The CRA is aware licensees may experience prolonged power outages after a severe weather event and advises licensees to have the below emergency protocols in place.
The Medical Marijuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMFLA) and the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (MRTMA) require marijuana facilities and establishments to:
- Maintain an alarm system at their business
- Have video surveillance that covers and records all required areas, and maintain those recordings for a minimum of 30 days
- Accurately enter all transactions and maintain their current inventory in the statewide monitoring system (Metrc)
Licensees holding a provisioning center license under the MMFLA are required to verify that any caregiver or patient purchasing product has a valid, current, unexpired, and unrevoked registry identification card and that the sale or transfer will not exceed the daily or monthly purchasing limits.
See the administrative rules here.
In the event any licensed facility or establishment experiences a long-term power outage – and is unable to comply with the administrative rules – they should proceed under the following guidance:
- Licensees should notify the CRA via submission of a reporting form, email, and/or telephone call and provide the details of the power outage and expected restoration times
- Licensees should ensure their business is monitored and secured to prevent against break-ins and/or theft
- Licensees should ensure all locking mechanisms are effective on doors and gates
- Licensees should record the transfers or transactions during this time outside of the METRC system either within their own third-party system used to integrate with METRC or a stand-alone tracking system
- Licensees will need to record all the information normally recorded within METRC during transfers and transactions – including, but not limited to, licensee number, package source tag number, package number, patient number, caregiver number, amount from purchase, date and time of purchase or transfer
- Licensees should update METRC with all transfer and transaction information within 24 hours of power restoration
- Provisioning Center licensees must review the data uploaded to METRC and determine if there were any over-sales transactions to include sales over 2.5 ounces of marijuana in one day or 10 ounces of marijuana in 30 days – if there were any sales that exceeded the allowable amount for purchase, the licensee should submit the sale information to the CRA within 72 hours at CRA-Compliance@michigan.gov.
This information is for contingency purposes only.
Licensees can contact METRC Support via email at support@metrc.com or phone (877-566-6506) for any questions or to report any issues that arise.
Questions can be sent to the Cannabis Regulatory Agency Field Operations Sections via email at CRA-Enforcement@michigan.gov.