(a)

(1) The department shall implement a unique identification program for cannabis and cannabis products.

(2) The unique identification program shall include the identification of permitted quantities of cannabis plants at a cultivation site during the cultivation period, and the identification of harvest batches and manufactured batches, as required by the department. The unique identifier shall be recorded in a manner as determined by the department by regulation. (

b) Unique identifiers shall only be issued to those persons appropriately licensed by this division. (

c) Information associated with the assigned unique identifier and licensee shall be included in the trace and track program specified in

Section 26067. (

d) The department may charge a fee to cover the reasonable costs of issuing the unique identifier and monitoring and tracking the movement of cannabis and cannabis products throughout the distribution chain. (

e) The department shall take adequate steps to establish protections against fraudulent unique identifiers and limit illegal diversion of unique identifiers to unlicensed persons. (

f) A city, county, or city and county may administer unique identifiers and associated identifying information but a city, county, or city and county’s identifiers shall not supplant the department’s track and trace program. (

g) This

section does not apply to the cultivation of cannabis in accordance with

Section 11362.1 of the Health and Safety Code or the Compassionate Use Act.