield: 1.
(14) Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1.
(15) West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1.
(16) East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1.
(17) South Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1.
(a-5) Prior to issuing licenses under subsection (a), the
Department may adopt rules through emergency rulemaking in
accordance with subsection (kk) of Section 5-45 of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly
finds that the adoption of rules to regulate cannabis use is
deemed an emergency and necessary for the public interest,
safety, and welfare.
(b) The Department shall distribute the available licenses
established under this Section subject to the following:
(1) The drawing by lot for all available licenses
issued under this Section shall occur on the same day when
practicable.

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(2) Within each BLS Region, the first Qualifying
Applicant drawn will have the first right to an available
license. The second Qualifying Applicant drawn will have
the second right to an available license. The same pattern
will continue for each subsequent Qualifying Applicant
drawn.
(3) The process for distributing available licenses
under this Section shall be recorded by the Department in
a format selected by the Department.
(4) A Dispensary Applicant is prohibited from becoming
a Qualifying Applicant if a principal officer resigns
after the resulting final scores for all scored
applications pursuant to Sections 15-25 and 15-30 are
released.
(5) No Qualifying Applicant may be awarded more than 2
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses at
the conclusion of a lottery conducted under this Section.
(6) No individual may be listed as a principal officer
of more than 2 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization Licenses awarded under this Section.
(7) If, upon being selected for an available license
established under this Section, a Qualifying Applicant
exceeds the limits under paragraph (5) or (6), the
Qualifying Applicant must choose which license to abandon
and notify the Department in writing within 5 business
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Department as required, the Department shall refuse to
issue the Qualifying Applicant all available licenses
established under this Section obtained by lot in all BLS
Regions.
(8) If, upon being selected for an available license
established under this Section, a Qualifying Applicant has
a principal officer who is a principal officer in more
than 10 Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization
Licenses, Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
Licenses, Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses, or
any combination thereof, the licensees and the Qualifying
Applicant listing that principal officer must choose which
license to abandon pursuant to subsection (d) of Section
15-36 and notify the Department in writing within 5
business days. If the Qualifying Applicant or licensees do
not notify the Department as required, the Department
shall refuse to issue the Qualifying Applicant all
available licenses established under this Section obtained
by lot in all BLS Regions.
(9) All available licenses that have been abandoned
under paragraph (7) or (8) shall be distributed to the
next Qualifying Applicant drawn by lot.
Any and all rights conferred or obtained under this
Section shall be limited to the provisions of this Section.
(c) An applicant who receives a Conditional Adult Use
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days from the date it is awarded to identify a physical
location for the dispensing organization's retail storefront.
The applicant shall provide evidence that the location is not
within 1,500 feet of an existing dispensing organization,
unless the applicant is a Social Equity Applicant or Social
Equity Justice Involved Applicant located or seeking to locate
within 1,500 feet of a dispensing organization licensed under
Section 15-15 or Section 15-20. If an applicant is unable to
find a suitable physical address in the opinion of the
Department within 180 days from the issuance of the
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, the
Department may extend the period for finding a physical
address a total of 540 another 180 days if the Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License holder demonstrates
a concrete attempt to secure a location and a hardship. If the
Department denies the extension or the Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License holder is unable to find a
location or become operational within 540 360 days of being
awarded a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License under this Section, the Department shall rescind the
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License and
award it pursuant to subsection (b), provided the applicant
receiving the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License: (i) confirms a continued interest in operating a
dispensing organization; (ii) can provide evidence that the
applicant continues to meet all requirements for holding a

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Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License set
forth in this Act; and (iii) has not otherwise become
ineligible to be awarded a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License. If the new awardee is unable to accept
the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, the
Department shall award the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License pursuant to subsection (b). The new
awardee shall be subject to the same required deadlines as
provided in this subsection.
(d) If, within 180 days of being awarded a Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, a dispensing
organization is unable to find a location within the BLS
Region in which it was awarded a Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License because no jurisdiction within
the BLS Region allows for the operation of an Adult Use
Dispensing Organization, the Department may authorize the
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License holder
to transfer its Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License to a BLS Region specified by the Department.
(e) A dispensing organization that is awarded a
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License under
this Section shall not purchase, possess, sell, or dispense
cannabis or cannabis-infused products until the dispensing
organization has received an Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License issued by the Department pursuant to Section 15-36.
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prospective dispensing organization agents in order to carry
out this Article. The Illinois State Police shall charge the
applicant a fee for conducting the criminal history record
check, which shall be deposited into the State Police Services
Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the record check.
Each person applying as a dispensing organization agent shall
submit a full set of fingerprints to the Illinois State Police
for the purpose of obtaining a State and federal criminal
records check. These fingerprints shall be checked against the
fingerprint records now and hereafter, to the extent allowed
by law, filed with the Illinois State Police and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases.
The Illinois State Police shall furnish, following positive
identification, all Illinois conviction information to the
Department.
(g) The Department may verify information contained in
each application and accompanying documentation to assess the
applicant's veracity and fitness to operate a dispensing
organization.
(h) The Department may, in its discretion, refuse to issue
authorization to an applicant who meets any of the following
criteria:
(1) An applicant who is unqualified to perform the
duties required of the applicant.
(2) An applicant who fails to disclose or states
falsely any information called for in the application.

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(3) An applicant who has been found guilty of a
violation of this Act, who has had any disciplinary order
entered against the applicant by the Department, who has
entered into a disciplinary or nondisciplinary agreement
with the Department, whose medical cannabis dispensing
organization, medical cannabis cultivation organization,
Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License,
Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License
at a secondary site, Early Approval Cultivation Center
License, Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License, or Adult Use Dispensing Organization License was
suspended, restricted, revoked, or denied for just cause,
or whose cannabis business establishment license was
suspended, restricted, revoked, or denied in any other
state.
(4) An applicant who has engaged in a pattern or
practice of unfair or illegal practices, methods, or
activities in the conduct of owning a cannabis business
establishment or other business.
(i) The Department shall deny issuance of a license under
this Section if any principal officer, board member, or person
having a financial or voting interest of 5% or greater in the
licensee is delinquent in filing any required tax return or
paying any amount owed to the State of Illinois.
(j) The Department shall verify an applicant's compliance
with the requirements of this Article and rules adopted under

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this Article before issuing a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License under this Section.
(k) If an applicant is awarded a Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License under this Section, the
information and plans provided in the application, including
any plans submitted for bonus points, shall become a condition
of the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License
and any Adult Use Dispensing Organization License issued to
the holder of the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, except as otherwise provided by this Act
or by rule. A dispensing organization has a duty to disclose
any material changes to the application. The Department shall
review all material changes disclosed by the dispensing
organization and may reevaluate its prior decision regarding
the awarding of a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, including, but not limited to,
suspending or permanently revoking a Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License. Failure to comply with the
conditions or requirements in the application may subject the
dispensing organization to discipline up to and including
suspension or permanent revocation of its authorization or
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License by the
Department.
(l) If an applicant has not begun operating as a
dispensing organization within one year after the issuance of
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under this Section, the Department may permanently revoke the
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License and
award it to the next highest scoring applicant in the BLS
Region if a suitable applicant indicates a continued interest
in the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License
or may begin a new selection process to award a Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)
(410 ILCS 705/15-35.10)
Sec. 15-35.10. Social Equity Justice Involved Lottery for
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses.
(a) In addition to any of the licenses issued under
Section 15-15, Section 15-20, Section 15-25, Section 15-30.20,
or Section 15-35, within 10 business days after the resulting
final scores for all scored applications pursuant to Sections
15-25 and 15-30 are released, the Department shall issue up to
55 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses by
lot, pursuant to the application process adopted under this
Section. In order to be eligible to be awarded a Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License by lot, a Dispensary
Applicant must be a Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved
Applicant.
The licenses issued under this Section shall be awarded in
each BLS Region in the following amounts:

