California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 19 - Department of Cannabis Control › Chapter 6 - Testing Laboratories › Article 4 - Standard Operating Procedures › Section 15712.1 - Cannabinoid Test Method for Dried Flower, Including Non-Infused Pre-Rolls

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Notwithstanding section
				  15712, a licensed laboratory shall
				  utilize the cannabinoid test method required by this section and shall not
				  utilize any other cannabinoid test method for the purpose of regulatory
				  compliance testing and reporting results for dried flower, including
				  non-infused pre-rolls. A licensed laboratory is not required to use the
				  cannabinoid test method required by this section for cannabis products,
				  including infused pre-rolls.
(b)
				  The licensed laboratory shall use Standard Operating Procedures: Determination
				  of Cannabinoids Concentration by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
				  for Dried Flower, including Non-Infused Pre-Rolls (New 4/10/2023), which is
				  incorporated by reference herein, to perform the cannabinoid testing required
				  by section 15724.
(c) The cannabinoid test method identified in
				  subsection (b) shall not be altered by the licensed laboratory.
(d) Notwithstanding the requirements of
				  section 15724(a), the
				  licensed laboratory shall analyze the sample size of the representative sample
				  as specified in the cannabinoid test method identified in subsection
				  (b).
(e) Prior to using the
				  cannabinoid test method identified in subsection (b), the licensed laboratory
				  shall perform a method verification of the cannabinoid test method, in
				  accordance with section
				  15712.2, to demonstrate that the
				  laboratory is capable of meeting the cannabinoid test method's performance
				  specifications.
(f) The licensed
				  laboratory is not required to provide the Department with a validation report
				  of the cannabinoid test method pursuant to sections
				  15702(c)(1) and
				  15713(d) for the
				  cannabinoid test method identified in subsection (b).
(g) The licensed laboratory shall provide the
				  Department with its standard operating procedures implementing the cannabinoid
				  test method identified in subsection (b) in accordance with the requirements of
				  sections 15702(b) and
				  15711(a). The
				  standard operating procedures shall be submitted with the verification report
				  required by section
				  15712.2 prior to use of the
				  cannabinoid test method for regulatory compliance testing.
(h) The licensed laboratory shall commence
				  utilizing the cannabinoid test method identified in subsection (b) no later
				  than January 1, 2024.
(i) The
				  licensed laboratory may test for additional cannabinoid analytes beyond those
				  specified in section IV(A) and in additional matrices beyond those covered in
				  the cannabinoid test method identified in subsection (b). The licensed
				  laboratory shall provide a method validation for additional cannabinoid
				  analytes and additional matrices in accordance with section
				  15713.
1. New
					 section filed 7-28-2023; operative 10-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						26013
						and
						26100,
						Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
						26100,
						Business and Professions Code.