Section 36-2804.07 - Independent third-party laboratories; certification; inspectionA. Independent third-party laboratories shall be certified by the department.B. After receiving an application for an independent third-party laboratory, the department shall certify the independent third-party laboratory and issue a certificate and a random twenty-digit alphanumeric identification number if: 1. The prospective independent third-party laboratory has submitted all of the following: (b) An application, that includes: (i) The legal name of the independent third-party laboratory.(ii) The physical address of the independent third-party laboratory, which may not be within five hundred feet of a public or private school existing before the date of the independent third-party laboratory's application.(iii) The name, address and date of birth of the owner of the independent third-party laboratory.(iv) The name, address and date of birth of each independent third-party laboratory agent.(c) Policies and procedures consistent with department rules and the requirements of section 36-2803.(d) If the city, town or county in which the independent third-party laboratory would be located has enacted zoning restrictions, a sworn statement certifying that the independent third-party laboratory is in compliance with the restrictions.2. The independent third-party laboratory's owner and agents have not been convicted of an excluded felony offense.3. The independent third-party laboratory's owner and agents are at least twenty-one years of age.C. Certified independent third-party laboratories are subject to reasonable inspection by the department.D. The department may conduct a criminal records check in order to carry out this section.Added by L. 2019, ch. 318,s. 7, eff. 8/27/2019.