Operational Requirements for Cannabis Establishments

Regulation Authority:

R.I. Gen. Laws § 21-28.11-5

Purpose and Reason:

On November 7, 2025, the Commission received a petition for rulemaking pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-6 and 560-RICR-10-05-1.31 of the Commission’s regulations requesting that the Commission’s regulations be amended to remove the requirement set forth in 560-RICR-10-10-2.7.2(E)(2) that all packaging containing retail ready cannabis products be clearly labeled with the business name and license number of the retail location selling the product.  On November 14, 2025, the Commission voted to grant the petition and initiate rulemaking in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-6 to remove this requirement.  The regulatory language amendment proposed in this notice of proposed rulemaking centers on the wording “The business or tradename and license number of the cannabis establishment selling the product;” being struck from Section 10-10-2.7.2(E)(2), and all following numbers of subsection E being renumbered to account for this deletion.

The Commission decided to grant the petition and make this change for a number of reasons, including that the information requested to be struck was largely duplicative, as cannabis product labels must already contain a unique seed-to-sale tracking number that allows the product to be tracked from initial cannabis growth to final, retail-ready form.  The language that is being removed also originates from the DBR medical marijuana regulations, which were enacted prior to the current seed-to-sale tracking system being operationalized and required in the state.