Section 22-C6100. MANDATORY REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION

 

6100.1The Department shall revoke or suspend the registration of any registration holder who is found by the Department or a District or Federal Court, to have willfully violated any provision specifically contained in the Act to be in violation of this subtitle.

 

6100.2The Department shall revoke the registration of a registration holder as a result of any of the following events during the period for which the registration was issued:

 

(a)The registration holder has been convicted in a court of law of one (1) or more violations of the Act or the regulations issued under this subtitle and the penalties set forth in chapter 61 of this subtitle require revocation;

 

(b) Except for the sale of medical marijuana or drug paraphernalia related to the sale of medical marijuana, the registration holder has knowingly engaged, permitted, or condoned inside or outside of the establishment:

 

(1)The illegal sale, or negotiations for sale, or the use, of any controlled substance identified in the District of Columbia Controlled Substances Act; or

 

(2)The possession or sale, or negotiations for sale, of drug paraphernalia in violation of the Controlled Substances Act or chapter 11 of title 48 of the District of Columbia Code. Successive sales, or negotiations for sale, over a continuous period of time shall be deemed evidence of knowledge; or

 

 (c)The registration holder has been convicted of a felony, or any drug-related offense.

 

6100.4A cultivation center may request that a Department investigator put on protective gear prior to entering a cultivation center.

 

6100.5The Department shall mandatorily suspend the registration of a cultivation center or dispensary upon a finding that a director, officer, member, incorporator, agent manager or employee of a cultivation center or dispensary has willfully violated any provision specifically contained in the Act.  The Department shall remove the suspension once the Department is satisfied that the director, officer, member, incorporator, agent, manager or employee is no longer affiliated or employed with the cultivation center or dispensary.

 

authority

The Mayor, pursuant to section 14 of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 (Act), effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1671.01, et. seq. (2011 Supp.)).

source

Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10224 (December 2, 2011).