§ 2-15-509 — Inspections and sampling

(a) The Department of Agriculture may enter onto land described by the grower to conduct inspections and collect and test samples. (b) The grower shall pay the cost of inspections under this section. (c) The department may inspect, collect samples from, or test plants from any portion of a lot to ensure compliance with this subchapter. (d) A grower shall allow the department to access the lot and the property on which the lot is located for purposes of this section. (e) The department may establish a sampling, testing, and remediation program published as annual policy guidelines in order to implement the industrial hemp production program. (f) During a scheduled sample collection, the grower or an authorized representative of the grower shall be present at the lot. (g) A representative of the sampling agency shall be provided with complete and unrestricted access during business hours to all industrial hemp and other cannabis plants, whether growing or harvested, and to all land, buildings, and other structures used for the cultivation, handling, and storage of all industrial hemp and other cannabis plants, and all locations listed in the grower license. (h) A grower shall not harvest the industrial hemp or other cannabis plants prior to samples being taken.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2021, No. 565,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.