2023 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 420f - Palliative Use of Marijuana
Section 21a-408t. - Research programs. Approval. Registration of employees. Regulations. Fees.

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may approve a research program if such research program will (1) be administered or overseen by (A) a hospital or health care facility licensed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health pursuant to chapter 368v, (B) an institution of higher education, as defined in section 10a-55, (C) a producer, micro-cultivator, cultivator, food and beverage manufacturer product packager or product manufacturer, as such terms are defined in section 21a-420, or (D) a dispensary facility, hybrid retailer or retailer, as such terms are defined in section 21a-420, and (2) have institutional review board oversight and, if the research program involves the use of animals, have an institutional animal care and use committee.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no person may act as a research program employee or represent that such person is a registered research program employee unless such person has obtained a registration from the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to this section.

(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to (1) provide for the approval of research programs and registration of research program employees, (2) establish standards and procedures for the termination or suspension of a research program, (3) establish standards and procedures for the revocation, suspension, summary suspension and nonrenewal of a research program employee registration, provided such standards and procedures are consistent with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 4-182, (4) establish a (A) fee for research program review and approval, and (B) registration and renewal fee for each research program employee, provided the aggregate amount of such fees shall not be less than the amount necessary to cover the direct and indirect cost of approving research programs and registering and regulating research program employees pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and (5) establish other licensing, registration, renewal and operational standards deemed necessary by the commissioner.

(d) Any fees collected by the Department of Consumer Protection under this section shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the General Fund.

(P.A. 16-23, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 79.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by deleting “licensed” before “producer” and adding references to licensees defined in Sec. 21a-420 in Subpara. (C), changing “licensed dispensary” to “dispensary facility” and adding references to hybrid retailer and retailer in Subpara. (D), amended Subsec. (b) by changing “licensed” and “license” to “registered” and “registration”, deleted former Subsec. (c) re temporary certificate of registration, redesignated existing Subsecs. (d) and (e) as Subsecs. (c) and (d) and amended redesignated Subsec. (c) by replacing references to “license” and “licensing” with “registration” and “registering”, effective July 1, 2021.