Cannabis Compliance Specialist Certificate

What You’ll Learn

• Categories of Cannabis Compliance: Learn the core categories in cannabis compliance including licensing and permitting, track-and-trace systems, security and surveillance requirements, packaging, labeling, and testing, employee training and safety, environmental regulations, product recalls and incident reporting, and financial compliance.

• The Role of the Compliance Specialist: Understand the role of cannabis compliance specialists by reviewing the day-to-day duties of a compliance officer or specialist, skills required, internal vs. third-party compliance roles, and reporting relationships.

• What Happens When You’re Not Compliant: Understand the business impacts of non-compliance including product recalls, license suspensions or revocations, heavy fines, lost consumer trust and ineligibility for federal legalization opportunities in the future.
• Compliance Culture & Internal Buy-In: Review why compliance should be a company-wide culture, not just a department including strategies for getting buy-in from other departments and the role of compliance education for all staff.

Who Should Attend

• For those interested in learning more about cannabis compliance, cultivation, distribution, and risk mitigation.

Why USD?

The Professional and Continuing Education program nurtures key partnerships on the local, national, and international level. The goal is to better serve working professionals who seek to enhance or build their careers and help achieve their highest value and potential. Contact us today to learn more.

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