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(1) Bloomington: 1.
(2) Cape Girardeau: 1.
(3) Carbondale-Marion: 1.
(4) Champaign-Urbana: 1.
(5) Chicago-Naperville-Elgin: 36.
(6) Danville: 1.
(7) Davenport-Moline-Rock Island: 1.
(8) Decatur: 1.
(9) Kankakee: 1.
(10) Peoria: 2.
(11) Rockford: 1.
(12) St. Louis: 3.
(13) Springfield: 1.
(14) Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1.
(15) West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1.
(16) East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1.
(17) South Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1.
(a-5) Prior to issuing licenses under subsection (a), the
Department may adopt rules through emergency rulemaking in
accordance with subsection (kk) of Section 5-45 of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly
finds that the adoption of rules to regulate cannabis use is
deemed an emergency and necessary for the public interest,
safety, and welfare.
(b) The Department shall distribute the available licenses
established under this Section subject to the following:

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(1) The drawing by lot for all available licenses
established under this Section shall occur on the same day
when practicable.
(2) Within each BLS Region, the first Qualifying
Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant drawn will have
the first right to an available license. The second
Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant drawn
will have the second right to an available license. The
same pattern will continue for each subsequent applicant
drawn.
(3) The process for distributing available licenses
under this Section shall be recorded by the Department in
a format selected by the Department.
(4) A Dispensary Applicant is prohibited from becoming
a Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant if a
principal officer resigns after the resulting final scores
for all scored applications pursuant to Sections 15-25 and
15-30 are released.
(5) No Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved
Applicant may be awarded more than 2 Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization Licenses at the conclusion of a
lottery conducted under this Section.
(6) No individual may be listed as a principal officer
of more than 2 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization Licenses awarded under this Section.
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established under this Section, a Qualifying Social Equity
Justice Involved Applicant exceeds the limits under
paragraph (5) or (6), the Qualifying Social Equity Justice
Involved Applicant must choose which license to abandon
and notify the Department in writing within 5 business
days on forms prescribed by the Department. If the
Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant does
not notify the Department as required, the Department
shall refuse to issue the Qualifying Social Equity Justice
Involved Applicant all available licenses established
under this Section obtained by lot in all BLS Regions.
(8) If, upon being selected for an available license
established under this Section, a Qualifying Social Equity
Justice Involved Applicant has a principal officer who is
a principal officer in more than 10 Early Approval Adult
Use Dispensing Organization Licenses, Conditional Adult
Use Dispensing Organization Licenses, Adult Use Dispensing
Organization Licenses, or any combination thereof, the
licensees and the Qualifying Social Equity Justice
Involved Applicant listing that principal officer must
choose which license to abandon pursuant to subsection (d)
of Section 15-36 and notify the Department in writing
within 5 business days on forms prescribed by the
Department. If the Dispensary Applicant or licensees do
not notify the Department as required, the Department
shall refuse to issue the Qualifying Social Equity Justice

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Involved Applicant all available licenses established
under this Section obtained by lot in all BLS Regions.
(9) All available licenses that have been abandoned
under paragraph (7) or (8) shall be distributed to the
next Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant
drawn by lot.
Any and all rights conferred or obtained under this
subsection shall be limited to the provisions of this
subsection.
(c) An applicant who receives a Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License under this Section has 180
days from the date of the award to identify a physical location
for the dispensing organization's retail storefront. The
applicant shall provide evidence that the location is not
within 1,500 feet of an existing dispensing organization,
unless the applicant is a Social Equity Applicant or Social
Equity Justice Involved Applicant located or seeking to locate
within 1,500 feet of a dispensing organization licensed under
Section 15-15 or Section 15-20. If an applicant is unable to
find a suitable physical address in the opinion of the
Department within 180 days from the issuance of the
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, the
Department may extend the period for finding a physical
address a total of 540 another 180 days if the Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License holder demonstrates
a concrete attempt to secure a location and a hardship. If the

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Department denies the extension or the Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License holder is unable to find a
location or become operational within 540 360 days of being
awarded a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License under this Section, the Department shall rescind the
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License and
award it pursuant to subsection (b) and notify the new awardee
at the email address provided in the awardee's application,
provided the applicant receiving the Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License: (i) confirms a continued
interest in operating a dispensing organization; (ii) can
provide evidence that the applicant continues to meet all
requirements for holding a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License set forth in this Act; and (iii) has not
otherwise become ineligible to be awarded a Conditional Adult
Use Dispensing Organization License. If the new awardee is
unable to accept the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, the Department shall award the
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License pursuant
to subsection (b). The new awardee shall be subject to the same
required deadlines as provided in this subsection.
(d) If, within 180 days of being awarded a Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, a dispensing
organization is unable to find a location within the BLS
Region in which it was awarded a Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License under this Section because no

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jurisdiction within the BLS Region allows for the operation of
an Adult Use Dispensing Organization, the Department may
authorize the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License holder to transfer its Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License to a BLS Region specified by
the Department.
(e) A dispensing organization that is awarded a
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License under
this Section shall not purchase, possess, sell, or dispense
cannabis or cannabis-infused products until the dispensing
organization has received an Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License issued by the Department pursuant to Section 15-36.
(f) The Department shall conduct a background check of the
prospective dispensing organization agents in order to carry
out this Article. The Illinois State Police shall charge the
applicant a fee for conducting the criminal history record
check, which shall be deposited into the State Police Services
Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the record check.
Each person applying as a dispensing organization agent shall
submit a full set of fingerprints to the Illinois State Police
for the purpose of obtaining a State and federal criminal
records check. These fingerprints shall be checked against the
fingerprint records now and hereafter, to the extent allowed
by law, filed with the Illinois State Police and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases.
The Illinois State Police shall furnish, following positive

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identification, all Illinois conviction information to the
Department.
(g) The Department may verify information contained in
each application and accompanying documentation to assess the
applicant's veracity and fitness to operate a dispensing
organization.
(h) The Department may, in its discretion, refuse to issue
an authorization to an applicant who meets any of the
following criteria:
(1) An applicant who is unqualified to perform the
duties required of the applicant.
(2) An applicant who fails to disclose or states
falsely any information called for in the application.
(3) An applicant who has been found guilty of a
violation of this Act, who has had any disciplinary order
entered against the applicant by the Department, who has
entered into a disciplinary or nondisciplinary agreement
with the Department, whose medical cannabis dispensing
organization, medical cannabis cultivation organization,
Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License,
Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License
at a secondary site, Early Approval Cultivation Center
License, Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License, or Adult Use Dispensing Organization License was
suspended, restricted, revoked, or denied for just cause,
or whose cannabis business establishment license was

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suspended, restricted, revoked, or denied in any other
state.
(4) An applicant who has engaged in a pattern or
practice of unfair or illegal practices, methods, or
activities in the conduct of owning a cannabis business
establishment or other business.
(i) The Department shall deny the license if any principal
officer, board member, or person having a financial or voting
interest of 5% or greater in the licensee is delinquent in
filing any required tax return or paying any amount owed to the
State of Illinois.
(j) The Department shall verify an applicant's compliance
with the requirements of this Article and rules adopted under
this Article before issuing a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License.
(k) If an applicant is awarded a Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License under this Section, the
information and plans provided in the application, including
any plans submitted for bonus points, shall become a condition
of the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License
and any Adult Use Dispensing Organization License issued to
the holder of the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, except as otherwise provided by this Act
or by rule. Dispensing organizations have a duty to disclose
any material changes to the application. The Department shall
review all material changes disclosed by the dispensing

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organization and may reevaluate its prior decision regarding
the awarding of a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, including, but not limited to,
suspending or permanently revoking a Conditional Adult Use
Dispensing Organization License. Failure to comply with the
conditions or requirements in the application may subject the
dispensing organization to discipline up to and including
suspension or permanent revocation of its authorization or
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License by the
Department.
(l) If an applicant has not begun operating as a
dispensing organization within one year after the issuance of
the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License
under this Section, the Department may permanently revoke the
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License and
award it to the next highest scoring applicant in the BLS
Region if a suitable applicant indicates a continued interest
in the Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License
or may begin a new selection process to award a Conditional
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License.
(Source: P.A. 102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)
(410 ILCS 705/15-70)
Sec. 15-70. Operational requirements; prohibitions.
(a) A dispensing organization shall operate in accordance
with the representations made in its application and license

