Arizona Laws 3-317. Corrective actions; hearing
A. The director shall adopt rules to address, correct and remediate violations of this article and rules or orders adopted pursuant to this article.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-317
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Crop: means any industrial hemp that is grown under a single industrial hemp license issued by the department. See Arizona Laws 3-311
- Grower: means an individual, partnership, company or corporation that propagates industrial hemp under this article and rules and orders adopted by the director pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 3-311
- Harvester: means an individual, partnership, company or corporation that is licensed by the department to harvest industrial hemp for a licensed grower. See Arizona Laws 3-311
- Hemp seed: means any viable cannabis sativa L. See Arizona Laws 3-311
- Industrial hemp: means the plant cannabis sativa L. See Arizona Laws 3-311
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Processor: means an individual, partnership, company or corporation that is licensed by the department to receive industrial hemp for processing into hemp products or hemp seed. See Arizona Laws 3-311
- Transporter: means an individual, partnership, company or corporation that is licensed by the department to transport industrial hemp for a licensed grower to a processor. See Arizona Laws 3-311
B. The director may:
1. Issue and enforce a written cease and desist order against a grower, harvester, transporter or processor of any industrial hemp that the director finds is in violation of this article. The order shall prohibit the further sale, processing or transportation of the industrial hemp except on approval of the director.
2. Issue a stop sale order.
3. Seize and destroy any crop, harvested crop or hemp seed that does not comply with this article or any rule or order adopted pursuant to this article.
4. Take any other action to enforce this article and the rules and orders adopted pursuant to this article.
C. A person who violates this article or any rule or order adopted pursuant to this article may request a hearing before an administrative law judge pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10. The decision of the administrative law judge is subject to review by the director as provided by Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10. A request pursuant to this subsection does not stay a cease and desist order issued pursuant to this section.