In Plain Speak:
Subchapter 3: Commissions
§ 5431. Commission as steward; qualifications; no immunity or benefit
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Qualifications for licensing: 21+, legal residency/employment requirements, pass a basic examination approved by the Office based on the statutes, rules, and ethics relevant to stewardship acts.
§ 5432. Grounds to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or condition commission of steward.
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Standards of professional compliance similar to a drivers’ license framework of basic knowledge testing for licensure.
§ 5433. Renewals; continuing education
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Annual renewals
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20 hours of training, seminars, tax reporting, technology sessions, and general compliance training over two year intervals.
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Criteria established by industry experts and approved by the ISB- who are all appointed by officials to feel confident that public safety is being met.
§ 5434. Database of stewards
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Gives the Office the authority to securely house data on licensing program.
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Allows stewards the opportunity to clear technology for the use in cannabis business transactions and activities. This creates transparency when using “the internet” to conduct legal business within state bounds.
§ 5435. Prohibitions; offenses & disciplinary matters
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Establishes the penalties for offenses as well as for non-commissioned stewards engaging in stewardship activities (commerce) of cannabis.
§ 5436. Exemptions
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Standard exemptions for courts, civil servants, and other standard exemptions
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Attorney that have CLE’s in related materials do not need to add 20 more hours of continuing education credits.
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Complaint processes, and fee exemptions established.
§ 5437. Unprofessional conduct
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Grounds for dismissal from the regulated framework- including violation of local statutes, or other state cannabis boards or where other states recognize similar stewardship or professional cannabis commissions.
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§ 5438. Penalties
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The price of the consequences