                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTRATION CONDITIONS (§ 3.2-4116)

A. A person who is not a federally licensed hemp producer shall obtain a
registration pursuant to subsection A of &#xA7; 3.2-4115 prior to growing,
handling, or processing any industrial hemp in the Commonwealth.

B. A person issued a registration pursuant to subsection A of § 3.2-4115 shall:

   1. Maintain records that reflect compliance with this article;

   2. Retain all industrial hemp growing, handling, or processing records for at
   least three years;

   3. Allow his production field, handler&#8217;s storage site, or process site
   to be inspected by and at the discretion of the Commissioner or his designee,
   the Department of State Police, or the chief law-enforcement officer of the
   locality in which the production field, or handler&#8217;s storage site, or
   process site exists;

   4. Allow the Commissioner or his designee to monitor and test the
   grower&#8217;s, handler&#8217;s, or processor&#8217;s industrial hemp for
   compliance with tetrahydrocannabinol levels and for other appropriate purposes
   established pursuant to &#xA7; 3.2-4114, at the cost of the grower, handler,
   or processor; and

   5. If required by the Commissioner, destroy, at the cost of the grower,
   handler, or processor and in a manner approved of and verified by the
   Commissioner, any Cannabis sativa that the grower grows, the handler handles,
   or the processor processes that has been tested and, following any re-sampling
   and retesting as authorized pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; 3.2-4114.2,
   is found to have a concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol that is greater than
   that allowed by federal law, or any Cannabis sativa product that the processor
   produces.

C. A processor shall not sell industrial hemp or a substance containing an
industrial hemp extract, as defined in &#xA7; 3.2-5145.1, to a person if the
processor knows or has reason to know that such person will use the industrial
hemp or substance containing an industrial hemp extract in a substance that (i)
contains a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that is greater than 0.3
percent or (ii) contains more than two milligrams of total tetrahydrocannabinol
per package and does not contain an amount of cannabidiol that is at least 25
times greater than the amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol per package.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 158, 180; 2018, cc. 689, 690; 2019, cc. 653, 654; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 110; 2023, cc. 744, 794.