Compliance Requirements Flashcards
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A METRC API integration used by a third-party point-of-sale system begins returning errors during a sale. What is the licensee's compliance obligation?
Answer: The licensee may continue sales but must enter all transactions into METRC manually within 24 hours
When automated integrations fail, licensees are responsible for manually entering all transactions into METRC within the required timeframe to maintain compliance.
Under METRC rules, which entity is responsible for ensuring that a cannabis transfer manifest is accurate before the transport vehicle departs?
Answer: The originating (sending) licensee
The sending licensee is responsible for creating an accurate manifest in METRC before the transfer departs their facility.
A cannabis testing laboratory receives a sample with a METRC tag but the physical weight does not match the manifest. What is the lab's required action?
Answer: Reject the transfer in METRC, document the discrepancy, and notify the sending licensee and regulator
A weight discrepancy at receipt is a compliance red flag; the lab must reject the transfer and document the issue for regulatory review.
In METRC, 'immature plants' are tracked differently from 'mature plants' primarily because:
Answer: Immature plants are tracked as batches rather than individually tagged plants
Immature plants (clones and seedlings) are grouped into plant batches with a single batch tag, while mature flowering plants receive individual plant tags.
Which of the following best describes why METRC uses unique identifiers (UIDs) on both plants and packages?
Answer: To enable regulators to track every unit of cannabis from seed to sale without breaks in custody
Unique identifiers support complete seed-to-sale traceability, allowing regulators to audit any unit of cannabis at any point in the supply chain.
A cultivator harvests plants from two different strains on the same day. Under METRC compliance rules, these harvests should be:
Answer: Recorded as separate harvest batches to maintain strain-level traceability
Different strains must be recorded as separate harvest batches to preserve product identity and support accurate lab testing and labeling.
A METRC compliance officer notices that a licensee's account shows zero plant or package activity for 60 consecutive days despite an active license. This situation most likely warrants:
Answer: A regulatory inquiry or inspection to verify the licensee's operational status and inventory
Extended inactivity in an active METRC account can indicate unreported operations, diversion, or a dormant license that should be surrendered.