Section 3 AAC 306.710 - Restricted access areas(a) A marijuana establishment shall restrict access to any part of the licensed premises where marijuana or a marijuana product is grown, processed, tested, stored, or stocked.(b) Except as provided in 3 AAC 306,325 for a retail marijuana store, each entrance to a restricted access area must be marked by a sign that says "Restricted access area. Visitors must be escorted." A marijuana establishment shall limit the number of visitors to not more than five visitors for each licensee, employee, or agent of the licensee who is actively engaged in supervising those visitors.(c) In a restricted access area, a licensee, employee, or agent of the marijuana establishment shall have on display, either on the person or in a readily accessible location on the licensed premises, a current identification badge bearing the person's photograph. A person under 21 years of age may not enter a restricted access area. Any visitor to the restricted access area must (1) show identification as required in 3 AAC 306.350 to prove that person is 21 years of age or older;(2) obtain a visitor identification badge before entering the restricted access area; and(3) be escorted at all times by a licensee, employee, or agent of the marijuana establishment.(d) The board may approve two or more licenses for overlapping premises owned by the same person or same group of persons and within the same building to use in common as a restricted access area if (1) the marijuana or marijuana product is properly accounted for in the marijuana establishment's inventory tracking system required under 3 AAC 306.730;(2) the marijuana or marijuana product is expressly identified as inventory of the appropriate marijuana establishment to which the marijuana or marijuana product belongs; and (3) the area is in compliance with this section and any other provision of this chapter that applies to restricted access areas, including video surveillance as required under 3 AAC 306.720 and restricted access area provisions specific to the license type to which the marijuana or marijuana product belongs.(e) Failure to comply with (d) of this section is grounds for issuance of a notice of violation under 3 AAC 306.805(a) or other enforcement action under 3 AAC 306.800 - 3 AAC 306.850.Eff. 2/21/2016, Register 217, April 2016; am 12/10/2020, Register 236, January 2021; am 1/19/2022, Register 241, April 2022; am 1/5/2024, Register 249, April 2024; am 8/16/2024, Register 251, October 2024Authority:AS 17.38.010
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