(1)(a) A person or an
employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed pursuant to this article
10 may receive a responsible vendor designation. A program vendor shall provide a
person or an employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed pursuant
to this article 10 a responsible vendor designation after the person, employee,
manager, or controlling beneficial owner successfully completes the approved
training program. A responsible vendor designation is valid for two years from the
date of issuance. In order to maintain a responsible vendor designation, a person or
an employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed pursuant to this
article 10 shall successfully complete an approved training program every two
years. If an employee or manager wi
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(1) (a) A person or an
employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed pursuant to this article
10 may receive a responsible vendor designation. A program vendor shall provide a
person or an employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed pursuant
to this article 10 a responsible vendor designation after the person, employee,
manager, or controlling beneficial owner successfully completes the approved
training program. A responsible vendor designation is valid for two years from the
date of issuance. In order to maintain a responsible vendor designation, a person or
an employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed pursuant to this
article 10 shall successfully complete an approved training program every two
years. If an employee or manager with a responsible vendor designation leaves the
employment of a licensed medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business
and is employed by another licensed medical marijuana business or retail marijuana
business, the employee or manager does not have to receive a new responsible
vendor designation until the employee's or manager's current responsible vendor
designation expires.
(b) Successful completion of an approved training program is achieved when
the person or the employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner licensed
pursuant to this article 10 satisfactorily completes the approved training program.
(c) If all controlling beneficial owners with day-to-day operational control of
the licensed premises, all management personnel with responsibility for sales or
the training of employees who engage in sales or other consumer interactions, and
all employee licensees involved in the handling and sale of regulated marijuana of a
medical marijuana business or a retail marijuana business licensed pursuant to this
article 10 have a valid responsible vendor designation, the business is considered to
have a responsible vendor designation. When a licensed medical marijuana business
or retail marijuana business is considered to have a responsible vendor designation
and it hires a new employee or manager or has a new controlling beneficial owner
that meets the requirements of this subsection (1)(c), the new employee, manager,
or controlling beneficial owner must have a valid responsible vendor designation or
must successfully complete an approved training program within ninety days after
being employed or becoming an owner in order for the medical marijuana business
or retail marijuana business to maintain its responsible vendor designation. If a new
employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner has a valid responsible vendor
designation upon hire or becoming an owner, the licensed medical marijuana
business or retail marijuana business shall verify the designation within ninety days
after employment begins.
(2) (a) A licensed medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business
that is considered to have a responsible vendor designation shall maintain
information on all persons licensed pursuant to this article 10 who are in its
employment and who have been trained in an approved training program. The
information includes the date of the training program and the approved training
program provider and a list of all licensed persons attending each specific training
class, which class includes a training examination or assessment that demonstrates
proficiency.
(b) An employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner with a valid
responsible vendor designation shall maintain information related to the
designation, including the date of the training program and the approved training
program provider.
(3) If a local or state licensing authority initiates an administrative action
against an employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner who has complied
with the requirements of this section and has been designated a responsible vendor
or a licensed medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business that is
considered to have a responsible vendor designation, the licensing authority shall
consider the designation as a mitigating factor when imposing sanctions or
penalties on the employee, manager, or controlling beneficial owner or licensed
medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business.