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materials. It shall be in compliance with this Act and rules.
(b) A dispensing organization must include the legal name
of the dispensary on the packaging of any cannabis product it
sells.
(c) All cannabis, cannabis-infused products, and cannabis
seeds must be obtained from an Illinois registered adult use
cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, or another
dispensary.
(d) Dispensing organizations are prohibited from selling
any product containing alcohol except tinctures, which must be
limited to containers that are no larger than 100 milliliters.
(e) A dispensing organization shall inspect and count
product received from a transporting organization, adult use
cultivation center, craft grower, infuser organization, or
other dispensing organization before dispensing it.
(f) A dispensing organization may only accept cannabis
deliveries into a restricted access area. Deliveries may not
be accepted through the public or limited access areas unless
otherwise approved by the Department.
(g) A dispensing organization shall maintain compliance
with State and local building, fire, and zoning requirements
or regulations.
(h) A dispensing organization shall submit a list to the
Department of the names of all service professionals that will
work at the dispensary. The list shall include a description
of the type of business or service provided. Changes to the

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service professional list shall be promptly provided. No
service professional shall work in the dispensary until the
name is provided to the Department on the service professional
list.
(i) A dispensing organization's license allows for a
dispensary to be operated only at a single location.
(j) A dispensary may operate between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
local time.
(k) A dispensing organization must keep all lighting
outside and inside the dispensary in good working order and
wattage sufficient for security cameras.
(l) A dispensing organization must keep all air treatment
systems that will be installed to reduce odors in good working
order.
(m) A dispensing organization must contract with a private
security contractor that is licensed under Section 10-5 of the
Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004 to provide
on-site security at all hours of the dispensary's operation.
(n) A dispensing organization shall ensure that any
building or equipment used by a dispensing organization for
the storage or sale of cannabis is maintained in a clean and
sanitary condition.
(o) The dispensary shall be free from infestation by
insects, rodents, or pests.
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(1) Produce or manufacture cannabis;
(2) Accept a cannabis product from an adult use
cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, dispensing
organization, or transporting organization unless it is
pre-packaged and labeled in accordance with this Act and
any rules that may be adopted pursuant to this Act;
(3) Obtain cannabis or cannabis-infused products from
outside the State of Illinois;
(4) Sell cannabis or cannabis-infused products to a
purchaser unless the dispensing organization is licensed
under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program
Act, and the individual is registered under the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program or the
purchaser has been verified to be 21 years of age or older;
(5) Enter into an exclusive agreement with any adult
use cultivation center, craft grower, or infuser.
Dispensaries shall provide consumers an assortment of
products from various cannabis business establishment
licensees such that the inventory available for sale at
any dispensary from any single cultivation center, craft
grower, processor, transporter, or infuser entity shall
not be more than 40% of the total inventory available for
sale. For the purpose of this subsection, a cultivation
center, craft grower, processor, or infuser shall be
considered part of the same entity if the licensees share
at least one principal officer. The Department may request

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that a dispensary diversify its products as needed or
otherwise discipline a dispensing organization for
violating this requirement;
(6) Refuse to conduct business with an adult use
cultivation center, craft grower, transporting
organization, or infuser that has the ability to properly
deliver the product and is permitted by the Department of
Agriculture, on the same terms as other adult use
cultivation centers, craft growers, infusers, or
transporters with whom it is dealing;
(7) (Blank); Operate drive-through windows;
(8) Allow for the dispensing of cannabis or
cannabis-infused products in vending machines;
(9) Transport cannabis to residences or other
locations where purchasers may be for delivery;
(10) Enter into agreements to allow persons who are
not dispensing organization agents to deliver cannabis or
to transport cannabis to purchasers;
(11) Operate a dispensary if its video surveillance
equipment is inoperative;
(12) Operate a dispensary if the point-of-sale
equipment is inoperative;
(13) Operate a dispensary if the State's cannabis
electronic verification system is inoperative;
(14) Have fewer than 2 people working at the
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(15) Be located within 1,500 feet of the property line
of a pre-existing dispensing organization, unless the
applicant is a Social Equity Applicant or Social Equity
Justice Involved Applicant located or seeking to locate
within 1,500 feet of a dispensing organization licensed
under Section 15-15 or Section 15-20;
(16) Sell clones or any other live plant material;
(17) Sell cannabis, cannabis concentrate, or
cannabis-infused products in combination or bundled with
each other or any other items for one price, and each item
of cannabis, concentrate, or cannabis-infused product must
be separately identified by quantity and price on the
receipt;
(18) Violate any other requirements or prohibitions
set by Department rules.
(q) It is unlawful for any person having an Early Approval
Adult Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization License, a
Conditional Adult Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization, an
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, or a medical
cannabis dispensing organization license issued under the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act or any
officer, associate, member, representative, or agent of such
licensee to accept, receive, or borrow money or anything else
of value or accept or receive credit (other than merchandising
credit in the ordinary course of business for a period not to
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cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, or transporting
organization in exchange for preferential placement on the
dispensing organization's shelves, display cases, or website.
This includes anything received or borrowed or from any
stockholders, officers, agents, or persons connected with an
adult use cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, or
transporting organization.
(r) It is unlawful for any person having an Early Approval
Adult Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization License, a
Conditional Adult Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization, an
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, or a medical
cannabis dispensing organization license issued under the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program to enter into
any contract with any person licensed to cultivate, process,
or transport cannabis whereby such dispensing organization
agrees not to sell any cannabis cultivated, processed,
transported, manufactured, or distributed by any other
cultivator, transporter, or infuser, and any provision in any
contract violative of this Section shall render the whole of
such contract void and no action shall be brought thereon in
any court.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-98, eff. 7-15-21.)
(410 ILCS 705/15-100)
Sec. 15-100. Security.

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(a) A dispensing organization shall implement security
measures to deter and prevent entry into and theft of cannabis
or currency.
(b) A dispensing organization shall submit any changes to
the floor plan or security plan to the Department for
pre-approval. All cannabis shall be maintained and stored in a
restricted access area during construction.
(c) The dispensing organization shall implement security
measures to protect the premises, purchasers, and dispensing
organization agents including, but not limited to the
following:
(1) Establish a locked door or barrier between the
facility's entrance and the limited access area;
(2) Prevent individuals from remaining on the premises
if they are not engaging in activity permitted by this Act
or rules;
(3) Develop a policy that addresses the maximum
capacity and purchaser flow in the waiting rooms and
limited access areas;
(4) Dispose of cannabis in accordance with this Act
and rules;
(5) During hours of operation, store and dispense all
cannabis in from the restricted access area and dispense
all cannabis from the restricted access area, a
drive-through window of the restricted access area, or a
curbside pickup location in close proximity to the

