<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=12:82:04:01"><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000000">12</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000000">:</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000000">82</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000000">:</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000000">04</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000000">:</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000000">01</span></a><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000001">.  Negligent violation.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> Upon </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">the department's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> determination that a negligent violation related to the </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">growing or processing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> of industrial hemp has occurred, the department will institute a corrective action plan. Negligent violations include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">(1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">  A f</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">ailure to provide </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">an </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">accurate legal description of land </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">on which</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> industrial hemp is produced;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">(2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">  A f</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">ailure to obtain a license for inadvertent or unknown growth of industrial hemp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">(3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">  The p</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">roduction of cannabis with </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">total </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">THC exceeding </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">1% on a dry weight basis; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">(4)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">  The growing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> of industrial hemp outside of a licensed planting site.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> licensee </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">may</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> not be subject to any criminal enforcement action</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> as a result of a negligent violation</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">. Three negligent violations in a five-year period shall result in a grower being ineligible to produce industrial hemp for a period of five years from the date of the last violation.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> The department may not charge the grower or research licensee with more than one negligent violation in a calendar year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">47</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> SDR </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">75</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">, effective </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">December 28, 2020; 49 SDR 47, effective November 22, 2022</span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-35-11"><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000003">38-35-11</span></a><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">(3)(7).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">    </span><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-35-2"><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000003">38-35-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-35-9"><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000003">38-35-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-35-11"><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0-000003">38-35-11</span></a><span class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec7b2e85-309e-4241-b775-284480337133000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>