(a) Any person who is an employee within a commercial cannabis business must be legally authorized to do so under applicable state law.
(b) A commercial cannabis business shall keep the following records of each of its employees on file at the premises of the business:
(1) Name, address, and phone number of the employee;
(2) Age and verification of employee. A copy of a birth certificate, driver's license, government issued identification card, passport or other proof that the applicant is at least twenty-one (21) years of age must be on file with the business;
(3) A list of any crimes enumerated in California Business and Professions Code Section 26057(b)(4) for which the employee has been convicted;
(4) Name, address, and contact person for all previous employers of the employee for the last ten (10) years, including, but not limited to, all employers from which the applicant was fired, resigned, or asked to leave and the reasons for such dismissal or firing;
(5) The fingerprints and a recent photograph of the employee;
(6) If applicable, verification that the employee is a qualified patient or primary caregiver;
(d) 4 The permittee shall provide to the Chief of Police or his/her designee, upon request, the records described above in subsection (b). The Chief of Police of his/ her designee may review the records and may conduct a background check to determine whether the employee has been convicted of a crime that shows the employee:
(1) Is dishonest; or
(2) Has committed a felony or misdemeanor involving fraud, deceit, embezzlement; or
(3) Was convicted of a violent felony, a crime of moral turpitude; or
(4) The illegal use, possession, transportation, distribution or similar activities related to controlled substances, as defined in the Federal Controlled Substances Act, except for cannabis related offenses for which the conviction occurred after the passage of the Compassionate Use Act of 1996.
(Ord. MC-1503, 9-05-18; Ord. MC-1464, 3-07-18)
Notes
| 4 | 4. 5.10.070(c) is not given in texts of either Ord. MC-1464, 3-07-18 or of Ord. MC-1503, 9-05-18 |