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restricted access area. During operational hours, cannabis
shall be stored in an enclosed locked room or cabinet and
accessible only to specifically authorized dispensing
organization agents;
(6) When the dispensary is closed, store all cannabis
and currency in a reinforced vault room in the restricted
access area and in a manner as to prevent diversion,
theft, or loss;
(7) Keep the reinforced vault room and any other
equipment or cannabis storage areas securely locked and
protected from unauthorized entry;
(8) Keep an electronic daily log of dispensing
organization agents with access to the reinforced vault
room and knowledge of the access code or combination;
(9) Keep all locks and security equipment in good
working order;
(10) Maintain an operational security and alarm system
at all times;
(11) Prohibit keys, if applicable, from being left in
the locks, or stored or placed in a location accessible to
persons other than specifically authorized personnel;
(12) Prohibit accessibility of security measures,
including combination numbers, passwords, or electronic or
biometric security systems to persons other than
specifically authorized dispensing organization agents;
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premises are sufficiently lit to facilitate surveillance;
(14) Ensure that trees, bushes, and other foliage
outside of the dispensary premises do not allow for a
person or persons to conceal themselves from sight;
(15) Develop emergency policies and procedures for
securing all product and currency following any instance
of diversion, theft, or loss of cannabis, and conduct an
assessment to determine whether additional safeguards are
necessary; and
(16) Develop sufficient additional safeguards in
response to any special security concerns, or as required
by the Department.
(d) The Department may request or approve alternative
security provisions that it determines are an adequate
substitute for a security requirement specified in this
Article. Any additional protections may be considered by the
Department in evaluating overall security measures.
(e) A dispensing organization may share premises with a
craft grower or an infuser organization, or both, provided
each licensee stores currency and cannabis or cannabis-infused
products in a separate secured vault to which the other
licensee does not have access or all licensees sharing a vault
share more than 50% of the same ownership.
(f) A dispensing organization shall provide additional
security as needed and in a manner appropriate for the
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(g) Restricted access areas.
(1) All restricted access areas must be identified by
the posting of a sign that is a minimum of 12 inches by 12
inches and that states "Do Not Enter - Restricted Access
Area - Authorized Personnel Only" in lettering no smaller
than one inch in height.
(2) All restricted access areas shall be clearly
described in the floor plan of the premises, in the form
and manner determined by the Department, reflecting walls,
partitions, counters, and all areas of entry and exit. The
floor plan shall show all storage, disposal, and retail
sales areas.
(3) All restricted access areas must be secure, with
locking devices that prevent access from the limited
access areas.
(h) Security and alarm.
(1) A dispensing organization shall have an adequate
security plan and security system to prevent and detect
diversion, theft, or loss of cannabis, currency, or
unauthorized intrusion using commercial grade equipment
installed by an Illinois licensed private alarm contractor
or private alarm contractor agency that shall, at a
minimum, include:
(i) A perimeter alarm on all entry points and
glass break protection on perimeter windows;
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windows;
(iii) A failure notification system that provides
an audible, text, or visual notification of any
failure in the surveillance system, including, but not
limited to, panic buttons, alarms, and video
monitoring system. The failure notification system
shall provide an alert to designated dispensing
organization agents within 5 minutes after the
failure, either by telephone or text message;
(iv) A duress alarm, panic button, and alarm, or
holdup alarm and after-hours intrusion detection alarm
that by design and purpose will directly or indirectly
notify, by the most efficient means, the Public Safety
Answering Point for the law enforcement agency having
primary jurisdiction;
(v) Security equipment to deter and prevent
unauthorized entrance into the dispensary, including
electronic door locks on the limited and restricted
access areas that include devices or a series of
devices to detect unauthorized intrusion that may
include a signal system interconnected with a radio
frequency method, cellular, private radio signals or
other mechanical or electronic device.
(2) All security system equipment and recordings shall
be maintained in good working order, in a secure location
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(3) Access to surveillance monitoring recording
equipment shall be limited to persons who are essential to
surveillance operations, law enforcement authorities
acting within their jurisdiction, security system service
personnel, and the Department. A current list of
authorized dispensing organization agents and service
personnel that have access to the surveillance equipment
must be available to the Department upon request.
(4) All security equipment shall be inspected and
tested at regular intervals, not to exceed one month from
the previous inspection, and tested to ensure the systems
remain functional.
(5) The security system shall provide protection
against theft and diversion that is facilitated or hidden
by tampering with computers or electronic records.
(6) The dispensary shall ensure all access doors are
not solely controlled by an electronic access panel to
ensure that locks are not released during a power outage.
(i) To monitor the dispensary, the dispensing organization
shall incorporate continuous electronic video monitoring
including the following:
(1) All monitors must be 19 inches or greater;
(2) Unobstructed video surveillance of all enclosed
dispensary areas, unless prohibited by law, including all
points of entry and exit that shall be appropriate for the
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The cameras shall be directed so all areas are captured,
including, but not limited to, safes, vaults, sales areas,
and areas where cannabis is stored, handled, dispensed, or
destroyed. Cameras shall be angled to allow for facial
recognition, the capture of clear and certain
identification of any person entering or exiting the
dispensary area and in lighting sufficient during all
times of night or day;
(3) Unobstructed video surveillance of outside areas,
the storefront, and the parking lot, that shall be
appropriate for the normal lighting conditions of the area
under surveillance. Cameras shall be angled so as to allow
for the capture of facial recognition, clear and certain
identification of any person entering or exiting the
dispensary and the immediate surrounding area, and license
plates of vehicles in the parking lot;
(4) 24-hour recordings from all video cameras
available for immediate viewing by the Department upon
request. Recordings shall not be destroyed or altered and
shall be retained for at least 90 days. Recordings shall
be retained as long as necessary if the dispensing
organization is aware of the loss or theft of cannabis or a
pending criminal, civil, or administrative investigation
or legal proceeding for which the recording may contain
relevant information;
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still photo from the surveillance video, either live or
recorded;
(6) A date and time stamp embedded on all video
surveillance recordings. The date and time shall be
synchronized and set correctly and shall not significantly
obscure the picture;
(7) The ability to remain operational during a power
outage and ensure all access doors are not solely
controlled by an electronic access panel to ensure that
locks are not released during a power outage;
(8) All video surveillance equipment shall allow for
the exporting of still images in an industry standard
image format, including .jpg, .bmp, and .gif. Exported
video shall have the ability to be archived in a
proprietary format that ensures authentication of the
video and guarantees that no alteration of the recorded
image has taken place. Exported video shall also have the
ability to be saved in an industry standard file format
that can be played on a standard computer operating
system. All recordings shall be erased or destroyed before
disposal;
(9) The video surveillance system shall be operational
during a power outage with a 4-hour minimum battery
backup;
(10) A video camera or cameras recording at each
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the dispensing organization agent distributing the
cannabis and any purchaser. The camera or cameras shall
capture the sale, the individuals and the computer
monitors used for the sale;
(11) A failure notification system that provides an
audible and visual notification of any failure in the
electronic video monitoring system; and
(12) All electronic video surveillance monitoring must
record at least the equivalent of 8 frames per second and
be available as recordings to the Department and the
Illinois State Police 24 hours a day via a secure
web-based portal with reverse functionality.
(j) The requirements contained in this Act are minimum
requirements for operating a dispensing organization. The
Department may establish additional requirements by rule.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(410 ILCS 705/15-135)
Sec. 15-135. Investigations.
(a) Dispensing organizations are subject to random and
unannounced dispensary inspections and cannabis testing by the
Department, the Illinois State Police, the Department of
Agriculture, local law enforcement, or as provided by rule.
The Department of Agriculture shall also have authority to
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at dispensary organizations.
(b) The Department and its authorized representatives may
enter any place, including a vehicle, in which cannabis is
held, stored, dispensed, sold, produced, delivered,
transported, manufactured, or disposed of and inspect, in a
reasonable manner, the place and all pertinent equipment,
containers and labeling, and all things including records,
files, financial data, sales data, shipping data, pricing
data, personnel data, research, papers, processes, controls,
and facility, and inventory any stock of cannabis and obtain
samples of any cannabis or cannabis-infused product, any
labels or containers for cannabis, or paraphernalia.
(c) The Department may conduct an investigation of an
applicant, application, dispensing organization, principal
officer, dispensary agent, third party vendor, or any other
party associated with a dispensing organization for an alleged
violation of this Act or rules or to determine qualifications
to be granted a registration by the Department.
(d) The Department may require an applicant or holder of
any license issued pursuant to this Article to produce
documents, records, or any other material pertinent to the
investigation of an application or alleged violations of this
Act or rules. Failure to provide the required material may be
grounds for denial or discipline.
(e) Every person charged with preparation, obtaining, or
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connection with this Act and rules and every person in charge,
or having custody, of those documents shall, upon request by
the Department, make the documents immediately available for
inspection and copying by the Department, the Department's
authorized representative, or others authorized by law to
review the documents.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 102-98, eff. 7-15-21;
102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
(410 ILCS 705/20-15)
Sec. 20-15. Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center
application.
(a) If the Department of Agriculture makes available
additional cultivation center licenses pursuant to Section
20-5, applicants for a Conditional Adult Use Cultivation
Center License shall electronically submit the following in
such form as the Department of Agriculture may direct:
(1) the nonrefundable application fee set by rule by
the Department of Agriculture, to be deposited into the
Cannabis Regulation Fund;
(2) the legal name of the cultivation center;
(3) the proposed physical address of the cultivation
center;
(4) the name, address, social security number, and
date of birth of each principal officer and board member
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board member shall be at least 21 years of age;
(5) the details of any administrative or judicial
proceeding in which any of the principal officers or board
members of the cultivation center (i) pled guilty, were
convicted, were fined, or had a registration or license
suspended or revoked, or (ii) managed or served on the
board of a business or non-profit organization that pled
guilty, was convicted, was fined, or had a registration or
license suspended or revoked;
(6) proposed operating bylaws that include procedures
for the oversight of the cultivation center, including the
development and implementation of a plant monitoring
system, accurate recordkeeping, staffing plan, and
security plan approved by the Illinois State Police that
are in accordance with the rules issued by the Department
of Agriculture under this Act. A physical inventory shall
be performed of all plants and cannabis on a weekly basis
by the cultivation center;
(7) verification from the Illinois State Police that
all background checks of the prospective principal
officers, board members, and agents of the cannabis
business establishment have been conducted;
(8) a copy of the current local zoning ordinance or
permit and verification that the proposed cultivation
center is in compliance with the local zoning rules and
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jurisdiction;
(9) proposed employment practices, in which the
applicant must demonstrate a plan of action to inform,
hire, and educate minorities, women, veterans, and persons
with disabilities, engage in fair labor practices, and
provide worker protections;
(10) whether an applicant can demonstrate experience
in or business practices that promote economic empowerment
in Disproportionately Impacted Areas;
(11) experience with the cultivation of agricultural
or horticultural products, operating an agriculturally
related business, or operating a horticultural business;
(12) a description of the enclosed, locked facility
where cannabis will be grown, harvested, manufactured,
processed, packaged, or otherwise prepared for
distribution to a dispensing organization;
(13) a survey of the enclosed, locked facility,
including the space used for cultivation;
(14) cultivation, processing, inventory, and packaging
plans;
(15) a description of the applicant's experience with
agricultural cultivation techniques and industry
standards;
(16) a list of any academic degrees, certifications,
or relevant experience of all prospective principal
officers, board members, and agents of the related

