Section 3 AAC 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; Click here to view image
(2) notify the board of any a I tern alive 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; and(3) comply with the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office's Cannabis Testing Laboratory Compliance Document, dated September 30, 2019 and adopted by reference; a marijuana testing facility whose license was first issued before (March 25,2020) shall comply with this paragraph not later than (September 25, 2020).(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 adapted, 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.Eff. 2/21/2016, Register 217, April 2016; am 3/25/2020, Register 233, April 2020Authority:AS 17.38.010
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