Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 850 - MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES
Subchapter 9 - LABORATORY CERTIFICATION, ANALYSIS, AND STANDARDS
Section 11-850-135 - Laboratory standards and analysis
Current through February, 2024
(a) A certified laboratory shall develop and follow a statistically valid sampling plan to collect representative samples from each batch of cannabis or manufactured cannabis product in accordance with section 11 850-131. A certified laboratory shall analyze a representative sample from each batch of cannabis or manufactured cannabis products.
(b) A certified laboratory shall analyze samples according to standard operating procedures prepared by the laboratory based on validated methods published in peer reviewed scientific or regulatory literature, subject to approval by the department, and shall document the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility of the analysis methods.
(c) A certified laboratory shall issue to the dispensary licensee and the department a certificate of analysis for each batch of cannabis and manufactured cannabis products analyzed for that dispensary; provided that a certified laboratory may only analyze and report on those methods and analytes for which it is qualified. The certificate of analysis shall include the results with supporting data for the following:
Table 3
Heavy metal |
Limit (parts per million) |
Arsenic |
10.0 ppm |
Cadmium |
4. 0 ppm |
Lead |
6.0 ppm |
Mercury |
2.0 ppm |
Table 4
Pesticide |
Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (CAS No.) |
Abamectin |
71751-41-2 |
Acephate |
30560-19-1 |
Acequinocyl |
57960-19-7 |
Acetamiprid |
135410-20-7 |
Aldicarb |
116-06-3 |
Azoxystrobin |
131860-33-8 |
Bifenazate |
149877-41-8 |
Bifenthrin |
82657-04-3 |
Boscalid |
188425-85-6 |
Carbaryl |
63-25-2 |
Carbofuran |
1563-66-2 |
Chlorantraniliprole |
500008-45-7 |
Chlorfenapyr |
122453-73-0 |
Chlorpyrifos |
2921-88-2 |
Clofentezine |
74115-24-5 |
Cyfluthrin |
68359-37-5 |
Cypermethrin |
52315-07-8 |
DDVP (Dichlorvos) |
62-73-7 |
Diazinon |
333-41-5 |
Dimethoate |
60-51-5 |
Ethoprophos |
13194-48-4 |
Etofenprox |
80844-07-1 |
Etoxazole |
153233-91-1 |
Fenpyroximate |
134098-61-6 |
Fipronil |
120068-37-3 |
Flonicamid |
158062-67-0 |
Fludioxonil |
131341-86-1 |
Hexythiazox |
78587-05-0 |
Imazalil |
35554-44-0 |
Imidacloprid |
138261-41-3 |
Kresoxim-methyl |
143390-89-0 |
Malathion |
121-75-5 |
Metalaxyl |
57837-19-1 |
Methiocarb |
2032-65-7 |
Methomyl |
16752-77-5 |
Methyl parathion |
298-00-0 |
MGK-264 |
113-48-4 |
Myclobutanil |
88671-89-0 |
Naled |
300-76-5 |
Oxamyl |
23135-22-0 |
Paclobutrazol |
76738-62-0 |
Permethrins (total of cis- and trans-permethrin isomers) 1 |
52645-53-1 |
Phosmet |
732-11-6 |
Piperonyl butoxide |
51-03-6 |
Prallethrin |
23031-36-9 |
Propiconazole |
60207-90-1 |
Propoxur |
114-26-1 |
Pyrethrins (total of pyrethrin 1, cinerin 1, and jasmolin 1) 2 |
8003-34-7 |
Pyridaben |
96489-71-3 |
Spinosad |
168316-95-8 |
Spiromesifen |
283594-90-1 |
Spirotetramat |
203313-25-1 |
Tebuconazole |
80443-41-0 |
Thiacloprid |
111988-49-9 |
Thiamethoxam |
153719-23-4 |
Trifloxystrobin |
141517-21-7 |
Notes to Table 4:
Table 5
Solvent |
Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (CAS No.) |
Limit (parts per million) |
1,1- Dichloroethene |
75-35-4 |
8.0 ppm |
1,1,1- Trichloroethane |
71-55-6 |
1,500 ppm |
1,2- Dichloroethane |
107-06-2 |
1.0 ppm |
Acetone |
67-64-1 |
5000 ppm |
Acetonitrile |
75-05-8 |
410 ppm |
Benzene |
71-43-2 |
1.0 ppm |
Butane |
106-97-8 |
5000 ppm |
Carbon tetrachloride |
56-23-5 |
4.0 ppm |
Chloroform |
67-66-3 |
1.0 ppm |
Ethanol |
64-17-5 |
5000 ppm |
Ethyl acetate |
141-78-6 |
5000 ppm |
Ethyl ether |
60-29-7 |
5000 ppm |
Heptane |
142-82-5 |
5000 ppm |
Hexane |
110-54-3 |
290 ppm |
Isopropyl alcohol |
67-63-0 |
5000 ppm |
Methanol |
67-56-1 |
3000 ppm |
Methylene chloride |
75-09-2 |
1.0 ppm |
Pentane |
109-66-0 |
5000 ppm |
Propane |
74 98-6 |
5000 ppm |
Toluene |
108-88-3 |
890 ppm |
Total xylenes (ortho-, meta-, para-) |
1330-20-7 |
2170 ppm |
Trichloroethylene |
79-01-6 |
1.0 ppm |
Table 6
Mycotoxin |
Limit (parts per billion) |
Aflatoxins (total of Bl, B2, Gl, G2) |
20 ppb |
Ochratoxin A |
20 ppb |
(d) The certified laboratory may reanalyze the sample or analyze a different sample from the same batch by following its standard operating procedure to confirm or refute the original result, upon request by the dispensary licensee or upon request by the department at the dispensary licensee's expense, provided that no more than two re-analyses may be performed for the same batch.
(e) The certified laboratory shall return to the dispensary licensee or destroy in a manner approved by the department any samples or portions of samples of cannabis or manufactured cannabis products that remain after analysis is completed.
(f) A certified laboratory shall create records of analyses it conducts on cannabis and manufactured cannabis products, including but not limited to:
(g) A dispensary licensee shall ensure that each sample is analyzed for each of the analytes set out in subsection (c) and may obtain results from different laboratories for different analytes if one laboratory cannot perform all the analyses.
(h) The level of contaminants and water activity in cannabis and manufactured cannabis products shall not exceed the limits specified in subsection (c), and if any of the limits are exceeded, the dispensary licensee shall not dispense any portion of the batch of cannabis or manufactured cannabis product that does not conform to the standards; provided that:
(i) A dispensary licensee shall dispose of or destroy any batch that does not conform to the standards set out in subsection (c) under video camera surveillance within thirty days; provided that a dispensary licensee shall quarantine a non-conforming batch until any reanalysis pursuant to subsection (d) or (h) is completed. The quarantine shall be lifted only by the department, and only following receipt by the department of a certificate of analysis indicating that the batch conforms to the standards set out in subsection (c).