44:90:04:04Co-location of medical cannabis establishments.

A medical cannabis establishment shall have separate means of ingress and egress from any other medical cannabis establishment, except that multiple medical cannabis establishments with common ownership may be co-located if: (1) The establishments have lockable, alarmed doors separating activities performed under different licenses; (2) The door separating a dispensary from cultivation or product manufacturing activities remains locked when cardholders are present, and signs clearly state that entry is limited to employees and other authorized persons; (3) The unit of local government allows the types of medical cannabis establishments requesting co-locations; and (4) None of the following occurs: (a) A testing facility located in the same structure as any other cannabis establishment; (b) Extraction using ethanol, inherently hazardous substances, or compressed gas in the same structure in which a cannabis dispensary is located; or (c) Pesticides applied in the same structure in which a dispensary is located. This section shall not be interpreted to prohibit shared access from a parking lot, walkway, concourse, or other area generally open to the public as part of a shopping center or business park, if allowed by the unit of local government.

Source: 48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021.