24:6I-13 Exchange of data, information.

15. a. The Cannabis Regulatory Commission is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with, and receive information from, the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for use in reviewing applications for individuals who are required to complete a criminal history record background check in connection with applications to serve as designated caregivers or institutional caregivers pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-4), for licenses to operate as, or to be a director, officer, or employee of, medical cannabis testing laboratories pursuant to section 25 of P.L.2019, c.153 (C.24:6I-18), for permits to operate as, or to be a director, officer, or employee of, or a significantly involved person in, clinical registrants pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2019, c.153 (C.24:6I-7.3), and for permits to operate as, or to be a director, officer, or employee of, or a significantly involved person in, medical cannabis cultivators, medical cannabis manufacturers, and medical cannabis dispensaries pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2009, c.307 (C.24:6I-7).

b. The Division of State Police shall promptly notify the Cannabis Regulatory Commission in the event an applicant seeking to serve as a designated or institutional caregiver, an applicant for a license to operate as, or to be a director, officer, or employee of, a medical cannabis testing laboratory, an applicant for a permit to operate as, or to be a director, officer, or employee of, or a significantly involved person in, a clinical registrant, or an applicant for a permit to operate as, or to be a director, officer, or employee of, or a significantly involved person in, a medical cannabis cultivator, medical cannabis manufacturer, or medical cannabis dispensary, who was the subject of a criminal history record background check conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, is convicted of a crime involving possession or sale of a controlled dangerous substance.

L.2009, c.307, s.15; amended 2012, c.17, s.91; 2019, c.153, s.21.