2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 43.3 - Medical Marijuana
Part 4 - License Types
§ 12-43.3-405. Medical marijuana testing facility license - rules
(1) A medical marijuana testing facility license may be issued to a person who performs testing and research on medical marijuana for medical marijuana licensees, medical marijuana and medical marijuana-infused products for marijuana and research development licensees and marijuana research and development cultivation licensees, and marijuana or marijuana-infused products grown or produced by a registered patient or registered primary caregiver on behalf of a registered patient, upon verification of registration pursuant to section 25-1.5-106 (7)(e) and verification that the patient is a participant in a clinical or observational study conducted by a marijuana research and development licensee or marijuana research and development cultivation licensee. The facility may develop and test medical marijuana products.
(2) The state licensing authority shall promulgate rules pursuant to its authority in section 12-43.3-202 (1)(b) related to acceptable testing and research practices, including but not limited to testing, standards, quality control analysis, equipment certification and calibration, and chemical identification and other substances used in bona fide research methods.
(3) A person who has an interest in a medical marijuana testing facility license from the state licensing authority for testing purposes shall not have any interest in a licensed medical marijuana center, a licensed optional premises cultivation operation, a licensed medical marijuana-infused products manufacturer, a licensed retail marijuana store, a licensed retail marijuana cultivation facility, or a licensed retail marijuana products manufacturer. A person that has an interest in a licensed medical marijuana center, a licensed optional premises cultivation operation, a licensed medical marijuana-infused products manufacturer, a licensed retail marijuana store, a licensed retail marijuana cultivation facility, or a licensed retail marijuana products manufacturer shall not have an interest in a facility that has a medical marijuana testing facility license.