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business;
(17) the identity of every person having a financial
or voting interest of 5% or greater in the cultivation
center operation with respect to which the license is
sought, whether a trust, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, or sole proprietorship, including the
name and address of each person;
(18) a plan describing how the cultivation center will
address each of the following:
(i) energy needs, including estimates of monthly
electricity and gas usage, to what extent it will
procure energy from a local utility or from on-site
generation, and if it has or will adopt a sustainable
energy use and energy conservation policy;
(ii) water needs, including estimated water draw
and if it has or will adopt a sustainable water use and
water conservation policy; and
(iii) waste management, including if it has or
will adopt a waste reduction policy;
(19) a diversity plan that includes a narrative of not
more than 2,500 words that establishes a goal of diversity
in ownership, management, employment, and contracting to
ensure that diverse participants and groups are afforded
equality of opportunity;
(20) any other information required by rule;
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(A) Purchaser packaging, including cartridges,
shall be accepted by the applicant and recycled.
(B) Any recyclable waste generated by the cannabis
cultivation facility shall be recycled per applicable
State and local laws, ordinances, and rules.
(C) Any cannabis waste, liquid waste, or hazardous
waste shall be disposed of in accordance with 8 Ill.
Adm. Code 1000.460, except, to the greatest extent
feasible, all cannabis plant waste will be rendered
unusable by grinding and incorporating the cannabis
plant waste with compostable mixed waste to be
disposed of in accordance with 8 Ill. Adm. Code
1000.460(g)(1);
(22) commitment to comply with local waste provisions:
a cultivation facility must remain in compliance with
applicable State and federal environmental requirements,
including, but not limited to:
(A) storing, securing, and managing all
recyclables and waste, including organic waste
composed of or containing finished cannabis and
cannabis products, in accordance with applicable State
and local laws, ordinances, and rules; and
(B) disposing liquid waste containing cannabis or
byproducts of cannabis processing in compliance with
all applicable State and federal requirements,
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cultivation facility's permits under Title X of the
Environmental Protection Act; and
(23) a commitment to a technology standard for
resource efficiency of the cultivation center facility.
(A) A cannabis cultivation facility commits to use
resources efficiently, including energy and water. For
the following, a cannabis cultivation facility commits
to meet or exceed the technology standard identified
in items (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), which may be
modified by rule:
(i) lighting systems, including light bulbs;
(ii) HVAC system;
(iii) water application system to the crop;
and
(iv) filtration system for removing
contaminants from wastewater.
(B) Lighting. The Lighting Power Densities (LPD)
for cultivation space commits to not exceed an average
of 36 watts per gross square foot of active and growing
space canopy, or all installed lighting technology
shall meet a photosynthetic photon efficacy (PPE) of
no less than 2.2 micromoles per joule fixture and
shall be featured on the DesignLights Consortium (DLC)
Horticultural Specification Qualified Products List
(QPL). In the event that DLC requirement for minimum
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that PPE shall become the new standard.
(C) HVAC. (i) For cannabis grow operations with
less than 6,000 square feet of canopy, the licensee
commits that all HVAC units will be high-efficiency
ductless split HVAC units, or other more energy
efficient equipment. (ii) For cannabis grow operations
with 6,000 square feet of canopy or more, the licensee
commits that all HVAC units will be variable
refrigerant flow HVAC units, or other more energy
efficient equipment.
(D) Water application.
(i) The cannabis cultivation facility commits
to use automated watering systems, including, but
not limited to, drip irrigation and flood tables,
to irrigate cannabis crop.
(ii) The cannabis cultivation facility commits
to measure runoff from watering events and report
this volume in its water usage plan, and that on
average, watering events shall have no more than
20% of runoff of water.
(E) Filtration. The cultivator commits that HVAC
condensate, dehumidification water, excess runoff, and
other wastewater produced by the cannabis cultivation
facility shall be captured and filtered to the best of
the facility's ability to achieve the quality needed
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(F) Reporting energy use and efficiency as
required by rule.
(b) Applicants must submit all required information,
including the information required in Section 20-10, to the
Department of Agriculture. Failure by an applicant to submit
all required information may result in the application being
disqualified.
(c) If the Department of Agriculture receives an
application with missing information, the Department of
Agriculture may issue a deficiency notice to the applicant.
The applicant shall have 10 calendar days from the date of the
deficiency notice to resubmit the incomplete information.
Applications that are still incomplete after this opportunity
to cure will not be scored and will be disqualified.
(e) A cultivation center that is awarded a Conditional
Adult Use Cultivation Center License pursuant to the criteria
in Section 20-20 shall not grow, purchase, possess, or sell
cannabis or cannabis-infused products until the person has
received an Adult Use Cultivation Center License issued by the
Department of Agriculture pursuant to Section 20-21 of this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(410 ILCS 705/20-30)
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(a) The operating documents of a cultivation center shall
include procedures for the oversight of the cultivation
center, a cannabis plant monitoring system including a
physical inventory recorded weekly, accurate recordkeeping,
and a staffing plan.
(b) A cultivation center shall implement a security plan
reviewed by the Illinois State Police that includes, but is
not limited to: facility access controls, perimeter intrusion
detection systems, personnel identification systems, 24-hour
surveillance system to monitor the interior and exterior of
the cultivation center facility and accessibility to
authorized law enforcement, the Department of Public Health
where processing takes place, and the Department of
Agriculture in real time.
(c) All cultivation of cannabis by a cultivation center
must take place in an enclosed, locked facility at the
physical address provided to the Department of Agriculture
during the licensing process. The cultivation center location
shall only be accessed by the agents working for the
cultivation center, the Department of Agriculture staff
performing inspections, the Department of Public Health staff
performing inspections, local and State law enforcement or
other emergency personnel, contractors working on jobs
unrelated to cannabis, such as installing or maintaining
security devices or performing electrical wiring, transporting
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mentoring or educational program approved by the State, or
other individuals as provided by rule.
(d) A cultivation center may not sell or distribute any
cannabis or cannabis-infused products to any person other than
a dispensing organization, craft grower, infuser organization,
transporter, or as otherwise authorized by rule.
(e) A cultivation center may not either directly or
indirectly discriminate in price between different dispensing
organizations, craft growers, or infuser organizations that
are purchasing a like grade, strain, brand, and quality of
cannabis or cannabis-infused product. Nothing in this
subsection (e) prevents a cultivation center from pricing
cannabis differently based on differences in the cost of
manufacturing or processing, the quantities sold, such as
volume discounts, or the way the products are delivered.
(f) All cannabis harvested by a cultivation center and
intended for distribution to a dispensing organization must be
entered into a data collection system, packaged and labeled
under Section 55-21, and placed into a cannabis container for
transport. All cannabis harvested by a cultivation center and
intended for distribution to a craft grower or infuser
organization must be packaged in a labeled cannabis container
and entered into a data collection system before transport.
(g) Cultivation centers are subject to random inspections
by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public
