§ 10. Powers and duties of the cannabis control board. The cannabis\ncontrol board or "board" shall have the following functions, powers and\nduties as provided for in this chapter:\n 1. Discretion to issue or refuse to issue any registration, license or\npermit provided for in this chapter, as follows: the chairperson, after\nreceiving a recommendation and relevant application information from the\noffice and providing such information to all board members, shall issue\na preliminary determination on whether the license, registration or\npermit shall be granted, denied, or held for further action. Within\nfourteen days of the chairperson's preliminary determination, any board\nmember may object to the chairperson's preliminary determination, or\nrequest the matter be brought before the full board for consideration.\nAny preliminary determination by the chairperson shall take effect\nfourteen days after it has been issued by the chairperson, provided that\nno board member objects or requests the matter be considered by the full\nboard, as adopted by the board through resolution.\n 2. Sole discretion to limit, or not to limit, the number of\nregistrations, licenses and permits of each class to be issued within\nthe state or any political subdivision thereof, in a manner that\nprioritizes social and economic equity applicants with the goal of fifty\npercent awarded to such applicants, and considers small business\nopportunities and concerns, avoids market dominance in sectors of the\nindustry, and reflects the demographics of the state.\n 3. To revoke, cancel or suspend, after notice and an opportunity to be\nheard, any registration, license, or permit issued under this chapter\nfor a violation of this chapter or any regulation pursuant thereto.\n 3-a. To impose or recover a civil penalty, as otherwise authorized\nunder this chapter, against any person found to have violated any\nprovision of this chapter, whether or not a registration, license, or\npermit has been issued to such person pursuant to this chapter.\n 4. To fix by rule and regulation the standards and requirements of\ncultivation, processing, packaging, marketing, and sale of medical\ncannabis, adult-use cannabis and cannabis product, and cannabinoid hemp\nand hemp extract, including but not limited to, the ability to regulate\nexcipients, and the types, forms, and concentration of products which\nmay be manufactured and/or processed, in order to ensure the health and\nsafety of the public and the use of proper ingredients and methods in\nthe manufacture of all medical, adult-use, cannabinoid hemp and hemp\nextract to be sold or consumed in the state and to ensure that products\nare not packaged, marketed, or otherwise sold in a way which targets\nminors or promotes increased use or cannabis use disorders.\n 5. To limit or prohibit, at any time of public emergency and without\nprevious notice or advertisement, the cultivation, processing,\ndistribution or sale of any or all cannabis products, medical cannabis\nor cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract, for and during the period of such\nemergency.\n 6. To hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance,\nadminister oaths, to examine any person under oath and in connection\ntherewith to require the production of any books or records relative to\nthe inquiry. A subpoena issued under this section shall be regulated by\nthe civil practice law and rules.\n 7. To appoint any necessary directors, deputies, counsels, assistants,\ninvestigators, and other employees within the limits provided by\nappropriation. Directors, deputies and counsels, including the chief\nequity officer, and confidential secretaries to board members shall be\nin the exempt class of the civil service. The other assistants,\ninvestigators and employees of the office shall all be in the\ncompetitive class of the civil service and shall be considered for\npurposes of article fourteen of the civil service law to be public\nemployees of the
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