A. No commercial cannabis business shall use the services of an employee or agent unless that employee or agent has, within the prior three hundred sixty-five days, either (1) obtained a background clearance or (2) obtained LiveScan clearance from the public safety administrator.

B. The public safety administrator shall not grant LiveScan clearance to any individual if a LiveScan background check indicates that the individual has been convicted of a crime that would preclude the issuance of a background clearance pursuant to this chapter.

C. No person who has applied for and been denied background clearance may serve as an employee or agent of a commercial cannabis business unless background clearance is subsequently issued.

D. The public safety administrator may revoke a LiveScan clearance if he or she at any time determines that the subject of the clearance has been convicted of a crime that would preclude the issuance of background clearance pursuant to this chapter.

E. The city council may, by resolution, establish a fee for LiveScan clearance. (Ord. 2020-08 § 3, 2020)