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Police, or as provided by rule.
(h) A cultivation center agent shall notify local law
enforcement, the Illinois State Police, and the Department of
Agriculture within 24 hours of the discovery of any loss or
theft. Notification shall be made by phone or in person, or by
written or electronic communication.
(i) A cultivation center shall comply with all State and
any applicable federal rules and regulations regarding the use
of pesticides on cannabis plants. The Department has the
authority to issue policy prohibiting the use of pesticides
during flowering stage.
(j) No person or entity shall hold any legal, equitable,
ownership, or beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, of
more than 3 cultivation centers licensed under this Article.
Further, no person or entity that is employed by, an agent of,
has a contract to receive payment in any form from a
cultivation center, is a principal officer of a cultivation
center, or entity controlled by or affiliated with a principal
officer of a cultivation shall hold any legal, equitable,
ownership, or beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in
a cultivation that would result in the person or entity owning
or controlling in combination with any cultivation center,
principal officer of a cultivation center, or entity
controlled or affiliated with a principal officer of a
cultivation center by which he, she, or it is employed, is an
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cultivation center licenses.
(k) A cultivation center may not contain more than 210,000
square feet of canopy space for plants in the flowering stage
for cultivation of adult use cannabis as provided in this Act.
(l) A cultivation center may process cannabis, cannabis
concentrates, and cannabis-infused products.
(m) Beginning July 1, 2020, a cultivation center shall not
transport cannabis or cannabis-infused products to a craft
grower, dispensing organization, infuser organization, or
laboratory licensed under this Act, unless it has obtained a
transporting organization license.
(n) It is unlawful for any person having a cultivation
center license or any officer, associate, member,
representative, or agent of such licensee to offer or deliver
money, or anything else of value, directly or indirectly to
any person having an Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, an Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License, or a medical cannabis dispensing organization license
issued under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program
Act, or to any person connected with or in any way
representing, or to any member of the family of, such person
holding an Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License, a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License, an Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, or a
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the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, or to
any stockholders in any corporation engaged in the retail sale
of cannabis, or to any officer, manager, agent, or
representative of the Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, an Adult Use Dispensing Organization
License, or a medical cannabis dispensing organization license
issued under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program
Act to obtain preferential placement within the dispensing
organization, including, without limitation, on shelves and in
display cases where purchasers can view products, or on the
dispensing organization's website.
(o) A cultivation center must comply with any other
requirements or prohibitions set by administrative rule of the
Department of Agriculture.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
5-13-22.)
(410 ILCS 705/30-10)
Sec. 30-10. Application.
(a) When applying for a license, the applicant shall
electronically submit the following in such form as the
Department of Agriculture may direct:
(1) the nonrefundable application fee of $5,000 to be
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amount as the Department of Agriculture may set by rule
after January 1, 2021;
(2) the legal name of the craft grower;
(3) the proposed physical address of the craft grower;
(4) the name, address, social security number, and
date of birth of each principal officer and board member
of the craft grower; each principal officer and board
member shall be at least 21 years of age;
(5) the details of any administrative or judicial
proceeding in which any of the principal officers or board
members of the craft grower (i) pled guilty, were
convicted, were fined, or had a registration or license
suspended or revoked or (ii) managed or served on the
board of a business or non-profit organization that pled
guilty, was convicted, was fined, or had a registration or
license suspended or revoked;
(6) proposed operating bylaws that include procedures
for the oversight of the craft grower, including the
development and implementation of a plant monitoring
system, accurate recordkeeping, staffing plan, and
security plan approved by the Illinois State Police that
are in accordance with the rules issued by the Department
of Agriculture under this Act; a physical inventory shall
be performed of all plants and on a weekly basis by the
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all background checks of the prospective principal
officers, board members, and agents of the cannabis
business establishment have been conducted;
(8) a copy of the current local zoning ordinance or
permit and verification that the proposed craft grower is
in compliance with the local zoning rules and distance
limitations established by the local jurisdiction;
(9) proposed employment practices, in which the
applicant must demonstrate a plan of action to inform,
hire, and educate minorities, women, veterans, and persons
with disabilities, engage in fair labor practices, and
provide worker protections;
(10) whether an applicant can demonstrate experience
in or business practices that promote economic empowerment
in Disproportionately Impacted Areas;
(11) experience with the cultivation of agricultural
or horticultural products, operating an agriculturally
related business, or operating a horticultural business;
(12) a description of the enclosed, locked facility
where cannabis will be grown, harvested, manufactured,
packaged, or otherwise prepared for distribution to a
dispensing organization or other cannabis business
establishment;
(13) a survey of the enclosed, locked facility,
including the space used for cultivation;
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plans;
(15) a description of the applicant's experience with
agricultural cultivation techniques and industry
standards;
(16) a list of any academic degrees, certifications,
or relevant experience of all prospective principal
officers, board members, and agents of the related
business;
(17) the identity of every person having a financial
or voting interest of 5% or greater in the craft grower
operation, whether a trust, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, or sole proprietorship,
including the name and address of each person;
(18) a plan describing how the craft grower will
address each of the following:
(i) energy needs, including estimates of monthly
electricity and gas usage, to what extent it will
procure energy from a local utility or from on-site
generation, and if it has or will adopt a sustainable
energy use and energy conservation policy;
(ii) water needs, including estimated water draw
and if it has or will adopt a sustainable water use and
water conservation policy; and
(iii) waste management, including if it has or
will adopt a waste reduction policy;
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(A) Purchaser packaging, including cartridges,
shall be accepted by the applicant and recycled.
(B) Any recyclable waste generated by the craft
grower facility shall be recycled per applicable State
and local laws, ordinances, and rules.
(C) Any cannabis waste, liquid waste, or hazardous
waste shall be disposed of in accordance with 8 Ill.
Adm. Code 1000.460, except, to the greatest extent
feasible, all cannabis plant waste will be rendered
unusable by grinding and incorporating the cannabis
plant waste with compostable mixed waste to be
disposed of in accordance with 8 Ill. Adm. Code
1000.460(g)(1);
(20) a commitment to comply with local waste
provisions: a craft grower facility must remain in
compliance with applicable State and federal environmental
requirements, including, but not limited to:
(A) storing, securing, and managing all
recyclables and waste, including organic waste
composed of or containing finished cannabis and
cannabis products, in accordance with applicable State
and local laws, ordinances, and rules; and
(B) disposing liquid waste containing cannabis or
byproducts of cannabis processing in compliance with
all applicable State and federal requirements,
including, but not limited to, the cannabis

