Section 15-22-4.1 - General4.1.1 All medical cannabis establishments, including cannabis testing facility laboratory operations, shall be physically located within the State of Mississippi.4.1.2 Licensed medical cannabis establishments may produce and possess usable medical cannabis in an amount reasonably necessary to meet the demand for and needs of qualifying patients as demand and needs may be determined by the Department. At a minimum, the Department will utilize the following data sources to make such determinations: patient registry, medical cannabis establishment licensing data, and data produced by the statewide seed-to-sale system.4.1.3 Cannabis processing entities that process edible cannabis products shall also comply with any and all Department regulations for Mississippi Food Manufacture and Sale with fees and inspection schedules associated with risk level 4 for the related manufactured food permit.4.1.4 Commencement of Operations. Medical cannabis licensees shall notify the Department (in a format approved by the Department) of their intent to commence operations for which authority is granted by the licensure status, along with the date of the commencement. Notification to the Department shall include, but is not limited to:A. Verification of an operational alarm and video surveillance system meeting requirements in Rules 4.5.2 and 4.5.3;B. Verification of secure locks throughout the facility;C. Verification of implementation of biosecurity measures;D. Verification of access controls throughout the facility;E. Verification of initial inventory of cannabis and/or cannabis products;F. Verification of functional operation capacity;G. Verification of employment records (at the time); and,H. Verification of connection to the state's seed-to-sale system.4.1.5 A medical cannabis licensee that fails to maintain operations for any reason for more than six (6) months from the date of licensure after it has commenced business activities shall be notified in writing and given thirty (30) days from the date of notification from the Department to submit a written explanation why it so failed and, if it plans on continuing to operate as a licensee, a description of how it will correct the problem and prevent it from occurring again.4.1.6 Licensed medical cannabis establishments shall only purchase, grow, cultivate, and use cannabis that is grown, cultivated, processed, and dispensed in this state. No medical cannabis that is grown, cultivated or processed in this state shall be transported outside of this state. No cannabis product shall be brought into the State of Mississippi for the purpose of converting, transforming, chemically engineering, or otherwise altering it into a compound or substance which would constitute cannabis and/or a cannabis product under this Part.4.1.7 Medical cannabis establishments shall not acquire, possess, store, grow, cultivate, harvest, manufacture, produce, or transport cannabis or cannabis products for any person or entity other than those authorized by this Part.