Section 3.306.635. Testing methodologies.

	(a)  An applicant for a marijuana testing facility license and a licensed marijuana testing facility shall  
		(1) use as guidelines or references for testing methodologies  
			(A) the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia's Cannabis Inflorescence: Standards of Identity, Analysis, and Quality Control, Revision 2014, adopted by reference; and  
			(B) the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's Recommended Methods for the Identification and Analysis of Cannabis and Cannabis Products: Manual for Use by National Drug Analysis Laboratories, dated 2009 and adopted by reference; and  
		(2) notify the board of any alternative scientifically valid testing methodology the marijuana testing facility proposes to use for any laboratory test it conducts; the board may require third-party validation of any monograph, peer-reviewed scientific journal article, or analytical method the marijuana testing facility proposes to follow to ensure the methodology produces comparable and accurate results.  
	(b)  An applicant for a marijuana testing facility license and the holder of a marijuana testing facility license shall observe good laboratory practices.  
	(c)  The board or the board's contractor may inspect the practices, procedures, and programs adopted, followed, and maintained by the applicant or the licensed marijuana testing facility and may examine all records of the applicant or the licensed marijuana testing facility that are related to the inspection. The board may require an applicant or a licensed marijuana testing facility to have an independent third party inspect and monitor laboratory operations to assess testing competency and the marijuana testing facility's compliance with its quality program. The board may require random validation of a marijuana testing facility's execution of each testing methodology the facility uses. The marijuana testing facility shall pay all costs of validation.  

Authorities

17.38.010;17.38.070;17.38.121;17.38.150;17.38.190;17.38.200;17.38.900

Notes

Reference

3 AAC 306.990

Authority

AS 17.38.010 AS 17.38.070 AS 17.38.121 AS 17.38.150 AS 17.38.190 AS 17.38.200 AS 17.38.900 Editor's note: Cannabis Inflorescence: Standards of Identity, Analysis, and Quality Control, Revision 2014, published by the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, adopted by reference in 3 AAC 306.635, may be obtained from the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, P.O. Box 66809, Scotts Valley, California 95067, or at the Internet address http://www.herbal-ahp.org/ The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's Recommended Methods for the Identification and Analysis of Cannabis and Cannabis Products: Manual for Use by National Drug Analysis Laboratories, adopted by reference in 3 AAC 306.635, is available at the Internet address https://www.unodc.org/documents/scientific/ST-NAR-40-Ebook.pdf.

History

Eff. 2/21/2016, Register 217

References

3.306.635