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cultivation facility's permits under Title X of the
Environmental Protection Act;
(21) a commitment to a technology standard for
resource efficiency of the craft grower facility.
(A) A craft grower facility commits to use
resources efficiently, including energy and water. For
the following, a cannabis cultivation facility commits
to meet or exceed the technology standard identified
in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), which may be
modified by rule:
(i) lighting systems, including light bulbs;
(ii) HVAC system;
(iii) water application system to the crop;
and
(iv) filtration system for removing
contaminants from wastewater.
(B) Lighting. The Lighting Power Densities (LPD)
for cultivation space commits to not exceed an average
of 36 watts per gross square foot of active and growing
space canopy, or all installed lighting technology
shall meet a photosynthetic photon efficacy (PPE) of
no less than 2.2 micromoles per joule fixture and
shall be featured on the DesignLights Consortium (DLC)
Horticultural Specification Qualified Products List
(QPL). In the event that DLC requirement for minimum
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that PPE shall become the new standard.
(C) HVAC. (i) For cannabis grow operations with
less than 6,000 square feet of canopy, the licensee
commits that all HVAC units will be high-efficiency
ductless split HVAC units, or other more energy
efficient equipment. (ii) For cannabis grow operations
with 6,000 square feet of canopy or more, the licensee
commits that all HVAC units will be variable
refrigerant flow HVAC units, or other more energy
efficient equipment.
(D) Water application.
(i) The craft grower facility commits to use
automated watering systems, including, but not
limited to, drip irrigation and flood tables, to
irrigate cannabis crop.
(ii) The craft grower facility commits to
measure runoff from watering events and report
this volume in its water usage plan, and that on
average, watering events shall have no more than
20% of runoff of water.
(E) Filtration. The craft grower commits that HVAC
condensate, dehumidification water, excess runoff, and
other wastewater produced by the craft grower facility
shall be captured and filtered to the best of the
facility's ability to achieve the quality needed to be
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(F) Reporting energy use and efficiency as
required by rule; and
(22) any other information required by rule.
(b) Applicants must submit all required information,
including the information required in Section 30-15, to the
Department of Agriculture. Failure by an applicant to submit
all required information may result in the application being
disqualified.
(c) If the Department of Agriculture receives an
application with missing information, the Department of
Agriculture may issue a deficiency notice to the applicant.
The applicant shall have 10 calendar days from the date of the
deficiency notice to resubmit the incomplete information.
Applications that are still incomplete after this opportunity
to cure will not be scored and will be disqualified.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
(410 ILCS 705/30-30)
Sec. 30-30. Craft grower requirements; prohibitions.
(a) The operating documents of a craft grower shall
include procedures for the oversight of the craft grower, a
cannabis plant monitoring system including a physical
inventory recorded weekly, accurate recordkeeping, and a
staffing plan.
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reviewed by the Illinois State Police that includes, but is
not limited to: facility access controls, perimeter intrusion
detection systems, personnel identification systems, and a
24-hour surveillance system to monitor the interior and
exterior of the craft grower facility and that is accessible
to authorized law enforcement and the Department of
Agriculture in real time.
(c) All cultivation of cannabis by a craft grower must
take place in an enclosed, locked facility at the physical
address provided to the Department of Agriculture during the
licensing process. The craft grower location shall only be
accessed by the agents working for the craft grower, the
Department of Agriculture staff performing inspections, the
Department of Public Health staff performing inspections,
State and local law enforcement or other emergency personnel,
contractors working on jobs unrelated to cannabis, such as
installing or maintaining security devices or performing
electrical wiring, transporting organization agents as
provided in this Act, or participants in the incubator
program, individuals in a mentoring or educational program
approved by the State, or other individuals as provided by
rule. However, if a craft grower shares a premises with an
infuser or dispensing organization, agents from those other
licensees may access the craft grower portion of the premises
if that is the location of common bathrooms, lunchrooms,
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cultivation of cannabis is not performed. At no time may an
infuser or dispensing organization agent perform work at a
craft grower without being a registered agent of the craft
grower.
(d) A craft grower may not sell or distribute any cannabis
to any person other than a cultivation center, a craft grower,
an infuser organization, a dispensing organization, or as
otherwise authorized by rule.
(e) A craft grower may not be located in an area zoned for
residential use.
(f) A craft grower may not either directly or indirectly
discriminate in price between different cannabis business
establishments that are purchasing a like grade, strain,
brand, and quality of cannabis or cannabis-infused product.
Nothing in this subsection (f) prevents a craft grower from
pricing cannabis differently based on differences in the cost
of manufacturing or processing, the quantities sold, such as
volume discounts, or the way the products are delivered.
(g) All cannabis harvested by a craft grower and intended
for distribution to a dispensing organization must be entered
into a data collection system, packaged and labeled under
Section 55-21, and, if distribution is to a dispensing
organization that does not share a premises with the
dispensing organization receiving the cannabis, placed into a
cannabis container for transport. All cannabis harvested by a
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center, to an infuser organization, or to a craft grower with
which it does not share a premises, must be packaged in a
labeled cannabis container and entered into a data collection
system before transport.
(h) Craft growers are subject to random inspections by the
Department of Agriculture, local safety or health inspectors,
the Illinois State Police, or as provided by rule.
(i) A craft grower agent shall notify local law
enforcement, the Illinois State Police, and the Department of
Agriculture within 24 hours of the discovery of any loss or
theft. Notification shall be made by phone, in person, or
written or electronic communication.
(j) A craft grower shall comply with all State and any
applicable federal rules and regulations regarding the use of
pesticides. The Department has the authority to issue policy
prohibiting the use of pesticides during flowering stage.
(k) A craft grower or craft grower agent shall not
transport cannabis or cannabis-infused products to any other
cannabis business establishment without a transport
organization license unless:
(i) If the craft grower is located in a county with a
population of 3,000,000 or more, the cannabis business
establishment receiving the cannabis is within 2,000 feet
of the property line of the craft grower;
(ii) If the craft grower is located in a county with a
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the cannabis business establishment receiving the cannabis
is within 2 miles of the craft grower; or
(iii) If the craft grower is located in a county with a
population of fewer than 700,000, the cannabis business
establishment receiving the cannabis is within 15 miles of
the craft grower.
(l) A craft grower may enter into a contract with a
transporting organization to transport cannabis to a
cultivation center, a craft grower, an infuser organization, a
dispensing organization, or a laboratory.
(m) No person or entity shall hold any legal, equitable,
ownership, or beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, of
more than 3 craft grower licenses. Further, no person or
entity that is employed by, an agent of, or has a contract to
receive payment from or participate in the management of a
craft grower, is a principal officer of a craft grower, or
entity controlled by or affiliated with a principal officer of
a craft grower shall hold any legal, equitable, ownership, or
beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in a craft grower
license that would result in the person or entity owning or
controlling in combination with any craft grower, principal
officer of a craft grower, or entity controlled or affiliated
with a principal officer of a craft grower by which he, she, or
it is employed, is an agent of, or participates in the
management of more than 3 craft grower licenses.
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license or any officer, associate, member, representative, or
agent of the licensee to offer or deliver money, or anything
else of value, directly or indirectly, to any person having an
Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, a
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, an
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, or a medical
cannabis dispensing organization license issued under the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, or to any
person connected with or in any way representing, or to any
member of the family of, the person holding an Early Approval
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, a Conditional Adult
Use Dispensing Organization License, an Adult Use Dispensing
Organization License, or a medical cannabis dispensing
organization license issued under the Compassionate Use of
Medical Cannabis Program Act, or to any stockholders in any
corporation engaged in the retail sale of cannabis, or to any
officer, manager, agent, or representative of the Early
Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, a
Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, an
Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, or a medical
cannabis dispensing organization license issued under the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act to obtain
preferential placement within the dispensing organization,
including, without limitation, on shelves and in display cases
where purchasers can view products, or on the dispensing
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(o) A craft grower shall not be located within 1,500 feet
of another craft grower or a cultivation center.
(p) A craft grower may process cannabis, cannabis
concentrates, and cannabis-infused products.
(q) A craft grower must comply with any other requirements
or prohibitions set by administrative rule of the Department
of Agriculture.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
5-13-22.)
(410 ILCS 705/50-5)
Sec. 50-5. Laboratory testing.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
following acts, when performed by a licensed cannabis testing
facility with a current, valid license registration, or a
person 21 years of age or older who is acting in his or her
capacity as an owner, employee, or agent of a cannabis testing
facility, are not unlawful and shall not be an offense under
Illinois law or be a basis for seizure or forfeiture of assets
under Illinois law:
(1) possessing, repackaging, transporting, storing, or
displaying cannabis or cannabis-infused products;
(2) receiving or transporting cannabis or
cannabis-infused products from a cannabis business
establishment, a community college licensed under the

