Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 60 - Laboratories and Medical Examiner › Subchapter 05 - State Laboratory › Part 6 - Licensing Analytical Laboratories for Sampling and Testing Cannabis › Section 216-RICR-60-05-6.7 - Licensing

Current through June 14, 2024
6.7.1
General Information
A. Licenses will not be issued to an
				  analytical laboratory prior to an inspection and correction of any deficiencies
				  in a manner acceptable to the RIDOH.
B. Analytical laboratories may receive
				  samples from another laboratory in this state for examination provided the
				  laboratory sending the samples is licensed in this state pursuant to these
				  rules and regulations.
C. A license
				  will be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application and
				  will not be transferable or assignable.
D. Licenses will be issued for Industrial
				  Hemp testing to laboratories that have obtained Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
				  Controlled Substance Registration as required by the USDA and Department of
				  Health Controlled Substance Registration for Analytical Laboratories.
E. The license issued will be the property of
				  the state and loaned to the laboratory and must be kept posted in a conspicuous
				  place on the premises. Said license, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall
				  expire by limitation on the 31st day of December, of every year following the
				  date of licensing and shall be renewed annually.
F. The license issued to an analytical
				  laboratory shall clearly identify the name of the laboratory, the license
				  number, the name of the laboratory director, the issue date and expiration
				  date. The license will include an appendix listing of the analytes and methods
				  for each test category the laboratory is approved. Test categories approved for
				  the analysis of cannabis will be listed separately for plant material, resins,
				  extracts, concentrates and infused products.
G. Test categories and descriptions are as
				  follows:
1. Cannabis finished plant material
				  including finished resins, kief, and hashish:
a. Cannabinoid Potency - Quantitative
				  analysis including the percentage of D 9 -tetrahydrocannnabinol (D 9 -THC), D 8
				  -tetrahydrocannnabinol (D 8 -THC), cannabidiol (CBD), tetrahydrocannabinolic
				  acid (THCa) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDa) of the total amount of THC in a
				  cannabis product. Amounts of other cannabinoids may be reported, but are not
				  required.
b. Microbiological -
				  total viable aerobic bacteria, total coliforms, bile-tolerant gram-negative
				  bacteria, pathogenic E. coli, Salmonella, yeast, and mold.
c. Water Activity - total water
				  activity.
d. Pesticides - Residues
				  of pesticides and growth regulators listed in §
													6.21(E)(1)(a)
				    of this Part.
e. Metals - Arsenic,
				  Cadmium, Lead, Mercury.
2. Cannabis extracts, resins, concentrates
				  as-is or as components of Cannabis infused products:
a. Cannabinoid Potency - Quantitative
				  analysis including the percentage of D 9 -tetrahydrocannnabinol (D 9 -THC), D 8
				  -tetrahydrocannnabinol (D 8 -THC), cannabidiol (CBD), tetrahydrocannabinolic
				  acid (THCa) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDa) of the total amount of THC in a
				  cannabis product. Amounts of other cannabinoids may be reported, but are not
				  required.
b. Solvents - Listed in
				  §
													6.21(H)(3)
				    of this Part.
c. Pesticides -
				  Residues of pesticides and growth regulators listed in §
													6.21(E)(1)(a)
				    of this Part.
d. Metals - §
													6.21(D)(2)(a)
				    of this Part.
3.
				  Industrial Hemp and Hemp Products
a. According
				  to USDA Establishment of a Domestic Hemp Production Program  7 C.F.R. Part 990
				   Subpart B - State and Tribal Hemp Production Plans as incorporated in §
													6.3(C)   of
				  this Part.
b. Testing for THC, CBD,
				  and/or other material characteristics such as pesticides, heavy metals, and
				  microbial concentration on a dry weight or per volume basis upon direction from
				  DBR, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) or RIDOH as
				  applicable, as stated in §230-RICR-80-10-1.9(D)(1)(a).
4. Cannabis Infused Products
a.  Cannabinoid Potency - Quantitative
				  analysis including the percentage of D 9 -tetrahydrocannnabinol (D 9 -THC), D 8
				  -tetrahydrocannnabinol (D 8 -THC), cannabidiol (CBD), tetrahydrocannabinolic
				  acid (THCa) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDa) of the total amount of THC in a
				  cannabis product. Amounts of other cannabinoids may be reported, but are not
				  required.
b. Potency testing of
				  infused products may be waived if the potency of manufactured cannabis infused
				  products remains consistently uniform from manufactured batch to
				  batch.
H. The
				  license will be void and returned to RIDOH if the analytical laboratory
				  discontinues its operation, unless the discontinuance is on a temporary basis
				  approved by RIDOH.