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font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166d000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000004 { 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="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:90:12:03"><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000000">44</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000000">:</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000000">90</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000000">:</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000000">12</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000000">:</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000000">03</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000001">.  </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000001">Corrective action plan.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">Upon the discovery of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">suspected violation of this article or SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G"><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000002">34-20G</span></a><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">, the department may order the establishment to comply with a corrective action plan</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> may include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    (1)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">Modifying operating procedures to comply with this article and SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G"><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000002">34-20G</span></a><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    (2)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">Halting </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">the </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">transfer of cannabis or cannabis products that are mislabeled or otherwise pose a threat to public health; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    (3)  </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">Destroying or remediating cannabis or cannabis products that pose a threat to public health.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">The department </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">shall provide notice of the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> order to destroy a batch of cannabis or cannabis product</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000004">found to violate any provision of SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G"><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000002">34-20G</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000004"> or this article to an establishment. The department </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">does not need to demonstrate that the presence of contaminants </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">or the unsafe condition of the cannabis or cannabis product </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">was due to the action or inaction of </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">an establishment</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">. </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">The order</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> must identify the department</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">'</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">s decision as a final department action subject to judicial review pursuant to SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26"><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000002">1-26</span></a><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000004">An establishment must destroy the cannabis or cannabis product within ten business days of receipt of the order of destruction from the department</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">Nothing in this section prohibits </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">an establishment</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> from initiating corrective action, including voluntarily recalling cannabis or cannabis products.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021; 52 SDR 10, effective August 4, 2025.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000002">34-20G-72</span></a><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">(</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">4</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">    </span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-69"><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000002">34-20G-69</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0-000002">34-20G-72</span></a><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">(</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">4</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">)</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">(a)(d)</span><span class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7337909d-6999-4dff-b5f2-58548752166d000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>