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Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot
Program, or a person 21 years of age or older; and
(3) returning or transporting cannabis or
cannabis-infused products to a cannabis business
establishment, a community college licensed under the
Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot
Program, or a person 21 years of age or older.
(b)(1) No laboratory shall handle, test, or analyze
cannabis unless approved by the Department of Agriculture in
accordance with this Section.
(2) No laboratory shall be approved to handle, test, or
analyze cannabis unless the laboratory:
(A) is accredited by a private laboratory accrediting
organization;
(B) is independent from all other persons involved in
the cannabis industry in Illinois and no person with a
direct or indirect interest in the laboratory has a direct
or indirect financial, management, or other interest in an
Illinois cultivation center, craft grower, dispensary,
infuser, transporter, certifying physician, or any other
entity in the State that may benefit from the production,
manufacture, dispensing, sale, purchase, or use of
cannabis; and
(C) has employed at least one person to oversee and be
responsible for the laboratory testing who has earned,
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regional certifying authority, at least:
(i) a master's level degree in chemical or
biological sciences and a minimum of 2 years'
post-degree laboratory experience; or
(ii) a bachelor's degree in chemical or biological
sciences and a minimum of 4 years' post-degree
laboratory experience.
(3) Each independent testing laboratory that claims to be
accredited must provide the Department of Agriculture with a
copy of the most recent annual inspection report granting
accreditation and every annual report thereafter.
(c) Immediately before manufacturing or natural processing
of any cannabis or cannabis-infused product or packaging
cannabis for sale to a dispensary, each batch shall be made
available by the cultivation center, craft grower, or infuser
for an employee of an approved laboratory to select a random
sample, which shall be tested by the approved laboratory for:
(1) microbiological contaminants;
(2) mycotoxins;
(3) pesticide active ingredients;
(4) residual solvent; and
(5) an active ingredient analysis.
(d) The Department of Agriculture may select a random
sample that shall, for the purposes of conducting an active
ingredient analysis, be tested by the Department of
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(e) A laboratory shall immediately return or dispose of
any cannabis upon the completion of any testing, use, or
research. If cannabis is disposed of, it shall be done in
compliance with Department of Agriculture rule.
(f) If a sample of cannabis does not pass the
microbiological, mycotoxin, pesticide chemical residue, or
solvent residue test, based on the standards established by
the Department of Agriculture, the following shall apply:
(1) If the sample failed the pesticide chemical
residue test, the entire batch from which the sample was
taken shall, if applicable, be recalled as provided by
rule.
(2) If the sample failed any other test, the batch may
be used to make a CO2-based or solvent based extract. After
processing, the CO2-based or solvent based extract must
still pass all required tests.
(g) The Department of Agriculture shall establish
standards for microbial, mycotoxin, pesticide residue, solvent
residue, or other standards for the presence of possible
contaminants, in addition to labeling requirements for
contents and potency.
(h) The laboratory shall file with the Department of
Agriculture an electronic copy of each laboratory test result
for any batch that does not pass the microbiological,
mycotoxin, or pesticide chemical residue test, at the same
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center. In addition, the laboratory shall maintain the
laboratory test results for at least 5 years and make them
available at the Department of Agriculture's request.
(i) A cultivation center, craft grower, and infuser shall
provide to a dispensing organization the laboratory test
results for each batch of cannabis product purchased by the
dispensing organization, if sampled. Each dispensing
organization must have those laboratory results available upon
request to purchasers.
(j) The Department of Agriculture may adopt rules related
to testing in furtherance of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
(410 ILCS 705/55-30)
Sec. 55-30. Confidentiality.
(a) Information provided by the cannabis business
establishment licensees or applicants to the Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, the Department
of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or other agency shall be
limited to information necessary for the purposes of
administering this Act. The information is subject to the
provisions and limitations contained in the Freedom of
Information Act and may be disclosed in accordance with
Section 55-65.
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the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public
Health, the Illinois State Police, and the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation for purposes of
administering this Article are subject to all applicable
federal privacy laws, are confidential and exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, except as
provided in this Act, and not subject to disclosure to any
individual or public or private entity, except to the
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health,
and the Illinois State Police as necessary to perform official
duties under this Article and to the Attorney General as
necessary to enforce the provisions of this Act. The following
information received and kept by the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation or the Department of Agriculture
may be disclosed to the Department of Public Health, the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Revenue, the
Illinois State Police, or the Attorney General upon proper
request:
(1) Applications and renewals, their contents, and
supporting information submitted by or on behalf of
dispensing organizations, cannabis business
establishments, or Community College Cannabis Vocational
Program licensees, in compliance with this Article,
including their physical addresses, including copies of
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cannabis business establishments by regulating agencies
under this Act; however, this does not preclude the
release of ownership information about cannabis business
establishment licenses, or information submitted with an
application required to be disclosed pursuant to
subsection (f);
(2) Any plans, procedures, policies, or other records
relating to cannabis business establishment security; and
(3) Information otherwise exempt from disclosure by
State or federal law.
Illinois or national criminal history record information,
or the nonexistence or lack of such information, may not be
disclosed by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation or the Department of Agriculture, except as
necessary to the Attorney General to enforce this Act.
(c) The name and address of a dispensing organization
licensed under this Act shall be subject to disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act. The name and cannabis business
establishment address of the person or entity holding each
cannabis business establishment license shall be subject to
disclosure.
(d) All information collected by the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation or the Department of
Agriculture in the course of an examination, inspection, or
investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not
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filed with the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation or the Department of Agriculture and information
collected to investigate any such complaint, shall be
maintained for the confidential use of the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation or the Department of
Agriculture and shall not be disclosed, except as otherwise
provided in this Act. A formal complaint against a licensee by
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the
Department of Agriculture or any disciplinary order issued by
the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the
Department of Agriculture against a licensee or applicant
shall be a public record, except as otherwise provided by law.
Complaints from consumers or members of the general public
received regarding a specific, named licensee or complaints
regarding conduct by unlicensed entities shall be subject to
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
(e) The Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State
Police, and the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation shall not share or disclose any Illinois or
national criminal history record information, or the
nonexistence or lack of such information, to any person or
entity not expressly authorized by this Act.
(f) Each Department responsible for licensure under this
Act shall publish on the Department's website a list of the
ownership information of cannabis business establishment
licensees under the Department's jurisdiction. The list shall

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include, but is not limited to: the name of the person or
entity holding each cannabis business establishment license;
and the address at which the entity is operating under this
Act. This list shall be published and updated monthly.
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
5-13-22.)
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INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance