<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.sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0 { 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.sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8c000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003 { 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="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:90:03:05"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000000">44</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000000">:</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000000">90</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000000">:</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000000">03</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000000">:</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000000">05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001">.  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001">Operating procedures </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001">--</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001"> Required contents </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001">--</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001"> All medical cannabis establishments.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">The operating procedures of any medical cannabis establishment must include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (1)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">A management plan identifying the individuals who </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">are to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> be in charge of day-to-day operations of the establishment and their specific management roles;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (2)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">A site plan that must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (a)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Identify any areas in which cannabis </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">is to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> be cultivated, harvested, dried, stored, manufactured, tested, or destroyed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (b)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Indicate the types of activities that </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">are to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> take place in those areas;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (c)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Identify a means of legal ingress onto property from the closest maintained public right of way;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (d)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Demonstrate compliance with §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:90:04:05"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003">44:90:04:05</span></a><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (3)  Operating days and hours;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (4)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">A workplace safety plan consistent with 29 C.F.R. §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">1910.23 (November 18, 2016), 29 C.F.R. §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">1910.123 (November 18, 2016) and 29 C.F.R. §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">1200 (February 8, 2013), covering personal protective equipment, hazard assessment, safe equipment operation, proper application of agricultural chemicals, ladder use, and hazard communication;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (5)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Plans for compliance with all applicable safety standards contained in local ordinance, SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=11-10"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003">11-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">, article </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=61:15"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003">61:15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">, and chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:44:22"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003">20:44:22</span></a><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (6)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">A security plan indicating all doors, windows, gates, exterior lights, alarm sensors, and cameras and describing how alarms and cameras </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">are to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> be monitored;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (7)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Any additional steps to ensure the safety of patrons and the community;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (8)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Plans for preventing the diversion of cannabis to non</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">-</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">cardholders;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (9)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">A waste management plan for disposal of cannabis waste, including:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (a)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">A description of how the cannabis waste </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">is to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> be rendered unrecognizable and unfit for use </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">no later than seven days after becoming waste or prior to leaving the establishment, whichever is shorter, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">by grinding and mixing the waste with at least </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">fifty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> percent soil, sawdust, grease, food waste, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">or </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">yard waste;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (b)  If the establishment chooses to compost the waste, a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> description of how the waste </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">is to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> be composted</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> within thirty days of becoming waste</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (c)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">A description of how the waste </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">is to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> be hauled from the premises</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> within thirty days of becoming waste</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (10)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">A wastewater plan, including:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (a)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">For establishments connecting to a public wastewater system, a pretreatment industrial use permit or a determination by the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources that </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> permit is </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">not </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">necessary; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">            (b)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">For establishments using an onsite wastewater system, the applicant</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">'</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">s certification of compliance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=74:53:01"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003">74:53:01</span></a><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (11)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Pre-employment screening procedures, including criminal background check</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">s</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    (12)  </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">Processes for limiting access by unauthorized persons, including verification of identity for all vendors and contractors, issuance of a visitor badge, and closely monitoring all visitors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021; 52 SDR 10, effective August 4, 2025.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">(</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">1</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">)(</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">4</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">    </span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-55"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003">34-20G-55</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">(1), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">(</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">4</span><span class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cC0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3940cb5-beb9-4218-aabe-ceb98311bb8c000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>