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Health Canada makes changes to security requirements for licensed medical cannabis producers

Jan 28, 2018 | 7:06 AM

OTTAWA – Health Canada has announced two changes to physical security requirements for licensed producers of medical cannabis.

Effective immediately, licensed producers will be required to store cannabis within a secure area of their facility. The area must be secured with physical barriers, an intrusion detection system and 24/7 visual monitoring and recording capability. A record of the identity of every person entering or exiting the storage area must be kept, and access to the areas must be restricted to those whose presence is required by their work responsibilities.

The second change sees licensed producers not requiring to maintain 24/7 video surveillance inside the rooms where cannabis is being cultivated, propagated or harvested. All access points to cultivation, propagation and harvesting rooms will, however, continue to be subject to 24/7 video surveillance and recording in order to record all entries and exits.

Licensed producers will still have to meet remaining requirements under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations act.