2016 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3.5 - Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety act
ARTICLE 10 - Licensed Manufacturers and Licensed Laboratories
Section 19345.
19345. (a) Except as provided in this chapter, a testing laboratory shall not acquire or receive medical cannabis or medical cannabis products except from a licensee in accordance with this chapter, and shall not distribute, sell, deliver, transfer, transport, or dispense medical cannabis or medical cannabis products, from the licensed premises the medical cannabis or medical cannabis products were acquired or received. All transfer or transportation shall be performed pursuant to a specified chain of custody protocol.
(b) A testing laboratory may receive and test samples of medical cannabis or medical cannabis products from a qualified patient or primary caregiver only if he or she presents his or her valid recommendation for cannabis for medical purposes from a physician. A testing laboratory shall not certify samples from a qualified patient or caregiver for resale or transfer to another party or licensee. All tests performed by a testing laboratory for a qualified patient or caregiver shall be recorded with the name of the qualified patient or caregiver and the amount of medical cannabis or medical cannabis product received.
(c) The bureau shall develop procedures related to all of the following:
(1) Ensuring that testing of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products occurs prior to delivery to dispensaries or any other business.
(2) Specifying how often licensees shall test medical cannabis and medical cannabis products.
(3) Requiring the destruction of harvested batches whose testing samples indicate noncompliance with health and safety standards required by state law, unless remedial measures can bring the medical cannabis or medical cannabis products into compliance with quality assurance standards as specified by state law.
(d) Cultivators and manufacturers shall pay all costs related to and associated with the testing of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products required by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 32, Sec. 41. Effective June 27, 2016.)
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