Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 453A - Medical Use of Marijuana › PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA › Requirements for Independent Testing Laboratories › Section 453A.Sec. 204 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department will establish a
				proficiency testing program for marijuana testing facilities. A proficiency
				testing program must include, without limitation, providing rigorously
				controlled and standardized proficiency testing samples to marijuana testing
				facilities for analysis, reporting the results of such analysis and performing
				a statistical evaluation of the collective demographics and results of all
				marijuana testing facilities.
2.
				Each marijuana testing facility must participate in the proficiency testing
				program established pursuant to this section.
3. If required by the Department as part of
				being issued or renewing a license, the marijuana testing facility must have
				successfully participated in the proficiency testing program within the
				preceding 12 months.
4. To maintain
				continued licensure as a marijuana testing facility, a marijuana testing
				facility must participate in the designated proficiency testing program with
				continued satisfactory performance as determined by the Department.
5. A marijuana testing facility must analyze
				proficiency testing samples using the same procedures with the same number of
				replicate analyses, standards, testing analysts and equipment as used for
				product testing.
6. The scientific
				director of the marijuana testing facility and all testing analysts that
				participated in proficiency testing must sign corresponding attestation
				statements.
7. The scientific
				director of the marijuana testing facility must review and evaluate all
				proficiency testing results.
8.
				Successful participation includes the positive identification of 80 percent of
				the target analytes that the marijuana testing facility reports to include
				quantitative results when applicable. Any false positive results reported will
				be considered an unsatisfactory score for the proficiency testing.
9. Unsuccessful participation in proficiency
				testing may result in limitation, suspension or revocation of the license of
				the marijuana testing facility.
10.
				The Department will select a proficiency testing provider to conduct the
				proficiency testing program and determine the schedule that the proficiency
				testing provider will follow when sending proficiency testing samples to
				marijuana testing facilities for analysis.
11. In addition to achieving the standard
				required pursuant to subsection 8, a marijuana testing facility successfully
				participates in the proficiency testing program only if the marijuana testing
				facility:
(a) Obtains single-blind proficiency
				testing samples from the proficiency testing provider;
(b) Analyzes the proficiency testing sample
				for all analytes listed in sections 197 to 200, inclusive of this
				regulation;
(c) Reports the results
				of its analysis to the proficiency testing provider;
(d) Analyzes a proficiency testing sample
				pursuant to the proficiency testing program not less frequently than once each
				12 months;
(e) Pays the costs of
				subscribing to the proficiency testing program; and
(f) Authorizes the proficiency testing
				provider to submit to the Department the results of any test performed pursuant
				to this section.