Commonwealth Ends State Of Emergency – Cannabis & Hemp

As of immediately – June 15, 2021 – the Commonwealth’s State
of Emergency associated to the COVID-19 pandemic has ended. 
Though the Hashish Management Fee (“Fee”)
has issued bulletins and administrative orders that briefly
prolong telehealth, virtual community outreach
meeting and curbside operations
protocols till September 1, 2021, the steadiness of the
Fee’s COVID-19 associated protocols have expired. 
This may increasingly have essential implications for Marijuana Institution
Licensees.

For instance, though the Fee might have forgiven
Licensees that did not fulfill their Variety Plan or Constructive
Impression Plan commitments throughout the previous 12 months, we count on that the
Fee might extra intently scrutinize compliance with such plans
in future license renewal purposes.  Relatedly, to the
extent that Licensees dedicated of their license renewal
purposes to take sure actions (e.g., host a job
truthful or carry out sure volunteer/neighborhood service actions)
following the top of the State of Emergency, they need to now start
to take these actions.  As well as, in gentle of the top of
the State of Emergency and the Fee’s latest adoption of
an out-of-state fingerprinting
process, the Fee might quickly revise or rescind
its coverage of routinely granting waivers to people who’re
unable to finish required fingerprinting. 

Please additionally word that
the Governor’s COVID-19 Executive Order
42 tolled the lapsing/expiration of permits and
approvals issued by state allowing businesses throughout the State of
Emergency.  As a result of the State of Emergency has now ended, the
expiration date/deadline for a state allow needs to be calculated as
follows: decide what number of days remained as of March 10, 2020
till the expiration or deadline, and that very same variety of days will
stay as of immediately, June 15, 2021.  Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020
established the same tolling regime
for the lapsing/expiration of native permits and approvals. 
Licensees ought to subsequently be sure that all state and native permits
and approvals are well timed renewed.

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