Neil Closner, CEO of Markham, Ont.-based MedReleaf, one of 13 companies currently licensed to grow and sell medical weed under a new regulatory regime that recently took effect. <snip> Getting a production licence from Health Canada involves volumes of paperwork and culminates in a physical inspection of the growing facility. Closner said his on-site inspection lasted several hours and involved a review of thousands of pages of company protocols and an examination of security systems.
Once a company is licensed to grow, they continue to be subject to audits and followup inspections.
12 - Division 1 - Permitted Activities and General Obligations 21 - Division 2 - Licensing 41 - Division 3 - Security Measures 41 - General 43 - Perimeter of Site 46 - Areas Within a Site where Cannabis is Present 52 - Division 4 - Good Production Practices 64 - Division 5 - Packaging, Labelling and Shipping 74 - Division 6 - Import and Export 89 - Division 7 - Security Clearances 101 - Division 8 - Communication of Information 107 - PART 2 - CLIENT REGISTRATION AND ORDERING 107 - Registration 119 - New Medical Document 121 - Processing an Order