PRC §42984.20: (a) Within 12 months of the effective date of regulations pursuant to Section 42984.

(a) Within 12 months of the effective date of regulations pursuant to Section 42984.2, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall post on its internet website a list of producers that are in compliance with this chapter. The department shall list, as appropriate, the reported brands of covered products for each producer. (b) A producer that is not listed on the department’s internet website pursuant to subdivision (a) that demonstrates compliance with this chapter before the next list is posted by the department may either be added to the internet website or be provided a certification letter from the department stating that the producer of a covered product is in compliance with this chapter. The department’s list of compliant entities shall be available on the department’s internet website in a machine-readable format. (c) (1) A retailer, importer, distributor, or online marketplace shall monitor the department’s internet website where compliant producers are posted, as provided in subdivision (a), to determine if a producer, brand, or covered product is in compliance with this chapter for that producer of covered products. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (d), on and after the date a plan is approved by the department pursuant to Section 42984.8, a retailer, importer, distributor, or online marketplace shall not sell, distribute, offer for sale, or import a covered product in or into the state for sale in the state unless the producer of the covered product is listed as in compliance pursuant to this section for that brand and covered product. (d) (1) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), a retailer, importer, distributor, or online marketplace may sell, offer for sale, import, or distribute a covered product if the retailer, importer, distributor, or online marketplace has fulfilled the obligations for those covered products which the retailer, importer, distributor, or online marketplace sells, offers for sale, imports, or distributes pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (s) of Section 42984.3. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), a retailer, importer, distributor, or online marketplace may sell, offer for sale, import, or distribute a covered product if, on the date the retailer or distributor sells or offers for sale the covered product in or into the state, the producer, brand, or covered product was listed as compliant on the department’s internet website. (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), a retailer or distributor may, for any existing inventory in stock before the initial list was posted by the department pursuant to subdivision (a), sell or distribute that inventory for sale in or into the state. (e) (1) If the department determines a producer is not in compliance with this chapter, the department shall remove the producer, along with its brands and covered products, from the list of compliant producers posted on the department’s internet website pursuant to subdivision (a). (2) The department shall list on its internet website a producer, along with its brands and covered products, if the department subsequently determines that the producer is in compliance with this chapter.