2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 6 - Agriculture
Chapter 34 - Hemp
§ 566 Rulemaking authority
§ 566. Rulemaking authority
(a) The Secretary may adopt rules to provide for the implementation of this chapter and the pilot project authorized under this chapter, which may include rules to require hemp to be tested during growth for tetrahydrocannabinol levels and to require inspection and supervision of hemp during sowing, growing season, harvest, storage, and processing. The Secretary shall not adopt under this or any other section a rule that would prohibit a person to grow hemp based on the legal status of hemp under federal law.
(b) The Secretary shall adopt rules establishing how the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets will conduct research within the pilot program for industrial hemp.
(c) The Secretary shall adopt rules establishing requirements for the registration of processors of hemp and hemp-infused products. (Added 2007, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2013, No. 84, § 1; 2017, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
